This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.06.16)

Harvey Mudd College Week on The Academic Minute 2025.06.16

Monday

Catherine McFadden, Vivian & D. Kenneth Baker professor of life sciences, dives in to take a look at the coral communities of the future.

Tuesday

Leah Mendelson, associate professor of engineering, looks into what fish can teach us when they’re out of the water.

Wednesday

Hal Van Ryswyk, John Stauffer professor of chemistry, examines one way of reducing the cost of capturing energy from the sun.

Thursday

Albert Dato, associate professor of engineering, explains why we may need to look small to solve big problems.

Friday

Xanda Schofield, assistant professor of computer science, looks beyond AI for ways to gather a bunch of information from a document quickly.