Category: Academic Minute
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The Academic Minute for 2023.08.28-2023.09.01
The Academic Minute from 8.28 – 9.01 Monday Megan Benka-Coker – Gettysburg College Evaluating Real-World Global Health Interventions Dr. Benka-Coker is an Assistant Professor in the Health Sciences Department at Gettysburg College. She is an environmental epidemiologist and global health researcher. Her research primarily focuses on household energy and cooking, evaluating cleaner-burning cookstove technologies and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.08.28)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.08.28 Monday Megan Benka-Coker, assistant professor of health sciences, examines one home heating method with the potential to help cut down the risks in hard to reach areas. Tuesday Jennifer Bloomquist, professor of linguistics and Africana studies, determines explains why the representation of the characters on the…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.08.21-2023.08.25
The Academic Minute from 8.21 – 8.25 Monday Farzin Lotfi-Jam – Cornell University A Recursive History of Urban Simulation Farzin Lotfi-Jam is Assistant Professor in the department of Architecture at Cornell AAP where he leads the Realtime Urbanism Lab housed within the Center for Cities. His lab connects advances in computation, communication, and immersive media to…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.08.21)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.08.21 Monday Farzin Lotfi-Jam, assistant professor of architecture and director of Realtime Urbanism lab, invites us to answer the many questions about the intersection of A.I. and humanity. Tuesday Malte Jung, associate professor of information science, outlines how the technology that guides how we respond in conversations may…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.08.14-2023.08.18
The Academic Minute from 8.14 – 8.18 Monday Vsevolod Seva Katritch – University of Southern California Dornsife Computer Modeling and A.I. Transform Drug Discovery Dr. Katritch is an is a computational biologist and chemist at University of Southern California Dornsife, and a founding co-director of the Center for New Technologies in Drug Discovery and Development…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.08.14)
USC Dornsife Week on The Academic Minute 2023.08.14 Monday Vsevolod Seva Katrich, associate professor of quantitative and computational biology and chemistry, takes a closer look at A.I. transforming drug discovery. Tuesday Sylvain Barbot, associate professor of earth sciences, says one region of Turkey needs to prepare for another earthquake. Wednesday Wandi Bruine…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.08.07-2023.08.11
The Academic Minute from 8.7 – 8.11 Florida International University Week Monday Daniel Bagner Telehealth Programs Benefit Young Children With Developmental Delay Dr. Daniel Bagner is a Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Florida International University (FIU). A licensed and board-certified clinical child psychologist, Dr. Bagner studies interventions for at-risk infants and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.08.07)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.08.07 Monday Daniel Bagner, professor of psychology and director of clinical training, explores the benefits of telehealth for those whose children need an extra hand. Tuesday Min Chen, The Endowed SunTrust Bank Professorship Holder & Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, explores how an…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.07.31-2023.08.04
The Academic Minute from 7.31 – 8.04 Monday Einav Hart – George Mason University Why Should We Ask More Questions? Einav Hart is an assistant professor of management at the George Mason University School of Business. Her research interests include negotiation, trust, and ethics. Previously, Hart was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.07.31)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.07.31 Monday Einav Hart, assistant professor of management at the George Mason University School of Business, explains why how you ask sensitive questions can be just as important as why. Tuesday Bart Elmore, professor of environmental history and core faculty member of the sustainability institute at The…