Category: Academic Minute
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Andrew Chang, New York University – Is It a Sound of Music…or of Speech?
On New York University Week: What is music and what is speech? Andrew Chang, Leon Levy postdoctoral fellow, asks our brains to listen in. Andrew Chang is postdoctoral fellow at New York University, supported by National Institute of Health and Leon Levy Scholarship in Neuroscience. He studies the neural mechanisms of auditory perception, and how…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.30 Monday Radu Iovita, associate professor of anthropology, looks into how new discoveries by archaeologists are changing our view of Neanderthals. Tuesday Andrew Chang, Leon Levy postdoctoral fellow, asks how our brains differentiate between music and speech. Wednesday Katherine Compitus, clinical assistant professor at the Silver…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.09.23-2024.09.27
The Academic Minute from 9.23 – 9.27 Monday Matt Knutson – University of North Dakota Arcade Games and Accessible Sport Matt Knutson (he/him) is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota, where he directs the academic program in esports. His research focuses on the temporality of competitive gaming and the pre-history of esports.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.23 Monday Matt Knutson, assistant professor at the University of North Dakota, looks into how accessible competitive gaming is a growing industry. Tuesday Anthony James, professor and interim chair of family science and social work at Miami University, details how to fight back against chronic absenteeism in…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.09.16-2024.09.20
The Academic Minute from 9.16 – 9.20 Monday Ray Brescia – Albany Law School Lawyers and the Rule of Law in the United States Professor Brescia is the author of “The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions” (Cornell University Press, 2020), which examines the intersection of technology and social movements, from the American…
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Andrea Luangrath, University of Iowa – Silver Medalists Appear Less Happy Than Bronze Medalists
Would you rather finish second or third in a competition? Andrea Luangrath, associate professor of marketing in the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, says the answer may be surprising for athletes. Andrea Luangrath is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Marketing in the Tippie College of Business…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.16)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.16 Monday Ray Brescia, associate dean for research and intellectual life, Hon. Harold R Tyler Chair in law and technology at Albany Law School, says we need to recommit to the Rule of Law in the United States. Tuesday Jiasun Li, associate professor of finance at the…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.09.09-2024.09.13
The Academic Minute from 9.09 – 9.13 Monday Megan Brandow-Faller – Georgetown University Child Creativity From Secessionist Vienna to Postwar America Megan Brandow-Faller is Professor of History at the City University of New York Kingsborough and also teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center and the 92nd Street Y. Her research focuses on art and design in Secessionist…
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Mark Rank, Washington University in St. Louis – Luck and Economic Success
Are you lucky? Mark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley professor of social welfare at the Washington University in St. Louis, says if so, you may be in for a better future. Mark Robert Rank is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts in the country on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice. To date…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.09)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.09 Monday Megan Brandow-Faller, professor of history at the City University of New York Kingsborough, examines the creativity of children through a historical lens. Tuesday Mark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley professor of social welfare at the Washington University in St. Louis, says if you’re lucky, you may…