Category: Academic Minute

This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.01.14 Monday, January 14th Elizabeth Thomas of the University at Buffalo discusses how the Arctic is getting wetter. Tuesday, January 15th Douglas Challenger of Franklin Pierce University delves into the disenchantment of the world. Wednesday, January 16th Matthew Wallenstein of Colorado State University examines how to reduce food waste.…

The Academic Minute for 2019.01.07-01.11

Jan 12, 2019

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Academic Minute from 01.07 – 01.11 Monday, January 7th Craig Mattson – Trinity College Better Feeling for a Better World Dr. Craig Mattson is a rhetorician, and he studies how messages work, how they form relationships, how they create worlds, and how they open possibilities. Recently, he has been studying corporate rhetorics of social…

This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.01.07)

Jan 6, 2019

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This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.01.07 Monday, January 7th Craig Mattson of Trinity College discusses how companies can do some good on the side. Tuesday, January 8th Gabriel Neal of Texas A&M University delves into why paper cuts hurt so much. Wednesday, January 9th Lynn Ulatowski of Ursuline College examines how to get students…

The Academic Minute for 2018.12.31-01.04

Jan 5, 2019

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Academic Minute from 12.31- 01.04 Monday, December 31st Naja Ferjan Ramirez – University of Washington Building Bilingual Brains Naja Ferjan Ramirez, Ph. D., is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington. Naja earned her Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and her Ph.D.…

Best of Week – Best Political Science Segment – Jennifer LeMesurier, Colgate University – Knitting as Protest

Jan 4, 2019

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This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Political Science Segment Award, Jennifer LeMesurier, professor of writing and rhetoric at Colgate University, examined using knitting as a form of protest. Jennifer Lin LeMesurier, an Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Colgate University, received her PhD in English with a specialization…

Best of Week – Best Science Segment – Sebastien Deffner, University of Maryland Baltimore County – Quantum Supremacy

Jan 3, 2019

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This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Science Segment Award, Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, explored quantum supremacy. I was previously a Research Associate in the group of Christopher Jarzynski at the University of Maryland, College Park (2011-2014), and a Director’s Funded…

Best of Week – Best Psychology Segment – Krista Ingram, Colgate University – The Decision Making of Early Birds and Night Owls

Jan 2, 2019

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This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Psychology Segment Award, Krista Ingram, associate professor of biology at Colgate University, examined the decision making of early birds and night owls. Research interests include social behavior, chronobiology, human behavior, molecular ecology, tropical conservation genetics, and comparative sociogenomics. Teaching interests include animal…

Best of Week – Best Health Segment – Bodil Just Christensen, University of Copenhagen – Eating as a Tool to Avoid Regaining Weight

Jan 1, 2019

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This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Health Segment Award, Bodil Just Christensen, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen, looked into eating as a tool to avoid regaining weight. Best Health Segment – Eating as a Tool to Avoid Regaining Weight The hardest thing about weight loss is to maintain…

Best of Week – Best Communications Segment – Naja Ferjan Ramirez, University of Washington – Building Bilingual Brains

Dec 31, 2018

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