Category: Academic Minute
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.23 Monday, October 23rd Trevor Foulk of the University at Maryland explores whether abusive superiors also harm themselves while berating their subordinates. Tuesday, October 24th Matthew Loveless of the Center for Research and Social Progress delves into the misperceptions of inequality. Wednesday, October 25th Alex Burmester of New York University…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.10.16-10.20
Academic Minute from 10.16 – 10.20 Monday, October 16th Omer Gokcumen – University at Buffalo The Ghost Species of Ancient Humans Omer Gokcumen is an expert in evolutionary anthropology — the study of how humans evolved and how they differ from non-human primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees. He can speak to the media about…
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Robert Garland featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1413), Bob has selected…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.16)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.16 Monday, October 16th Omer Gokcumen of the University at Buffalo examines how a ‘ghost’ species of ancient human could re-write our history books. Tuesday, October 17th Brian Moon of the University of Arizona explores how data and algorithms could change the music we hear in the future. Wednesday, October…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.10.9-10.13
Academic Minute from 10.2 – 10.6 Monday, October 9th Jill McCorkel – Villanova University Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children Dr. McCorkel is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology and a Faculty Associate of the Africana Studies Program at Villanova University. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Delaware. While there, she…
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Stefan Al featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1412), Bob has selected…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.09)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.09 Monday, October 9th Jill McCorkel of Villanova University examines how the incarceration of a parent affects their children. Tuesday, October 10th Krista Ingram of Colgate University explores how decision making differs in morning birds and night owls. Wednesday, October 11th Stacie Bosley of Hamline University discusses pyramid schemes. Thursday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.10.2-10.6
Academic Minute from 10.2 – 10.6 Monday, October 2nd Firmin DeBrabander – Maryland Institute College of Art Why Climate Change is a Hard Sell in the U.S. Firmin DeBrabander studied Philosophy at Boston College and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, and received his Ph.D. in the field from Emory University in 2002. He…
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Zachary McDowell featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1411), Bob has selected…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.02)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.02 Monday, October 2nd Firmin DeBrabander of the Maryland College Institute of Art examines why climate change is such a hard sell in the U.S. Tuesday, October 3rd Brian King of Penn State University explores why climate change and food scarcity can affect the fight against HIV. Wednesday, October 4th…