Category: Senior Superlatives
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Best of Week – Best Science Segment – Sebastien Deffner, University of Maryland Baltimore County – Quantum Supremacy
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…
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Best of Week – Best Psychology Segment – Krista Ingram, Colgate University – The Decision Making of Early Birds and Night Owls
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…
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Best of Week – Best Health Segment – Bodil Just Christensen, University of Copenhagen – Eating as a Tool to Avoid Regaining Weight
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…
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Best of Week – Best Communications Segment – Naja Ferjan Ramirez, University of Washington – Building Bilingual Brains
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Communications Segment Award, Naja Ferjan Ramirez, research scientist at the University of Washington, explored how learning a second language can be important for the future. Naja Ferjan Ramirez, Ph. D., is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS)…
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Best of Week – Most Popular Segment – Robert Linhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Kicking Lyme disease Without Antibiotics or Vaccines
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Most Popular Segment Award, Robert Linhardt, professor of biocatalysis and metabolic engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explored a new approach to treating Lyme disease. After 21 years on the faculty of the University of Iowa, Linhardt joined Rensselaer in 2003 as a senior constellation…
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Best of Week – CEO’s Choice – Sheila Molony, Quinnipiac University – Improving the Lives of People with Dementia
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the CEO’s Choice Award, WAMC’s Alan Chartock has picked Sheila Molony, professor in management at Quinnipiac University, whose segment focused on improving the lives of those with dementia. Sheila Molony, an authority on aging, geriatric care and dementia assessment, is leading a national conversation about…
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Best of Week – President’s Choice – Sean Gerrity, Hostos Community College – Maroons
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the President’s Choice Award, Sean Gerrity, assistant professor of English at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, described how not all enslaved people fled to the North. Sean Gerrity received his Ph.D. in English with a Certificate in American Studies from…
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Best Science Segment Award – Ryan Kelly, University of Washington – Science Papers and Storytelling
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Science Segment Award, Ryan Kelly, assistant professor in the school of marine and environmental sciences at the University of Washington, discussed why science papers need to embrace storytelling to get their point across. Trained as both an ecologist and a lawyer, Ryan Kelly…
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Best Health Segment Award – Matthew Pase, Boston University – Diet Sodas and Accelerated Brain Aging
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Best Health Segment Award, Matthew Pase, fellow in the department of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, looked into whether diet drinks are more harmful than previously thought. Matthew Pase is a fellow in the MED neurology department at Boston University Medical…
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President’s Choice Award – Damon Coletta, Air Force Academy – Liberal Education
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the President’s Choice Award, Damon Coletta, professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy, delves into this question. Damon Coletta is summer visiting scientist at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Professor of Political Science at…