Category: This Week
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.04.28)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.04.28 Monday Dongqing Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University’s College of Public Health, examines one solution to lowering the amount of preterm births. Tuesday Bradley Cannon, assistant professor of finance within the School of Management at Binghamton University,…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.04.21-2025.04.25
The Academic Minute from 4.21 – 4.25 Monday John Daily – University of Colorado Wildfires Need Science Dr. Daily is Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan (B.S. 1968, M.S. 1969) and at Stanford University (Ph.D. 1975.) After receiving the Ph.D.,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.04.21)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.04.21 Monday John Daily, emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado, says science can teach us what we need to know about wildfires. Tuesday Eleanor Schille-Hudson, postdoctoral research scientist in the department of anthropology at Stanford University, discusses why prayer may be a form…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.04.14-2025.04.18
The Academic Minute from 4.14 – 4.18 Monday Gabe Kwong – Georgia Tech University Using Computer Logic to Enhance Cancer Detection Gabe A. Kwong, Ph.D. is the Robert A. Milton Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory School of Medicine. Dr. Kwong’s research program is centered at the interface…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.04.14)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.04.14 Monday Gabe Kwong, the Robert A. Milton associate professor of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech University, examines how finding the right treatment for cancer is difficult at times, and computing power may help us with this goal. Tuesday Sarah Kakadellis, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Food…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.04.07-2025.04.11
The Academic Minute from 4.7 – 4.11 Monday Rafaela Fontes – Virginia Tech University Persistence with Abstinence from Substance Use Rafaela Fontes is a research scientist in the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Her work focuses on decision-making processes in individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), using models of choice…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.04.07)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.04.07 Monday Rafaela Fontes, research scientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech University, takes a look at how long it takes for successful abstinence from substance use. Tuesday Praveen Arany, associate professor of oral biology and biomedical engineering and surgery at the University at…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.03.31-2025.04.04
The Academic Minute from 3.31 – 4.3 Monday Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski – New York University Preterm Births on the Rise Dr. Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski is a Professor of Epidemiology and Precision Health at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and an Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the UCSF School of Medicine. She is the Founder…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.03.31)
New York University Week on The Academic Minute 2025.03.31 Monday Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, professor of epidemiology and precision health at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, looks into the data to find solutions to the rising rate of preterm births. Tuesday Joseph Cimpian, professor of economics and education policy, says while there’s more diversity…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.03.24-2025.03.28
The Academic Minute from 3.24 – 3.28 Monday Oak McCoy – University of New England Social Security and National Parks Enduring Legacies of the New Deal Dr. Oak McCoy is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of Business at the University of New England, where he studies economic history to inform contemporary policy.…