Category: This Week
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.12 Monday, March 12th Raymond Boisvert of Siena College discusses the Frankenstein legend on the day after the 200th publication anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel. Tuesday, March 13th Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University discusses climate change’s effect on extreme winter weather. Wednesday, March 14th Jennifer LeMesurier of Colgate University…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.03.05-03.09
Academic Minute from 3.05 – 3.09 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi – Columbia University Growing Parolee Population Vincent Schiraldi has extensive experience in public life, founding the policy think tank, the Justice Policy Institute, then moving to government as director of the juvenile corrections in Washington DC, and then as Commissioner of the New York…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.05 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi of Columbia University explores the growing parolee population and how it increases the prison population. Tuesday, March 6th Edward Guinan of Villanova University discusses growing food on Mars. Wednesday, March 7th Adam McLain of SUNY Polytechnic Institute discovers a new species of lemur.…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.02.26-03.02
Academic Minute from 2.26 – 3.02 Monday, February 26th Christian Miller – Wake Forest University The Character Gap Christian B. Miller holds a B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. His main areas of research are meta-ethics, moral psychology, moral character, action theory, and philosophy of…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.02.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.02.26 Monday, February 26th Christian Miller of Wake Forest University explores the character gap inside all of us. Tuesday, February 27th Kate Manne of Cornell University discusses misogyny and how our attitudes still need a change on sexual assault. Wednesday, February 28th Christine Blackburn of Texas A&M University explains…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.02.19-02.23
Academic Minute from 2.19 – 2.23 Monday, February 19th Paolo Forni – University at Albany From the Nose to the Brain 2008 Ph.D. Biochemistry/Cellular Biotechnology, University of Turin, Italy. 2006-2011 Visiting Fellow, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. 2011-2013 Research Fellow, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. 2014-Present Assistant Professor, University at…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.02.19)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.02.19 Monday, February 19th Paolo Forni of the University at Albany explores why puberty can be delayed for some. Tuesday, February 20th Charlene Senn of the University of Windsor discusses how to prevent sexual assaults on college campuses. Wednesday, February 21st Sidsel Arnspang Pedersen of the University of Southern…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.02.12-02.16
Academic Minute from 2.12 – 2.16 Monday, February 12th David Richardson – SUNY New Paltz Warming Lakes David Richardson is an Associate Professor of Biology at SUNY New Paltz. David Richardson conducts research on the ecology of aquatic ecosystems including lakes, rivers, and streams. Broadly speaking, Richardson seeks to understand how aquatic ecosystems function…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.02.12)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.02.12 Monday, February 12th David Richardson of SUNY New Paltz explores what the warming temperature of lakes can tell us about climate change. Tuesday, February 13th Derek Black of South Carolina University discusses why there isn’t a federal education right in the United States. Wednesday, February 14th Billy J.…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.02.05-02.09 – Lafayette College Week
Academic Minute from 2.05 – 2.09 Monday, February 5th Neha Vora – Lafayette College Liberal Education and Nationalism Neha Vora is an associate professor of anthropology at Lafayette College and author of the book “Teach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar,” being published by Stanford University Press in November 2018. Her interests include…