Category: This Week
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The Academic Minute for 2017.5.15-5.19
Academic Minute from 5.15 – 5.19 Monday, May 15th Benjamin Blencowe – University of Toronto One Protein’s Sweeping Influence on Autism Our research focuses on mechanisms underlying the regulation of gene expression and how these mechanisms go awry in human diseases. Most of our research is directed at understanding how alternative splicing is integrated with other…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.5.15 Monday, May 15th Benjamin Blencowe of the University of Toronto examines a breakthrough in the fight against autism. Tuesday, May 16th Scott Solomon of Rice University discusses why the future is mixed race. Wednesday, May 17th Lorie Vanchena of the University of Kansas explores the poetry of WWI. Thursday, May 18th Ali Haghani of the University of Maryland…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.5.8-5.12
Academic Minute from 5.8 – 5.12 Monday, May 8th John Rennie Short – University of Maryland Baltimore County Public Transportation Professor, author and renowned public speaker, John Rennie Short is an expert on urban issues, environmental concerns, globalization, political geography and the history of cartography. He has studied cities around the world, and lectured around…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.8)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.5.8 Monday, May 8th John Rennie Short of the University of Maryland Baltimore County examines the state of public transportation in the US. Tuesday, May 9th Deborah Y. Cohn of the New York Institute of Technology discusses bad gift giving and why people do it. Wednesday, May 10th Bruce Peabody of Fairleigh Dickinson University explains why heroes…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.5.1-5.5
Academic Minute from 5.1 – 5.5 Monday, May 1st Max Levine – Siena College Nausea Dr. Levine received a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. from The Pennsylvania State University in biological psychology. He also earned his Ph.D. in biological psychology from Penn State and held a post-doctoral fellowship there. He served as…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.1)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.5.1 Monday, May 1st Max Levine of Siena College examines nausea and its effects on sufferers. Tuesday, May 2nd Christina Starmans of Yale University discusses how adults and children differ in their perceptions of immorality. Wednesday, May 3rd Rebecca Scott of Cardiff University explains why some people pay for painful experiences. Thursday, May 4th Stephen Yoshimura of the University of…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.4.24-4.28
Academic Minute from 4.24 – 4.28 Monday, April 24th Adam Klein – Pace University Hate Groups Go Online Dr. Klein is the recent author of Fanaticism, Racism, and Rage Online: Corrupting the Digital Sphere (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). His work on radical voices in global media and politics has included studies on the white power movement, terrorist networks, hacktivists, and authoritarian press systems. He…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.4.24 Monday, April 24th Adam Klein of Pace University explores how hate groups have gone online to spread their messages. Tuesday, April 25th Joanna Huxster of Bucknell University discusses if partisan media can change perceptions of climate change in the public. Wednesday, April 26th Russell Golman of Carnegie Mellon University examines why we avoid…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.4.17-4.21
Academic Minute from 4.17 – 4.21 Monday, April 17th Corey Brettschneider – Brown University Travel Ban Legality Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches courses in constitutional law and political theory. He is currently also a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Brettschneider was a visiting professor…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.4.17 Monday, April 17th Corey Brettschneider of Brown University discusses the legality of the recent travel ban from majority Muslim countries. Tuesday, April 18th Daniel Orenstein of the University of California San Francisco explores a lesser known part of the failed American Health Care Act. Wednesday, April 19th Aaron Knochel of Penn State…