Paula Rochon, University of Toronto – Navigating Medication Awareness for a Healthier Tomorrow
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How many medications did you take today? Paula Rochon, professor in the department of medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, explains why it may be a few too many. Dr. Rochon is Founding…
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Kishore Gawande, University of Texas at Austin – Property Rights Retreat is Dragging Down China’s Economy
China is an economic powerhouse, but could that change. Kishore Gawande, Fred H. Moore Centennial professor of international management at the University of Texas at Austin, digs in to find out. Kishore Gawande is a professor and chair of the…
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Mandy O’Neill, George Mason University – Does Your Workplace Have a Culture of Anxiety?
Is there a culture of anxiety at your workplace? Mandy O’Neill, associate professor of management at George Mason University, looks into how to change it. Olivia (Mandy) O’Neill is an associate professor of management at the George Mason University Costello…
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Cailyn Green, SUNY Empire – Best Practices in Treating Substance Use and Eating Disorders
How to treat multiple disorders in one individual can be a tricky equation for mental health professionals. Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies in the school of human services at SUNY Empire, discusses best practices. Cailyn Green, MS, Ph.D.,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.04.22)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.04.22 Monday Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies in the school of human services at SUNY Empire, discusses best practices to treating substance use and eating disorders. Tuesday Mandy O’Neill, associate…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.04.15-2024.04.19
The Academic Minute from 4.15 – 4.19 Monday Ken Gonzales-Day – Scripps College Queer-ish Ken Gonzales-Day is a Los Angeles based artist whose interdisciplinary practice considers the historical construction of race and the limits of representational systems ranging from lynching…
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Sarah Marzen, Scripps College – Testing Interventions to Polarization in Opinion Dynamics Models
On Scripps College Week: How do you combat confirmation bias and polarization? Sarah Marzen, assistant professor of physics, has a suggestion. Sarah Marzen started in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics but quickly went over to theoretical biophysics and has been researching that…
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Stacey Wood, Scripps College – Our Approach to Fraud Needs to Change
On Scripps College Week: Our approach to dealing with fraud needs an overhaul. Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones professor of psychology, puts together the evidence to show us why. Stacey Wood, Ph.D. is a clinical neuropsychologist and the Molly Mason…
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Patrick Ferree, Scripps College – Unexpected Conflict in the Nucleus
On Scripps College Week: Why do some chromosomes act selfishly? Patrick Ferree, professor in the W. M. Keck Science Department, finds out. Patrick Ferree, a developmental geneticist at the Claremont Colleges, is studying how certain chromosomes selfishly hijack reproductive development…
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Myriam Chancy, Scripps College – Caribbean Women in Literature
On Scripps College Week: Fiction can bring truth to the fore. Myriam Chancy, Guggenheim Fellow and Hartley Burr Chair in the Humanities, looks into the history of Caribbean women. Myriam J.A. Chancy, Ph.D. (Iowa) is a Guggenheim Fellow, and Hartley…