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  • Megan Mueller featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Megan Mueller featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

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    As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1284), Bob has selected…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.4.27 – 5.1)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.4.27 – 5.1)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute Monday, April 27 Scott Adler of York University discusses his research into eye movement and cognitive development. Tuesday, April 28 Geoff Harkness of Morningside College explains his findings conducting interviews on athletic playing fields in Iraq. Wednesday, April 29 Lafayette College’s Jennifer Talarico explores the accuracy of human memory.…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.4.20)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.4.20)

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    Monday, April 20 Sandee McClowry of New York University profiles her work customizing early education. Tuesday, April 21 Elizabeth Thomas of The Scripps Research Institute explores the genetic factors of Huntington’s Disease. Wednesday, April 22 West Virginia University’s John Christian discusses the highly complex concept of space rendezvous. Thursday, April 23 Michelle Miller of Northern…

  • Glenn Geher featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Glenn Geher featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

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    As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1282), Bob has selected…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.3.30)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.3.30)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.3.30 – 4.3) Monday, March 30 Kim Janda of The Scripps Research Institute explores the possibility of combating addiction through vaccination. Tuesday, March 31 Jaime Cloud of Western Oregon University delves into human mating psychology. Wednesday, April 1 The University of Alabama-Birmingham’s Patricia Drentea analyzes how our increasing longevity…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.02.16)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.02.16)

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    Monday, February 16 Ronald Mallett of UCONN celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity by exploring the possibility of time travel. Tuesday, February 17 Ian Hawes of The University of Canterbury profiles the work of his team as they survey the bottom of glaciers using underwater drones. Wednesday, February 18 Tuft…

  • Charlton McIlwain featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Charlton McIlwain featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

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    As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1273), Bob has selected…

  • 2015.2.9 – This Week on The Academic Minute

    2015.2.9 – This Week on The Academic Minute

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    Monday, February 9 Frank Frisch of Chapman University examines the relationship between stress and osteoporosis. Tuesday, February 10 Rhett Brymer of The Farmer School of Business at Miami University analyzes referee bias in NCAA football. Wednesday, February 11 University of Surrey’s David Cox explains the nanotechnology behind creating the world’s smallest snowman. Thursday, February 12…

  • 2015.2.2 – This Week on The Academic Minute

    2015.2.2 – This Week on The Academic Minute

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    Monday, February 2 Michele Markstein of UMass Amherst works with drosophila to improve on chemotherapy treatments. Tuesday, February 3 Paul Matthew Sutter of Ohio State University explores nothingness through a cosmological lens. Wednesday, February 4 University of Scranton’s Jean Harris discusses the unique position of being the First Lady. Thursday, February 5 Jessica Gall Myrick…

  • Luis Zayas, The University of Texas at Austin – Latina Suicide Rates

    Luis Zayas, The University of Texas at Austin – Latina Suicide Rates

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    The President’s Choice   Congratulations to Luis Zayas of The University of Texas at Austin for winning our 2014 President’s Choice Senior Superlative award. Dr. Zayas’ segment offered a stirring profile of troubling trend of suicide in the Latino community. This segment originally aired on June 9th, 2014.