Tag: Brown

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.10.09-2023.10.13

    The Academic Minute for 2023.10.09-2023.10.13

    The Academic Minute from 10.9 – 10.13 Monday Kerry Dean Carso – SUNY New Paltz Follies in America Kerry Dean Carso is professor of art history at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she teaches courses on American art and architecture.  She is the author of American Gothic Art and Architecture…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.09)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.10.09)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.10.09   Monday Kerry Dean Carso, professor of art history at SUNY New Paltz, delves into the history of follies in America.   Tuesday Donald Lamkin, assistant professor of psychiatry & biobehavioral sciences at the University of California Los Angeles, explores why it not be as simple as just…

  • The Academic Minute for 2022.06.13-2022.06.17

    The Academic Minute for 2022.06.13-2022.06.17

      The Academic Minute from 06.13 – 06.17 Monday, June 13th C. Michael White – University of Connecticut What’s In Your Dietary Supplement His research interests are in drug, dietary supplement, and substances of abuse safety and effectiveness. His over 440 publications in biomedical journals have been cited over 14,000 times and covered by major…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.06.13)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.06.13)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.06.13   Monday, June 13th C. Michael White, distinguished professor and chair of the school of pharmacy at the University of Connecticut, determines what’s really in your dietary supplement.   Tuesday, June 14th Yuka Sasaki, research professor in the department of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences at Brown University,…

  • Rob Blair featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Rob Blair featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    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 (#1422), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.4.17-4.21

    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…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.4.17)

    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…

  • Rob Blair featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Rob Blair featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    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 (#1381), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.2.27-3.3

    The Academic Minute for 2017.2.27-3.3

    Academic Minute from 2.27 – 3.3 Monday, February 27th Isabel Gauthier – Vanderbilt University Sex Differences in Facial Recognition Gauthier studies visual object recognition, with particular emphasis on the plasticity of recognition mechanisms and their neural substrate. One issue that is of particular interest to her is how the visual system organizes itself into what…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.2.27)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.2.27)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.2.27 Monday, February 27th Isabel Gauthier of Vanderbilt University determines if there are sex differences in facial recognition. Tuesday, February 28th David Yamane of Wake Forest University looks into religion and guns. Wednesday, March 1st Erin Godfrey of New York University delves into civic engagement among youth. Thursday, March…