Tag: Buffalo
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The Academic Minute for 2025.04.07-2025.04.11
The Academic Minute from 4.7 – 4.11 Monday Rafaela Fontes – Virginia Tech University Persistence with Abstinence from Substance Use Rafaela Fontes is a research scientist in the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Her work focuses on decision-making processes in individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), using models of choice…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.04.07)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.04.07 Monday Rafaela Fontes, research scientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech University, takes a look at how long it takes for successful abstinence from substance use. Tuesday Praveen Arany, associate professor of oral biology and biomedical engineering and surgery at the University at…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.24 Monday Erik Van Aken, instructor of philosophy and religious studies at Rocky Mountain College, explains why chaos theory has changed how we think about certain ideas in physics. Tuesday Ann Kronrod, associate professor of marketing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, reads up on the language…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.02.19-2024.02.23
The Academic Minute from 2.19 – 2.23 Monday Ken Jones – Northern Kentucky University A Forgotten Voice is Heard Ken Jones has had original plays and musicals produced throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. His play, DARKSIDE, was chosen as TIME Magazine’s Critic Choice and was also recognized as one of the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.02.19)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.02.19 Monday Ken Jones, professor of theatre at Northern Kentucky University, hears a forgotten voice this President’s Day. Tuesday Robert Thorson, professor of earth sciences at the University of Connecticut, explores the history of the stone walls that crisscross New England. Wednesday Ilan Kelman, professor of…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.03.06-2023.03.10
The Academic Minute from 3.06 – 3.10 Monday Lisa Jean Moore – Purchase College Spider Goats Lisa Jean Moore is a medical sociologist and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. Her scholarship is located at the intersections of sociology of health and medicine, science and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.03.06)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.03.06 Monday Lisa Jean Moore, SUNY distinguished professor of sociology and gender studies at SUNY Purchase, looks for a more sustainable source of silk. Tuesday Michel Bruneau, SUNY distinguished professor in the department of civil, structural, and environmental engineering at the University at Buffalo, examines if positives…
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The Academic Minute for 2023.02.13-2023.02.17
The Academic Minute from 2.13 – 2.17 Monday Heather Welch – University of California, Santa Cruz Illuminating Dark Fishing Vessels at Sea Heather Welch is a project scientist at the University of California Santa Cruz, and is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She uses models to understand how the environment drives the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.02.13)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.02.13 Monday Heather Welch, project scientist at the University of California Santa Cruz, looks to help illuminate some of the issues faced in locating fishing vessel who are hiding their locations in the open ocean. Tuesday Parichehr Kazemi, 5th-year PhD candidate in political science at the University…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.11.09-2020.11.13
The Academic Minute from 11.09 – 11.13 Monday, November 9th Richard Rosenfeld – SUNY Downstate Medical Center Lifestyle Medicine and COVID-19 Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA is Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, in Brooklyn, New York. He serves as Program Director for residency training, CEO of the…