Tag: claudia passos-ferreira
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The Academic Minute for 2024.09.30-2024.10.04
The Academic Minute from 9.30 – 10.04 Monday Radu Iovita – New York University Did Neanderthals Use Glue? Researchers Find Evidence that Sticks Radu Iovita is an archaeologist researching how ancient humans used technology to disperse through diverse environments and adapt to the harsh climatic changes of the last Ice Age. He has conducted fieldwork…
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Claudia Passos-Ferreira, New York University – Are Newborn Babies Conscious?
On New York University Week: When does consciousness start for newborns? Claudia Passos-Ferreira, assistant professor of bioethics, considers this question. Claudia Passos-Ferreira is Assistant Professor of Bioethics at New York University’s School of Global Public Health. She has a Ph.D. in Public Health from the State University of Rio de Janeiro and a second Ph.D.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.30)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.30 Monday Radu Iovita, associate professor of anthropology, looks into how new discoveries by archaeologists are changing our view of Neanderthals. Tuesday Andrew Chang, Leon Levy postdoctoral fellow, asks how our brains differentiate between music and speech. Wednesday Katherine Compitus, clinical assistant professor at the Silver…