Tag: Columbia
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The Academic Minute for 2018.09.03-09.07
Academic Minute from 9.03 – 9.07 Monday, September 3rd Carsten Prasse – Johns Hopkins University Water Purification Carsten Prasse’s research is driven by a fascination with water chemistry and a deep concern about the public and environmental health impacts of chemicals present in our water. He investigates the fate of contaminants in the built…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.09.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.09.03 Monday, September 3rd Carsten Prasse of Johns Hopkins University explores drinking water safety and water purification. Tuesday, September 4th Franziska Landes of Columbia University discusses how much lead is in the soil. Wednesday, September 5th Janice Stapley of Monmouth University examines concussions in female student athletes. Thursday, September…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.03.05-03.09
Academic Minute from 3.05 – 3.09 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi – Columbia University Growing Parolee Population Vincent Schiraldi has extensive experience in public life, founding the policy think tank, the Justice Policy Institute, then moving to government as director of the juvenile corrections in Washington DC, and then as Commissioner of the New York…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.05 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi of Columbia University explores the growing parolee population and how it increases the prison population. Tuesday, March 6th Edward Guinan of Villanova University discusses growing food on Mars. Wednesday, March 7th Adam McLain of SUNY Polytechnic Institute discovers a new species of lemur.…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.10.2-10.6
Academic Minute from 10.2 – 10.6 Monday, October 2nd Firmin DeBrabander – Maryland Institute College of Art Why Climate Change is a Hard Sell in the U.S. Firmin DeBrabander studied Philosophy at Boston College and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, and received his Ph.D. in the field from Emory University in 2002. He…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.02)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.02 Monday, October 2nd Firmin DeBrabander of the Maryland College Institute of Art examines why climate change is such a hard sell in the U.S. Tuesday, October 3rd Brian King of Penn State University explores why climate change and food scarcity can affect the fight against HIV. Wednesday, October 4th…
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The Academic Minute for 8.31 – 9.4
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 8.31 – 9.4 Monday, August 31 Chris Ferguson – Stetson University Violent Videogames Chris Ferguson is an associate professor and department chair of psychology at Stetson University. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Central Florida. He has clinical experience particularly in working with…
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Pietro Ceccato, Columbia – Battling Earthly Plagues from Space
New technology that monitors our environment are proving vital. Pietro Ceccato, a scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses these new advances. Pietro Ceccato is a research scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). He originally trained as an agronomist and worked in the Central…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.8.31)
This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.8.31) Monday, August 31 Chris Ferguson of Stetson University examines the influence of violent video games. Tuesday, September 1 Pietro Ceccato of Columbia University explains how we can battle Earthly plagues from outer space. Wednesday, September 2 Adam Gaffey of Black Hills State University discusses the rhetoric of campaign…
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Philipp Ruprecht, Columbia University – Volcanology Studies
It’s pretty busy inside of a volcano! Philipp Ruprecht, professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is figuring out how they function. Philipp Ruprecht is an assistant research professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, where he studied magma mixing, both by observing natural systems…