Tag: Cornell
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The Academic Minute for 2025.11.17-2025.11.21
Monday Imran Mirza – Miami University Realistic Quantum Optical Models Dr. Imran Mirza is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Miami University of Ohio. Before his appointment at Miami, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.17)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.11.17 Monday Imran Mirza, associate professor of physics at Miami University, explores the future of computer science through quantum computing. Tuesday Alexis Redding, faculty co-chair of Higher Education and Lecturer on education at Harvard University, examines the W-curve of college life. Wednesday Mohamad Junaid, associate professor…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.02.03-2025.02.07
The Academic Minute from 2.03 – 2.07 Monday Jill Barton – University of Miami The U.S. Supreme Court’s Casual Writing Style Jill Barton is the author of three books on legal writing. Her latest, The Supreme Guide to Writing (Oxford University Press 2024), analyzed 10,000 pages of U.S. Supreme Court opinions to pinpoint grammar and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.02.03)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.02.03 Monday Jill Barton, professor and director of legal writing at the University of Miami School of Law, explores the changes to the writing styles of Supreme Court justices. Tuesday Han Xiao, director of SynthX Center and associate professor within the department of chemistry at Rice University,…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.11.04-2024.11.08
The Academic Minute from 11.04 – 11.08 Monday Simon Blanchard – Georgetown University Mindfulness and Money Simon Blanchard is a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor and a Dean’s Professor at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. His research focuses on developing tools and methodologies to help managers understand consumer decision-making processes. Substantively, he often focuses…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.03.18-2024.03.22
The Academic Minute from 3.18 – 3.22 Monday Elise Sobo – San Diego State University What is a South Bath? Guidelines For Getting a Good One Elisa (EJ) Sobo, PhD, is a professor of anthropology at San Diego State University. Past President of the Society for Medical Anthropology, Sobo has published thirteen books and numerous…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.03.18)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.03.18 Monday Elisa Sobo, professor of anthropology at San Diego State University, discusses sound baths and how to get a good one. Tuesday Shuang-Ye Wu, professor and chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences at the University of Dayton, breaks down why global warming has…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.02.26-2024.03.01
The Academic Minute from 2.26 – 3.01 Monday Greeshma Gadikota – Cornell University Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Cement Dr. Greeshma Gadikota is an Associate Professor and Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a field appointment in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. Dr.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.02.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.02.26 Monday Greeshma Gadikota, associate professor and Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow at Cornell University, looks into how to lower the carbon footprint of cement and the construction industry. Tuesday Charles Russo, research professor of law at the University of Dayton, explains the importance of the case before the…
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The Academic Minute for 2024.01.15-2024.01.19
The Academic Minute from 1.15 – 1.19 Monday Eric Jackson – Northern Kentucky University A History of Black History Dr. Eric Jackson, professor of history and associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. He earned his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati (Ed.D., History, 199), and he has taught history…