Tag: Edward Guinan
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Edward Guinan 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 (#1437), Bob has selected…
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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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Edward Guinan, Villanova University – Growing Food on Mars
Could we grow food on Mars? Edward Guinan, professor of astronomy at Villanova University, answers this question. Dr. Guinan is a pioneer in astronomy and space science research that studies our Sun, stars, and planets inside and outside our solar system as well as the search for potential life on these planets. His recent research…
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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.…