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  • The Academic Minute for 2019.02.18-02.22

    The Academic Minute for 2019.02.18-02.22

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    Academic Minute from 02.18 – 02.22 Monday, February 18th Alicia Simmons – Colgate University Politicians and Dissent I’m a social psychologist focused on the intersections of media, race, and politics. I study how the American news media shapes audience members’ racial attitudes and public policy preferences, and how public opinion ultimately shapes the direction of…

  • Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Rights to the Moon

    Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Rights to the Moon

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    Will we go to war over the moon? Frans von der Dunk, professor of space law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, says the moon’s natural resources may present problems in the near future. Prof. Von der Dunk was awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) of the International Astronautical…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.02.18)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.02.18)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.02.18 Monday, February 18th Alicia Simmons of Colgate University explores how hard it is to ask a politician a tough question today. Tuesday, February 19th Kurt Amsler of the New York Institute of Technology discusses preventing the imminent physician-scientist shortage. Wednesday, February 20th Jennifer Harman of Colorado State University…