Tag: Harvard University
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Alexis Redding, Harvard University – You Have Less Time Than You Think to Prepare Students for Success
How do institutions make a good first impression on students at the beginning of a new school year? Alexis Redding, faculty co-chair of higher education and lecturer at Harvard University, says they have only a few days to do so. Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist whose work focuses on the college experience and what…
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William C. Kirby, Harvard University – The End of American Academic Leadership
Just because you’re the best now, doesn’t mean you always will be. William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor or Business Administration at Harvard Business School, details how American academic leadership may be threatened. William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies…
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Ann Lusk, Harvard University – Cycle Tracks
Design is key to increasing the use of bicycles in lower-income neighborhoods. Anne Lusk, research scientist at Harvard University, delves into why. Anne Lusk has 38 years of experience working on bicycle facilities with the first 16 years as a practitioner building and lecturing about bike facilities followed by 22 years as an academic in…
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Sonja Dümpelmann, Harvard University – Street Trees
Trees can be an important part of a city street. Sonja Dümpelmann, associate professor of landscape architecture at Harvard University, explains why. Sonja Dümpelmann joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design in July 2019. Dümpelmann’s research and writing focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscape history, and contemporary landscape architecture…
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Stephanie Jones, Harvard University – Early Childhood Care
Early childhood care is vital. Stephanie Jones, professor in early childhood development at Harvard University, looks into how to study it to gain more perspective. Stephanie Jones’ research, anchored in prevention science, focuses on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on children and youth’s social, emotional, and behavioral development. Over the last ten…
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Michele Coscia, Harvard University – The Importance of Memetics
Before there was KnowYourMeme.com – the definitive encyclopedia of internet tropes, the concept of memes needed to be defined. Michele Coscia, a post-doc at Harvard University, discusses the importance of understanding memetics. Dr. Michele Coscia is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for International Development, Harvard University in Cambridge. He mainly works on mining complex…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (6.23-6.27)
This Week on the Academic Minute Monday, June 23 Dr. Jane Costello of Duke University details the results of a casino profit-sharing experiment. Tuesday, June 24 Dr. Meagan Schipanski of Colorado State University shows the potential benefits of alternating cash and cover crops. Wednesday, June 25 Oakton Community College’s Dr. Keith Johnson analyzes micro-aggression. Thursday,…