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  • The Academic Minute for 2015.06.01 – 06.05

    The Academic Minute for 2015.06.01 – 06.05

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    Catch up with The Academic Minute from 6.1- 6.5 Monday, June 1 Susan Brantley – Penn State University Hydraulic Fracturing Concerns Susan Brantley is a distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Institute at Penn State. Her research interests include aqueous geochemistry, geochemical kinetics and, microbial biogeochemistry. Tuesday, June 2 Michael…

  • Renée Beard, Holy Cross – Stigma of Alzheimer’s

    Renée Beard, Holy Cross – Stigma of Alzheimer’s

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    Can sentiments about a disease be worse than the actual condition? Renée Beard, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the College of the Holy Cross, discusses the stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Renée L. Beard, Ph.D., received her degree in medical sociology from the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California,…