Tag: Illinois
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The Academic Minute for 2025.11.03-2025.11.07
Monday Caroline Cao – University of Illinois Medical Training Using Simulation in Extended Reality Caroline G. L. Cao received a Ph.D. in mechanical & industrial engineering from the University of Toronto in 2002. Professor Cao is a researcher, educator and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the design and development of medical systems and devices, and…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.03)
University of Illinois’s Grainger College of Engineering Week on The Academic Minute 2025.11.03 Monday Caroline Cao, professor and director of applied health technology initiatives and director of engineering innovation and medical simulation in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, examines the importance of extended reality technology for medical and law enforcement professionals. Tuesday…
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The Academic Minute for 2025.06.02-2025.06.06
Monday Elahe Solanaghai – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Sensing Beneath the Forest Canopy: A New Tool for Wildfire Prevention Elahe Soltanaghai is an assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research spans the areas of wireless networking and sensing with applications in IoT, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Mixed Reality. Previously, she was a…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.06.02)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.06.02 Monday Elahe Soltanaghai, assistant professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, aims to deliver a new tool of aid in wildfire prevention. Tuesday Lee Haines, associate research professor in Medical Entomology at the University of Notre Dame, explores how…
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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…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.01.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.01.15 Monday Eric Jackson, professor of history and associate dean of the college of arts and sciences at Northern Kentucky University, explores a history of Black history. Tuesday Jennifer Delaney, professor of higher education in the department of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of…
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The Academic Minute for 2019.07.15-07.19
The Academic Minute from 07.15 – 07.19 Monday, July 15th Kathryn Anthony – University of Illinois Potty Parity Professor Anthony teaches, conducts research, and writes about how spaces and places affect people. Her expertise focuses on such topics as social and behavioral factors in design, gender and race in contemporary architecture, and entrepreneurship in design.…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.07.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.07.15 Monday, July 15th Kathryn Anthony of the University of Illinois examines potty parity and gender discrimination. Tuesday, July 16th Brian Earp of Yale University looks into pain and gender. Wednesday, July 17th Karen Zivi of Grand Valley State University explores why human rights are violated so frequently. Thursday,…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.12.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.12.26 Monday, December 26th Florin Dolcos of the University of Illinois explored anxiety disorders and optimism. Tuesday, December 27th Andrew Stokes of Boston University detailed the obesity paradox. Wednesday, December 28th Michael Kraus of Yale University examined if the clothes really do make the man. Thursday, December 29th Jack Gilbert of…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.1.25-1.29
Academic Minute from 1.25 – 1.29 Monday, January 25 Janet Rubin – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Osteoblasts My cell and molecular biological investigations over the last 20 years have been aimed at understanding the control of bone remodeling. In the last several years, we have studied how mechanical forces, including strain, shear and…