Tag: Jessica Oster

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.8.14-8.18

    The Academic Minute for 2017.8.14-8.18

    Academic Minute from 8.14 – 8.18 Monday, August 14th Donald Schaffner – Rutgers University Hand Washing Dr. Donald W. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. His research interests include quantitative microbial risk assessment, predictive food microbiology, handwashing and cross-contamination. Dr. Schaffner has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications,…

  • Jessica Oster, Vanderbilt University – Caves Hold Clues to Climate Change

    Jessica Oster, Vanderbilt University – Caves Hold Clues to Climate Change

    Climate change doesn’t always happen over a long period of time. Jessica Oster, assistant professor in the department of earth and environmental sciences at Vanderbilt University, looks underground for evidence of an abrupt change to the world’s weather. I am an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Vanderbilt University. I am…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.14)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.14)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.8.14 Monday, August 14th Donald Schaffner of Rutgers University discusses the best way to wash our hands. Tuesday, August 15th Brock Bastian of the University of Melbourne explores why searching for happiness could be leading us to depression. Wednesday, August 16th Jessica Oster of Vanderbilt University delves underground to look…