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  • The Academic Minute for 2016.2.15-2.19

    The Academic Minute for 2016.2.15-2.19

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    Academic Minute from 2.15 – 2.19 Monday, February 15 Dylan Minor – Harvard Business School Toxic Workers Dylan Minor is a visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches a first year MBA course in Strategy. Professor Minor’s research interests originated from his professional involvement in socially responsible investing. He…

  • Leslie Knapp, University of Utah – Howler Monkey Calls

    Leslie Knapp, University of Utah – Howler Monkey Calls

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    Does a deeper voice lead to better chances of reproducing for male howler monkeys? Leslie Knapp, professor and chair of anthropology at the University of Utah, determines that female howler monkeys might want to stay away from the Barry Whites of the bunch. My research focuses on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, which are critical…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2016.2.15)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2016.2.15)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.2.15 Monday, February 15 Dylan Minor of the Harvard Business School explores how toxic workers can harm a working environment. Tuesday, February 16 Emily Lescak of the University of Alaska Anchorage delves into evolutionary timescales among threespine stickleback fish. Wednesday, February 17 Tobin Porterfield of Towson University explains how…