The Academic Minute

Tag: marilynn desmond

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.03.27-2023.03.31

    The Academic Minute for 2023.03.27-2023.03.31

    —

    by

    Academic Minute
    in

    The Academic Minute from 3.27 – 3.31 Monday Moussa N’Gom – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Optics: The Future of Computation and Medicine Moussa N’Gom is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Following an early career in industry as a senior research scientist in ultrafast lasers, optical…

  • Marilynn Desmond, Binghamton University – Christine de Pizan on Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages

    Marilynn Desmond, Binghamton University – Christine de Pizan on Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages

    —

    by

    Academic Minute
    in ,

    Writers who lived through war can help bring different perspectives to these conflicts. Marilynn Desmond, distinguished research professor at Binghamton University, details one such writer. Marilynn Desmond holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. She has published extensively on the reception of Classical texts in medieval vernacular literatures, especially…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.03.27)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.03.27)

    —

    by

    David Hopper
    in

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.03.27   Monday Moussa N’Gom, assistant professor in the department of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explains how optics is the future.   Tuesday Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish studies and professor of history at the University of South California, explores the history of…