Tag: Maryland
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The Academic Minute for 2025.12.01-2025.12.05
Monday Ashish Agarwal – University of Texas at Austin Driving Assistance Systems Can Lead to More Hazardous Driving Ashish Agarwal is a professor of information, risk, and operations management at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. He teaches courses on the introduction to information technology honors, digital technologies, and business innovations,…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.12.01)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.12.01 Monday Ashish Agarwal, professor in the IROM Department of Management in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, gets behind the wheel to find out if driving assistance systems lead to safer driving. Tuesday Ann Perreau, professor and co-chair of communication…
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The Academic Minute for 2018.01.01-01.05
Academic Minute from 1.01 – 1.05 Monday, January 1st Atorod Azizinamini – Florida International University Accelerated Bridge Construction Dr. Atorod Azizinamini was appointed by the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University (FIU) as the Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU in January of 2011. Dr. Azizinamini…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.01.01)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.01.01 Monday, January 1st Atorod Azizinamini of Florida International University explores accelerated bridge construction. Tuesday, January 2nd Andrea Lang of the University at Albany discusses the polar vortex. Wednesday, January 3rd Ray Raymond of the State University of New York Ulster examines the special relationship between the U.S. and U.K.…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.10.23-10.27
Academic Minute from 10.23 – 10.27 Monday, October 23rd Trevor Foulk – University of Maryland Abusive Bosses Trevor is a management professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He holds a bachelor’s of Business Administration (BBA), Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to joining the Doctoral Program…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.10.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.10.23 Monday, October 23rd Trevor Foulk of the University at Maryland explores whether abusive superiors also harm themselves while berating their subordinates. Tuesday, October 24th Matthew Loveless of the Center for Research and Social Progress delves into the misperceptions of inequality. Wednesday, October 25th Alex Burmester of New York University…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.8.7-8.11
Academic Minute from 8.7 – 8.11 Monday, August 7th Joseph Chakkalakal – University of Rochester Stem Cells and Muscle Decay Dr. Joe Chakkalakal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His laboratory is interested in the contribution of stem cells to the…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2017.8.7)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.8.7 Monday, August 7th Joseph Chakkalakal of the University of Rochester discusses how stem cells play a key part in keeping our muscles from deteriorating as we age. Tuesday, August 8th Gary LaFree of the University of Maryland explores why its difficult to prevent terrorist attacks around the world. Wednesday,…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.5.15-5.19
Academic Minute from 5.15 – 5.19 Monday, May 15th Benjamin Blencowe – University of Toronto One Protein’s Sweeping Influence on Autism Our research focuses on mechanisms underlying the regulation of gene expression and how these mechanisms go awry in human diseases. Most of our research is directed at understanding how alternative splicing is integrated with other…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.2.6-2.10
Academic Minute from 2.6 – 2.10 Monday, February 6th Indranil Goswami – University at Buffalo How to Boost Charitable Giving Indranil Goswami, assistant professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo School of Management, teaches marketing research and studies pro-social behavior, choice architecture, judgement and decision-making, and motivation and self-control. His research has been covered…