Tag: MIT
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The Academic Minute for 2015.11.23-11.27
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 11.23 – 11.27 Monday, November 23 Matthew Osborne – University of Toronto Cell Phone Bill Shock Matthew Osborne is an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Marketing Area at Rotman. His research interests include the…
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Noelle Eckley Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Air Pollution & Volkswagen
The Volkswagen scandal has been in the news. Noelle Eckley Selin, associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explores the scandal and it’s impacts on our planet and health. Noelle Eckley Selin is Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Associate Professor in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.11.23)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.11.23 Monday, November 23 Matthew Osborne of the University of Toronto Scarborough explores cell-phone bill shock. Tuesday, November 24 Jonathan Pieslak of the City College of New York delves into how terrorists use music to further their cause. Wednesday, November 25 Noelle Eckley Selin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology examines the…
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Jeremy England, MIT – Life’s Physical Origins
Can physics be the branch of science that finally figures out the origin of life on Earth? Jeremy England, a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is using physics and working to unravel the beginning of life. Jeremy England was born in Boston and grew up mostly in New Hampshire. After graduating…