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  • The Academic Minute for 2021.11.15-2021.11.19

    The Academic Minute for 2021.11.15-2021.11.19

      The Academic Minute from 11.15 – 11.19 Monday, November 15th Karla Vermeulen – SUNY New Paltz The Post 9/11 Generation’s Safety Perceptions Karla Vermeulen is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the…

  • Farah Shamout, NYU Abu Dhabi – Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Deterioration Among COVID-19 Patients

    Farah Shamout, NYU Abu Dhabi – Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Deterioration Among COVID-19 Patients

    Can artificial intelligence help us in the fight against COVID-19? Farah Shamout, assistant professor emerging scholar in computer engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, finds out. Farah Shamout is an Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar in Computer Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, where she leads the Clinical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Her research expertise is in data science…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.11.15)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.11.15)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.11.15   Monday, November 15th Karla Vermeulen, assistant professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz, determines how the tragedy of 9/11 changed perceptions for generations. Tuesday, November 16th Art Markman, professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses changing minds in a polarized world.…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.09.27-2021.10.01

    The Academic Minute for 2021.09.27-2021.10.01

      The Academic Minute from 09.27 – 10.01 Monday, September 27th Amy Lueck – Santa Clara University English Professors Study More Than Books Amy J. Lueck is Associate Professor of English at Santa Clara University, where her research and teaching focus on histories of rhetorical instruction and practice, women’s rhetorics, feminist historiography, and digital public…

  • Khalil Ramadi, NYU Abu Dhabi – Zapping the Gut

    Khalil Ramadi, NYU Abu Dhabi – Zapping the Gut

    A new option for treatment could be on the way for your hospital stay. Khalil Ramadi, assistant professor of bioengineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, discusses. Prof. Khalil Ramadi is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Neuroengineering and Translational Medicine at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi. His work focuses…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.07.26-2021.07.30

    The Academic Minute for 2021.07.26-2021.07.30

      The Academic Minute from 07.26 – 07.30 Monday, July 26th Jerry Malayer – Oklahoma State University Why Do We Do Research on Highly Infectious Microbes? Jerry Malayer is a Professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.07.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.07.26)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.07.26   Monday, July 26th Jerry Malayer, professor in the department of physiological sciences at Oklahoma State University, explores why we study highly-infectious microbes. Tuesday, July 27th Caitlin Clark, Instructor and Ph.D student in the department of food science and human nutrition at Colorado State University, discusses another dietary favorite that…

  • The Academic Minute for 2021.06.07-2021.06.11

    The Academic Minute for 2021.06.07-2021.06.11

      The Academic Minute from 06.07 – 06.11 Monday, June 7th Yoah Sui – University of Victoria More Sitting is Bad, But Not All Sitting is the Same Dr. Wuyou (Yoah) Sui received his PhD in Kinesiology at Western University in 2020. Dr. Sui’s expertise is in the broad areas of health behaviour change, digital health,…

  • Dimitra Atri, NYU Abu Dhabi – Space Weather, Planets and Life

    Dimitra Atri, NYU Abu Dhabi – Space Weather, Planets and Life

    Is there another planet like Earth? Dimitra Atri, research scientist at the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Space Science, looks through the telescope to find out. Dimitra Atri is an Astrophysicist at the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Space Science where he leads the Mars Research Group along with Prof. K.R. Sreenivasan. The overarching theme…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.06.07)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2021.06.07)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2021.06.07   Monday, June 7th Yoah Sui, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria, explains why if you’re sitting, you might want to stand up. Tuesday, June 8th Jennifer Wollock, professor of English at Texas A&M University, discusses the wars of chivalry. Wednesday, June 9th Dimitra Atri, research scientist…