Tag: PSU

  • The Academic Minute for 2020.12.28-2021.01.01

    The Academic Minute for 2020.12.28-2021.01.01

      The Academic Minute from 12.28 – 01.01 Monday, December 28th Gretchen Sorin – Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta Driving While Black Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is Director and Distinguished Service Professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, a training program for museum curators, educators, and directors that is part of the State University of New…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.04.13)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2020.04.13)

    Cornell College Week on The Academic Minute 2019.04.13 Monday, April 13th Laurie Grobman, professor of English and women’s studies at Penn State University, says the humanities or “soft skills” will become more important for businesses in our changing world. Tuesday, April 14th Monica Menendez, associate professor of civil and urban engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi,…

  • The Academic Minute for 2015.06.01 – 06.05

    The Academic Minute for 2015.06.01 – 06.05

    Catch up with The Academic Minute from 6.1- 6.5 Monday, June 1 Susan Brantley – Penn State University Hydraulic Fracturing Concerns Susan Brantley is a distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Institute at Penn State. Her research interests include aqueous geochemistry, geochemical kinetics and, microbial biogeochemistry. Tuesday, June 2 Michael…

  • Susan Brantley, Penn State – Hydraulic Fracturing Concerns

    Susan Brantley, Penn State – Hydraulic Fracturing Concerns

    Is fracking harmful to our planet or is it worth the economic boon it brings? Susan Brantley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, is studying the water in areas where fracking occurs. Susan Brantley is a distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Institute at Penn State. Her research…

  • Bruce Logan, Penn State – Spit Power

    Bruce Logan, Penn State – Spit Power

    Chemists at Penn State University and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University have discovered that small medical testers—things like glucose and ovulation sensors—could soon be powered by your own saliva. – Vocativ.com (4.22.2014) This sounds like science fiction, but Bruce Logan, a biomedical engineer at PSU, is unlocking the power held in saliva. Dr. Bruce Logan is…

  • David Rosenbaum, Penn State – Precrastination

    David Rosenbaum, Penn State – Precrastination

    People cite procrastination as a major factor influencing productivity in a negative way. Dr. David Rosenbaum, a psychologist at Penn State University, has coined the term precrastination. Precrastination is roughly the opposite of procrastination. When one procrastinates, they put off what needs to be done until a later time. When one precrastinates, they jump directly…