Tag: Rene Price
-
Rene Price featured on The Best of our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1454), Bob has selected…
-
The Academic Minute for 2018.07.09-07.13
Academic Minute from 7.09 – 7.13 Monday, July 9th Lisa Fazio – Vanderbilt University Why We Stink at Fact-Checking I study how people learn new information, both true and false, and how to correct errors in people’s knowledge. This includes how to mitigate the effects of reading false information and how to increase classroom…
-
Rene Price, Florida International University – Salt Water Intrusion in the Everglades
Fight fire with fire…and water with water? Rene Price, professor of earth and environment at Florida International University, explores how to stop salt water intrusion in the Everglades with more water. Dr. Price’s research interests include the general areas of hydrogeology, ecohydrology and low-temperature aqueous geochemistry in carbonate terrains. More specifically, her research involves using chemical…
-
This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.07.09)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.07.09 Monday, July 9th Lisa Fazio of Vanderbilt University looks into why we stink at fact-checking. Tuesday, July 10th Ellen Stockstill of Penn State Harrisburg discusses African history through the lens of Marvel’s Black Panther. Wednesday, July 11th Rene Price of Florida International University examines salt water intrusion in…