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  • The Academic Minute for 2022.01.31-2022.02.04

    The Academic Minute for 2022.01.31-2022.02.04

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      The Academic Minute from 01.31 – 02.04 Monday, January 31st Billi Bromer – Brenau University The Importance of Social Presence in Online Instruction Dr. Billi L. Bromer, is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. She teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in Brenau’s online educator preparation…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.01.31)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.01.31)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.01.31   Monday, January 31st Billi Bromer, associate professor in the college of education at Brenau University, has three ideas to make online instruction better for students.   Tuesday, February 1st John Logan, professor of labor and employment studies in the College of Business at San Francisco State University,…

  • The Academic Minute for 2017.5.15-5.19

    The Academic Minute for 2017.5.15-5.19

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    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…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.15)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.5.15)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.5.15 Monday, May 15th Benjamin Blencowe of the University of Toronto examines a breakthrough in the fight against autism. Tuesday, May 16th Scott Solomon of Rice University discusses why the future is mixed race. Wednesday, May 17th Lorie Vanchena of the University of Kansas explores the poetry of WWI. Thursday, May 18th Ali Haghani of the University of Maryland…

  • Heather O’Connell, Rice University – Modern Segregation

    Heather O’Connell, Rice University – Modern Segregation

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    Discussions about race and race relations are always in the news. Today on The Academic Minute, Heather O’Connell, a post-doc at Rice’s Kinder Institute, examines the effects of slavery we can still observe today. Heather A. O’Connell, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kinder Institute, completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.…