Tag: Sheila Jaswal
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The Academic Minute for 2018.10.15-10.19
Academic Minute from 10.15 – 10.19 Monday, October 15th David Jones – Amherst College Vulcanism and Mass Extinctions I am a geologist with interests in surface Earth history. I use stratigraphy and geochemistry to address questions about the co-evolution of life and Earth’s surface environments in deep time. Most of the rocks I study…
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Sheila Jaswal, Amherst College – Retention of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM
On Amherst College Week: How do we increase STEM enrollment for women and underrepresented minorities? Sheila Jaswal, associate professor of chemistry, answers this question. Sheila Jaswal is an associate professor of chemistry and member of the biophysics and biochemistry program at Amherst College. She attended Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where she graduated with a…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.10.15)
Amherst College Week on The Academic Minute 2018.10.15 Monday, October 15th David Jones examines if volcanoes are responsible for the mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Tuesday, October 16th Sheila Jaswal explores how to retain more women and underrepresented minorities in STEM programs. Wednesday, October 17th Josef Trapani discusses how hair cells do more than put…