Tag: Stephanie Pfirman
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The Academic Minute for 2016.09.26-09.30
Academic Minute from 9.26 – 9.30 Monday, September 26th Stephen Kane – San Francisco State University Second Earth Candidates Stephen Kane has been researching planets around other stars for more than 20 years and has discovered and characterized hundreds of exoplanets, including Kepler-186f, which is the smallest planet yet to have been found in the…
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Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College – Games and Climate Change
New ways of communicating the effects of climate change are needed. Stephanie Pfirman, professor of environmental sciences at Barnard College, explores whether making a game of it will help spread the information. Stephanie L. Pfirman, Professor of Environmental Science and Alena Wels Hirschorn ’58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences, joined the…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.26 Monday, September 26th Stephen Kane of San Francisco State University explores the cosmos for Second Earth candidates. Tuesday, September 27th Richard Stevens of the University of Connecticut examines if artificial light is disrupting our circadian rhythms. Wednesday, September 28th Stephanie Pfirman of Barnard College details if making a game of it…