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  • The Academic Minute for 2015.11.9-11.13

    The Academic Minute for 2015.11.9-11.13

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    Catch up with The Academic Minute from 11.9 – 11.13 Monday, November 9 Christopher Salas-Wright – University of Texas at Austin Immigrants and Crime Dr. Christopher Salas-Wright is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD from Boston College and completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.11.9)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.11.9)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.11.9 Monday, November 9 Christopher Salas-Wright of  The University of Texas at Austin explores if immigrants are wrongly portrayed as criminals in our country. Tuesday, November 10 Miriam Solomon of Temple University explains precision medicine. Wednesday, November 11 Gregory Cunningham of the St. John Fisher College examines if penguins have a sense of…

  • Jon Pierce-Shimomura, UT Austin – Treating Alcoholism with Worm Experiments

    Jon Pierce-Shimomura, UT Austin – Treating Alcoholism with Worm Experiments

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    Academic research sometimes takes scientists into unforeseen places. Today on The Academic Minute, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses his research aimed at treating alcoholism through the intoxication of worms. Jon Pierce-Shimomura, assistant professor in the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at…