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  • The Academic Minute for 2018.03.05-03.09

    The Academic Minute for 2018.03.05-03.09

      Academic Minute from 3.05 – 3.09 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi – Columbia University Growing Parolee Population Vincent Schiraldi has extensive experience in public life, founding the policy think tank, the Justice Policy Institute, then moving to government as director of the juvenile corrections in Washington DC, and then as Commissioner of the New York…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.05)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.05 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi of Columbia University explores the growing parolee population and how it increases the prison population. Tuesday, March 6th Edward Guinan of Villanova University discusses growing food on Mars. Wednesday, March 7th Adam McLain of SUNY Polytechnic Institute discovers a new species of lemur.…

  • Bella DePaulo featured on The Best of Our Knowledge

    Bella DePaulo 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 (#1407), Bob has selected…

  • The Academic Minute for 2016.06.06-06.10

    The Academic Minute for 2016.06.06-06.10

    Academic Minute from 6.6 – 6.10 Monday, June 6 Trevor Douglas – Indiana University Hydrogen Biofuel Trevor Douglas is the Earl Blough Professor of Chemistry in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry. In his lab at IU, Douglas’s team has pioneered the use of viruses as a platform for the…