Tag: University of Utah
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Michael Werner, University of Utah – Dissecting Fact and Fiction in Dune
Can we learn about the natural world from works of fiction? Michael Werner, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah, reads up to find out. Michael Werner is an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah. He uses worms to study developmental biology.…
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Chris Linder, University of Utah – A New Approach to Stopping Sexual Violence
Stopping sexual violence is imperative. Chris Linder, associate professor of higher education in the department of leadership and policy at the University of Utah, shares why the focus should shift from avoiding to preventing it. Chris Linder is the director of the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research & Education at the University of Utah.…
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Best Social Justice Segment – Shima Baradaran Baughman, University of Utah – The Police Myth
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute: For the Best Social Justice Segment Award: Shima Baradaran Baughman, professor of law at the SJ Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, explores the police myth. Shima Baradaran Baughman is a national expert on bail, prosecutors, drugs, and race and violent crime. Baughman…
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Heather Tanana, University of Utah – Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribes in the Colorado River Basin
Access to clean water is critical for Native American communities. Heather Tanana, assistant professor of law at the University of Utah, discusses the wide gap in drinking water access. Heather Tanana is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and Assistant Professor & Wallace Stegner Center Fellow at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Heather is…
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RonNell Anderson Jones, University of Utah – The U.S. Supreme Court’s Characterizations of the Press
How does the U.S. Supreme Court talk about the press? RonNell Andersen Jones, professor of law at the University of Utah, takes a look. Professor RonNell Andersen Jones is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and the Teitelbaum Chair and Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College…
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Shima Baradaran Baughman, University of Utah – The Police Myth
What is the police myth? Shima Baradaran Baughman, professor of law at the SJ Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, explores this question. Shima Baradaran Baughman is a national expert on bail, prosecutors, drugs, and race and violent crime. Baughman has worked with economists and political scientists to write articles involving advanced…
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Jorge Contreras, University of Utah – Open COVID Pledge
Battling COVID-19 takes a team of people. Jorge L. Contreras, professor of law at the University of Utah, looks into how some made a pledge to do so. Jorge L. Contreras teaches in the areas of intellectual property law, property law and genetics and the law. He has recently been named one of the University…
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Charles P. Hoy-Ellis, University of Utah – Transgender Older Adults and the Military
Does military service negatively affect transgender adults? Charles P. Hoy-Ellis, assistant professor in the college of social work at the University of Utah, has a surprising answer. Charles P. Hoy-Ellis earned his PhD in Social Welfare at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is interested in health and mental health disparities and the social determinants…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.3.7-3.11
Academic Minute from 3.7 – 3.11 Monday, March 7 Prashant Kumta – University of Pittsburgh Biodegradable Parts for Fixing Complex Fractures Professor Kumta obtained his Bachelor of Technology (with Honors) in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in 1984. He then obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering…
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David Carrier, University of Utah – Punching with Cadavers
Did our hand evolve for use as weapons? David Carrier, professor of biology at the University of Utah, delves into how the evolution of our hands led to the fist being an effective form of protection. My research is focused on understanding the ways in which biomechanics has influenced the evolution of vertebrates. I have…