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  • The Academic Minute for 2024.09.09-2024.09.13

    The Academic Minute for 2024.09.09-2024.09.13

    The Academic Minute from 9.09 – 9.13 Monday Megan Brandow-Faller – Georgetown University Child Creativity From Secessionist Vienna to Postwar America Megan Brandow-Faller is Professor of History at the City University of New York  Kingsborough and also teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center and the 92nd Street Y. Her research focuses on art and design in Secessionist…

  • Mark Rank, Washington University in St. Louis – Luck and Economic Success

    Mark Rank, Washington University in St. Louis – Luck and Economic Success

    Are you lucky? Mark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley professor of social welfare at the Washington University in St. Louis, says if so, you may be in for a better future. Mark Robert Rank is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts in the country on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice.  To date…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.09)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.09.09)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.09.09   Monday Megan Brandow-Faller, professor of history at the City University of New York Kingsborough, examines the creativity of children through a historical lens.   Tuesday Mark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley professor of social welfare at the Washington University in St. Louis, says if you’re lucky, you may…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.03.25)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.03.25)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.03.25   Monday Garriy Shteynburg, associate professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, explores how shared attention can be key to bridging the gaps between us in society.   Tuesday Laurence Hurst, professor of evolutionary genetics at the University of Bath, explores the differences between those who…