This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.06.02)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.06.02

Monday

Elahe Soltanaghai, assistant professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, aims to deliver a new tool of aid in wildfire prevention.

Tuesday

Lee Haines, associate research professor in Medical Entomology at the University of Notre Dame, explores how mosquitoes can harbor viruses without falling ill.

Wednesday

Christopher Baldassano, associate professor of psychology at Columbia University, looks into how the brain organizes narratives into meaningful event memories.

Thursday

Diana Aga, Henry M. Woodburn Chair and SUNY Distinguished Professor of chemistry and the director of the RENEW Institute at the University at Buffalo, explores how bacteria may be able to help us in the fight against forever chemicals.

Friday

Stephanie Madsen, professor of psychology at McDaniel College, examines imaginary beings with athletes in mind.