This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.08.18)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.08.18

 

Monday

Resh Gupta, postdoctoral research associate at Washington University in St. Louis, looks into why mindfulness may help to lower anxiety for some, but not all.

 

Tuesday

Bruce E. Tabashnik, regent’s professor and head of the department of entomology at the University of Arizona, looks to stay one step ahead of pests who are becoming resistant to eco-friendly pesticides.

 

Wednesday

Ryan Ceresola, associate professor of sociology and chair of the department of sociology, criminology and human services at Hartwick College, discusses why some fall into the trap of conspiracy theories.

 

Thursday

Katherine Wilkinson, associate professor of biology at San Jose State University, examines how your body senses muscle movement.

 

Friday

Jiebo Luo, Albert Arendt Hopeman professor of Engineering and professor of computer science at the University of Rochester, identifies a solution to one challenge for text-to-video AI generation.

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