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Caroline Cao, University of Illinois Grainger College...

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2025/11/03

On University of Illinois’s Grainger College of Engineering Week: Extended reality technology may help medical and law enforcement professionals develop empathy during training. Caroline Cao, professor and director of applied health technology initiatives and director of engineering innovation and medical simulation in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, examines the importance. Caroline G. L. Cao […]The post Caroline Cao, University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering –

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.03)

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2025/11/02

University of Illinois’s Grainger College of Engineering Week on The Academic Minute 2025.11.03 Monday Caroline Cao, professor and director of applied health technology initiatives and director of engineering innovation and medical simulation in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, examines the importance of extended reality technology for medical and law enforcement professionals. Tuesday […] The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.03) appeared first on The

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The Academic Minute for 2025.10.27-2025.10.31

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2025/11/01

Monday Leonard M. Lopoo – Syracuse University Why Government Policy is Much More Effective at Reducing Births than Generating Them Leonard M. Lopoo is the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics; Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs; and Director and Co-founder of the Maxwell X Lab. His research […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.10.27-2025.10.31 appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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Leonard M. Lopoo, Syracuse University – Why...

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2025/10/27

On Syracuse University Week: The fertility rate in the United States may pose challenges in the future. Leonard M. Lopoo, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says certain policies may do more harm than good. Leonard M. Lopoo is the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics; Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Public […]The post Leonard M. Lopoo, Syracuse University – Why Government Policy is Much More Effective at Reducing Births than Generating Them appeared first

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.27)

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2025/10/26

Syracuse University Week on The Academic Minute 2025.10.27 Monday Leonard M. Lopoo, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says certain policies may do more harm than good when trying to raise the fertility rate. Tuesday Rachael Dailey Goodwin, assistant professor of management and Lender Center Research Affiliate, examines the desire to be perfect […] The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.27) appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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The Academic Minute for 2025.10.20-2025.10.24

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2025/10/25

Monday Jon Rawski –San Jose State University A Blueprint for Designing Intelligent Learning Systems Jon Rawski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Language Development at San José State University in San Jose, California, where he teaches courses on general and computational linguistics. Professor Rawski’s research aims to understand the fundamental laws of language and […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.10.20-2025.10.24 appeared first on The Academic

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Robert Cheatham, Florida Institute of Technology –...

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2025/10/22

On this Student Spotlight: Can we grow food on Mars? Robert Cheatham, PhD student in chemical engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology, digs into the regolith to find out. Robert Cheatham is a PhD student and researcher pursuing a doctoral degree in chemical engineering at Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) in Melbourne, Florida. […] The post Robert Cheatham, Florida Institute of Technology – Growing Food on Mars appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.20)

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2025/10/19

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.10.20 Monday Jon Rawski, assistant professor in the department of linguistics and language development at San Jose State University, explores how humans learn language provides a blueprint for designing other intelligent learning systems. Tuesday Jonathan Losos, William H. Danforth distinguished university professor at Washington University in St. […]The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.20) appeared first on The Academic

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The Academic Minute for 2025.10.13-2025.10.17

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2025/10/18

Monday Rumi Chunara – New York University Mapping Parks and Greenspaces for Healthier Cities The overarching goal of Rumi Chunara’s research is to develop computational and statistical approaches for acquiring, integrating and using data to improve population-level public health. She focuses on the design and development of data mining and machine learning methods to address […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.10.13-2025.10.17 appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.13)

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2025/10/12

New York University Week on The Academic Minute 2025.10.13 Monday Rumi Chunara, associate professor of computer science and engineering and biostatistics, investigates how green spaces are key for cooling cities, but not every urban area has enough. Tuesday Pablo Ripollés, assistant professor of music technology and psychology, informs us how listening to music […]The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.13) appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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The Academic Minute for 2025.10.06-2025.10.10

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2025/10/11

Monday Alexander Sundermann – University of Pittsburgh Outbreak Detection System Saves Lives Since 2015, Dr. Alexander Sundermann has been part of the Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory (MiGEL) studying the impact of whole genome sequencing surveillance with machine learning of electronic health record data to more quickly detect and better intervene upon healthcare outbreaks compared to […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.10.06-2025.10.10 appeared first on The Academic

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Jiarui Nie, Brown University – Gold Nanorods Offer...

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2025/10/10

Hope could be on the way for those with vision loss. Jiarui Nie, postdoctoral fellow at the National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University, delves into this. Jiarui Nie is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Eye Institute, NIH. She completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at […] The post Jiarui Nie, Brown University – Gold Nanorods Offer Hope for Vision Loss appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.06)

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2025/10/05

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.10.06 Monday Alexander Sundermann, Dr.P.H., assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, looks into one way to stop transmission of infectious diseases in hospitals. Tuesday Amy Krug, senior lecturer of English at the University of Dayton, examines how reading can be […]The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.10.06) appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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The Academic Minute for 2025.09.29-2025.10.03

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2025/10/04

Monday Deborah Finkel – University of Southern California Dornsife Childhood Money Stress Can Leave a Lasting Mark Deborah Finkel is a research professor (50%) at CESR. She earned her PhD in behavior genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1992. Since 2018, she has also served as professor of psychology (50%) at Jönköping University in Sweden. Her […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.09.29-2025.10.03 appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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Sylvain Barbot, University of Southern California...

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2025/10/03

On University of Southern California Dornsife Week: Can watching earthquakes unfold lead us to a new path for prediction in the future? Sylvain Barbot, associate professor of earth sciences, looks into this. Dr. Sylvain Barbot studied earthquake physics and tectonic geodesy at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, the Institute of Geophysics and […] The post Sylvain Barbot, University of Southern California Dornsife – Watching Earthquakes Unfold: A New Path to Prediction appeared

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.09.29)

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2025/09/28

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.09.29 Monday Deborah Finkel, research professor at the center for economic and social research and department of psychology, examines why financial strain in childhood can have lasting effects. Tuesday Begüm G Babür, Ph. D student in social psychology, analyzes what your brain learns from rejection. Wednesday […]The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.09.29) appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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The Academic Minute for 2025.09.22-2025.09.26

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2025/09/27

Monday Kent Kauffman – Purdue University Fort Wayne The Legal Standard that Safeguards Faculty When Students Sue Because of a Bad Grade Kent Kauffman is associate professor of Business Law and Ethics, and is the MBA Programs Faculty Liaison in the Doermer School of Business at Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he teaches in the undergraduate […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.09.22-2025.09.26 appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.09.22)

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2025/09/21

This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.09.22 Monday Kent Kauffman, associate professor of business law and ethics at Purdue University Fort Wayne, asks “What if a student sues a professor because of a bad grade?” Tuesday Timothy Williamson, assistant professor of psychological science at Loyola Marymount University, discusses how to replace stigma with […]The post This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.09.22) appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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The Academic Minute for 2025.09.15-2025.09.19

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2025/09/20

Monday Meredith Broussard – New York University Bias in AI Data journalist Meredith Broussard is a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology, and the author of several books, including “More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias […] The post The Academic Minute for 2025.09.15-2025.09.19 appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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Meredith Broussard, New York University – Bias in AI

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2025/09/15

On New York University Week: Eliminating bias in AI will require work. Meredith Broussard, professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, examines strategies to do so. Data journalist Meredith Broussard is a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology, […]The post Meredith Broussard, New York University – Bias in AI appeared first on The Academic Minute.

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