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The Academic Minute episodes

October 17, 2025 Takahiro Yabe, New York University – Your Behavior Affects Your City
On New York University Week: Your behavior can affect the city you live in. Takahiro Yabe, assistant professor in the department of technology management and innovation and the Center for Urban Science and Progress, details the relationship. Takahiro Yabe is an Assistant Professor at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Department of Technology Management and […]

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October 16, 2025 Jackie Cosse, New York University – Rethinking Social Defeat
On this Student Spotlight during New York University Week: Structural factors can shape psychotic experiences in young adults. Jackie Cosse, Ph.D. candidate and adjunct professor in the Silver School of Social Work, examines how. Jacqueline (Jackie) Cosse, LMSW, is a PhD candidate and adjunct instructor at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work, with […]

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October 15, 2025 Erin Morrison, New York University – Linguistics Is For The Birds
On New York University Week: What’s in a name? Erin Morrison, clinical associate professor in liberal studies, looks at one colorful bird to find out. Dr. Erin Morrison is a Clinical Associate Professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. She holds a B.A. in Biology from Amherst College and received her Ph.D. in Ecology […]

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October 14, 2025 Pablo Ripollés, New York University – Intentional Music Listening and Stroke Recovery
On New York University Week: Listening to music can have many benefits. Pablo Ripollés, assistant professor of music technology and psychology, investigates why it may be helpful for those recovering from a stroke. Pablo Ripollés is an Assistant Professor with a joint position between the Department of Psychology and the Music and Audio Research Laboratory […]

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October 13, 2025 Rumi Chunara, New York University – Mapping Parks and Greenspaces for Healthier Cities
On New York University Week: Green spaces are key for cooling cities, but not every urban area has enough. Rumi Chunara, associate professor of computer science and engineering and biostatistics, investigates this from an urban planning perspective. The overarching goal of Rumi Chunara’s research is to develop computational and statistical approaches for acquiring, integrating and […]

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October 10, 2025 Jiarui Nie, Brown University – Gold Nanorods Offer Hope for Vision Loss
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 […]

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October 09, 2025 Lauren Blum, University of Colorado – Living With a Star: The Sun-Earth Connection
We still have questions to answer about the Earth’s relationship with the Sun. Lauren Blum, assistant professor of astrophysical and planetary science at the University of Colorado Boulder, examines some. Lauren Blum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to 2020, she was a research […]

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October 08, 2025 Stephen Lee, Washington State University – How Emotions Influence the Way Help Is Perceived
If you help someone out, that builds trust with them – right? Stephen Lee, assistant professor of management at the Carson College of Business at Washington State University, says that might not always be the case. Dr. Stephen Lee is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship (MISE) […]

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October 07, 2025 Amy Krug, University of Dayton – Reading Romance As An Act of Resistance
Can reading be an act of resistance? Amy Krug, senior lecturer of English at the University of Dayton, examines this. Amy Krug is a senior lecturer at the University of Dayton. She specializes in the scholarly study of popular romance novels, particularly how romance novels function in community. With her students, she is developing a […]

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October 06, 2025 Alexander Sundermann, University of Pittsburgh – Outbreak Detection System Saves Lives
How do we stop infectious disease transmission while patients are in the hospital? Alexander Sundermann, Dr.P.H., assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, looks into one way to do so. Since 2015, Dr. Alexander Sundermann has been part of the Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory (MiGEL) studying the impact of […]

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