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July 12, 2011 - 2:46am
In today’s Academic Minute, Vanderbilt University's Daniel Sharfstein examines the long history of racial assimilation in the United States and why racial categories prove ambiguous at best. Sharfstein is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt's law school and was the inaugural recipient of the Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History at Harvard Law School. Find out more about him here.
July 11, 2011 - 1:49am
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Connecticut's Nicholas Leadbeater discusses the similarity between molecules and Lego bricks, and reveals how chemists use them to build new and useful compounds. Leadbeater is an associate professor of organic and inorganic chemistry at UConn. Find out more about him here.
July 8, 2011 - 10:56am
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Thacker is Dana Professor of Canadian Studies and associate dean of academic advising at St. Lawrence and author of Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives. Find out more about him here.
July 7, 2011 - 9:59am
In today’s Academic Minute, Amit Pai of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences examines the problem of adjusting drug dosages for obese patients. Pai is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Albany's pharmacy college. Find out more about him here.
July 6, 2011 - 1:07am
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of North Florida's Katie Monnin describes how the use of graphic novels in the classroom can improve reading comprehension and attitudes about reading among young readers. Monnin is an assistant professor of literacy at North Florida and author of the forthcoming Really Reading with Graphic Novels and Teaching Content Area Graphic Novels. Find out more about her here.
