Academic Minute

How do we challenge misconceptions of queer sexualities in Arab cultures? In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Mejdulene Bernard Shomali offers some suggestions.

Sleep is important, even more so if you have other health conditions. In today’s Academic Minute, Sunmin Lee of the University of California, Irvine, explores the relationship.

Would you call yourself an entrepreneur? In today’s Academic Minute, George Mason University’s Heather Vough says many don’t, even when they should.

Your identity is tied up in how you speak and write more than you might think. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Memphis’s Roger Kreuz explains why.

The aging boom is coming, and not everyone will have family to care for them. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Christine A. Mair explores how to prepare for this hurdle.

Just how dangerous is gun violence in some cities for young men? In today’s Academic Minute, Brown University’s Brandon del Pozo says going to war may be safer than staying home.

If you want to lose weight, hit the gym, right? In today’s Academic Minute, Donald M. Lamkin of the University of California, Los Angeles, explores why it might not be that simple.

Everyone loves a room with a view. In today’s Academic Minute, SUNY New Paltz’s Kerry Dean Carso delves into the history of one type of structure that is built around this principle.