This Week on The Academic Minute

Monday

Dimitrios Mathios, assistant professor of neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis, takes a non-invasive look at detecting brain cancer with artificial intelligence.

Tuesday

Amber Kerwin, professor of the practice of criminal justice at Hartwick College, looks into the barriers for women entering law enforcement professions.

Wednesday

Emily Balcetis, associate professor of psychology at New York University, examines what motivates runners.

Thursday

Petra Fromme, Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and director of the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery at Arizona State University, examines how humidity can play a role in fighting climate change.

Friday

Jenny M. Munson, professor and director at the Cancer Research Center – Roanoke at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, unravels the secrets of “chemo brain”.

Catch up with The Academic Minute from 6/15 - 6/19

Monday

Stephen Santa Ramirez - University at Buffalo
The Importance of Embracing Historically Marginalized Students

Stephen Santa-Ramirez is an associate professor of higher education at the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

His experiences in U.S. higher education and student affairs include work in multicultural and LGBT+ affairs, residential life and housing services, and migrant student services. In addition to UB, Santa-Ramirez has taught for the Philadelphia Freedom Schools, Michigan State University, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Arizona State University.

Tuesday

Jordana Maisel - University at Buffalo
Inclusive Design is More Than Just Curb Cuts

Jordana Maisel is director of the Research for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

Wednesday

Sambandmurthy Ganapathy - University at Buffalo
The Human Brain Offers Clues to How to Make AI More Energy Efficient

Sambandamurthy Ganapathy is a physicist who studies nanoscale materials and devices and how they relate to cutting-edge phenomena like superconductivity and resistive switching.

His experimental research group, which uses advanced nanofabrication techniques, designs and develops devices smaller than one micrometer that can explore the fundamental, microscopic mechanisms that dictate physical properties.

Thursday

Rohini Srihari - University at Buffalo
AI Can Give Voice to People Who Cannot Speak

Rohini Srihari is a scientist, educator and entrepreneur.

A professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo, Srihari’s research and teaching focuses on artificial intelligence for social good, conversational AI, deep learning in natural language processing and other fields.

Friday

Thomas Grant - University at Buffalo
Predicting Protein Movements to Speed Up Drug Discovery

Thomas Grant is a structural biologist whose research focuses on developing innovative analytical methods to uncover the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules.

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