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Prof. David Uttal, Professor of Education and of Psychology at Northwestern University
October 21, 2020

Links of Spatial Thinking to Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?,  Using a discipline-focused lens to examine spatial thinking skills, and the Development of Children’s Gender-Science Stereotypes. Prof. David Uttal is a

Prof. Jenny Greene, Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University
October 20, 2020

The demographics, formation, migration, and behavior of black holes, what's at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, and the Nobel prizes for Physics 2020. Prof. Jenny Greene is a Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University. Her broad research interest

Dr. Gaurav Jain, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
October 19, 2020

Fluency and perceptions of decision making, Numerosity and allocation behavior, and the impact of number roundedness on framing Dr. Gaurav Jain is an assistant professor of marketing at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research examines how indiv

Election Special: Dr. Dipayan Gosh of Harvard Kennedy School and Dr. Heidi Tworek of University of British Columbia
October 17, 2020

History of democracy, elections, and outcomes. Impact of social media, and what we could expect in upcoming US elections. Dr. Heidi Tworek, Associate Professor in International History and Public Policy, University of British Columbia and Senior Fellow, C

Dr. Michael Niemack, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Cornell University.
October 16, 2020

Cosmic Microwave Background, The Atacama Cosmology Telescope,  The CCAT-Prime Submillimeter Observatory, and The Simons Observatory Dr. Michael Niemack is an Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Cornell University. His research interests i

Prof. Josh Frieman, Head of the Particle Physics Division at Fermilab and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago
October 14, 2020

The evolution of the universe, expansion, accelerated expansion, the use, and misuse of the cosmological constant, dark energy, dark matter, the dark energy survey, and what could be in store for cosmology in the coming years. Prof. Josh Frieman is Head o

Prof. Mario Macis, Professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University
October 12, 2020

Economic Rewards to Motivate Blood Donations, Rewarding Volunteers: A Field Experiment, and Societal support for monetary compensation for plasma and kidney donors. Prof. Mario Macis is a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University. His research in

Prof. John Flood, Professor of Law and Society at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
October 10, 2020

How Machine Learning and Blockchain are Redesigning the Landscape of Professional Knowledge and Organisation, and Globalisation, Law, and Lawyers in a Time of Crisis Prof. John Flood is a Professor of Law and Society at Griffith University in Brisbane, Au

Dr. Mark Hoffman, Research Professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
October 09, 2020

Heterogeneity introduced by EHR system implementation in a de-identified data resource from 100 non-affiliated organizations and Rates and Predictors of Using Opioids in the Emergency Department to Treat Migraine in Adolescents and Young Adults Dr. Mark H

Prof. Volodymyr Babich, Professor of Operations and Information Management at Georgetown University.
October 08, 2020

Does Crowdfunding Benefit Entrepreneurs and Venture Capital Investors?,  Promoting Solar Panel Investments: Feed-in-Tariff vs. Tax-Rebate, R&D Investments in the Presence of Knowledge Spillover and Debt Financing: Can Risk Shifting Cure Free Ridi