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Prof. Anupam Garg, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. Apr 29, 2021

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Quantum mechanics versus macroscopic realism: Is the flux there when nobody looks?

Prof. Anupam Garg is professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. His current research interests center around quantum phenomena involving the orientational degree of freedom of spin angular momentum.

Prof. Gilles Hilary, Professor of Accounting at Georgetown University. Apr 27, 2021

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Religion and business decisions, Trust and Contracting, Self-segregation and Labor Movement, Mandatory Data Breach Transparency and Insider Trading, and Artificial Intelligence and Fraud Detection

Prof. Gilles Hilary is professor of Accounting at Georgetown University. He is a founding member of Cercle-K2, a French think-tank on risk management. He is a Research Fellow at the French Military Police Academy (CREOGN) and a Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)

Prof. Bill Gibson, Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont. Apr 25, 2021

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Why explore space, do we have free markets in space and if we do, can they save the space program and us?

Prof. Bill Gibson is Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont. His main interest is building and simulating macroeconomic models for developing countries. A second area of interest is NASA, space policy and the aerospace industry.

Prof. Morton Schapiro, President of Northwestern University and Prof. Gary Morson, Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern Apr 23, 2021

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Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us

Prof. Morton Schapiro is the President of Northwestern University and a Professor of Economics at Northwestern and Prof. Gary Morson is Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern

Prof. Stephanie Seguino, Professor of economics at the University of Vermont Apr 21, 2021

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The Costs of Exclusion: Gender Job Segregation, Structural Change and the Labour Share of Income and Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont: Can Race Data Analysis Contribute to Reform?

Prof. Stephanie Seguino is professor of economics at the University of Vermont. Her research focuses on the economics of stratification inequality. In the policy arena, she has contributed to research on macroeconomic policy tools for financing and promoting gender equality

Prof. Michael Roberts, Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Apr 19, 2021

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A century of capital structure: The leveraging of corporate America, The History of the Cross-Section of Stock Returns, How Does Financing Impact Investment? The Role of Debt Covenants, and CLO Performance

Prof. Michael Roberts is Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research spans corporate finance, banking, and asset pricing.

Prof. David Gerdes, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan Apr 17, 2021

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Evidence or no-evidence for a distant giant planet in the solar system and Discovery and Physical Characterization of a Large Scattered Disk Object at 92 au.

Prof. David Gerdes is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. His research addresses basic questions about the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe.

Prof. Sarkis Mazmanian, Professor of Microbiology at the California Institute of Technology Apr 15, 2021

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Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease, A gut bacterial amyloid promotes asynuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice, Plasma and Fecal Metabolite Profiles in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Gut microbial molecules in behavioural and neurodegenerative conditions, and The gut microbiota–brain axis in behaviour and brain disorders.

Prof. Sarkis Mazmanian is Professor of Microbiology at the California Institute of Technology. His research aims to discover how gut bacteria influence the development and function of the immune and nervous systems, with the goal of understanding mechanisms by which the microbiome contributes to the critical balance between health and disease.

Prof. Michael Dickinson, Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology Apr 13, 2021

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Death Valley, Drosophila, and the Devonian Toolkit, Sun Navigation Requires Compass Neurons in Drosophila, and The aerodynamics and control of free flight manoeuvres in Drosophila.

Prof. Michael Dickinson is Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology. One of his research focus areas is the flight of insects.

Prof. Michael Dinerstein, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Apr 11, 2021

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Quantifying the Supply Response of Private Schools to Public Policies, The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Expansion Policy, Consumer Price Search and Platform Design in Internet Commerce, Competition and Entry in Agricultural Markets: Experimental Evidence from Kenya, and Human Capital Depreciation.

Prof. Michael Dinerstein is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. His research interests include public economics, with an emphasis on education, and industrial organization.

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