Science

Interview with Dr. David Holtgrave, dean of the UAlbany School of Public Health

NYS Writers Institute

Apr 3, 2020
1 min

Interview with Dr. David Holtgrave, dean of the UAlbany School of Public Health

NYS Writers Institute Director Paul Grondahl interviews Dr. David Holtgrave on COVID-19, “physical distancing,” the CDC, his three rescue...

How will the coronavirus end?

NYS Writers Institute

Mar 30, 2020
2 min

How will the coronavirus end?

We caught up with Ed Yong, one of science writing's master storytellers. Ed made two presentations at UAlbany under the sponsorship of...

Neurobiologist / musician Joseph LeDoux on anxiety and fear

NYS Writers Institute

Mar 27, 2020
3 min

Neurobiologist / musician Joseph LeDoux on anxiety and fear

In this age of anxiety about COVID-19, we checked in with neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, preeminent authority on the neurobiology of fear...

Q&A: David Quammen, author of "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic"

NYS Writers Institute

Mar 24, 2020
2 min

Q&A: David Quammen, author of "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic"

In these days of social isolation, which book are you most looking forward to reading?

NYS Writers Institute

Mar 13, 2020
1 min

In these days of social isolation, which book are you most looking forward to reading?