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

NYS Writers Institute

Apr 3, 20201 min read

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, 20202 min read

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, 20203 min read

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, 20202 min read

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, 20201 min read

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

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