Focus
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Today on Focus - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
10:06 AM
Student Loan Debt and Default, a National Crisis?
Lauren Asher, President, The Institute for College Access and Success
More than 90 percent of today’s students earning a bachelor’s degree borrow money to pay for school. That can leave them with a huge burden of debt when they graduate. Why have so many students turned to borrowing to pay for college? And what happens to them and to the country if they can’t repay their loans? Our guest will be Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access and Success, and we’ll explore the growing problem of student debt.
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Categories: Economics • Education
11:06 AM
That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion
Rachel Herz, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Psychology, Brown University
Humans are the only animals that experience disgust. It evolved so that we would learn to avoid foods that would make us sick. Over time it has taken on a distinct cultural dimension, becoming a component of both fear and prejudice. Our guest will be Rachel Herz, an expert on the psychology of smell and emotion. We’ll look at how repulsion shapes our everyday lives, from oor choices in food to our sex lives to the strategies that marketers and politicians use to manipulate us. It’s all in her new book "That’s Disgusting."
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Categories: Behavior • Psychology
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Thursday, May 17, 2012, 10:06 AM
Cybersecurity
Jay Kesan, J.D., Ph.D., H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar Director, Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, College of Law, University of Illinois
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Categories: Crime • Technology • Internet
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 11:06 AM
The Gulf of Mexico Since the British Petroleum Oil Disaster
Larry McKinney, Ph.D., Executive Director, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University
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Categories: Environment • Pollution
Friday, May 18, 2012, 10:06 AM
Personal Finance
David Sinow, J.D., Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Finance, College of Business; Director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research, University of Illinois
Categories: Personal Finance
Friday, May 18, 2012, 11:06 AM
Skin Care
Ellen Jacobsen, M.D., Dermatologist, Jacobsen Dermatology, Urbana, Illinois
Categories: Health • Skin Care
Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:06 AM
Home Care
Scott Spies, Home Inspector, Spies Home Inspection
Monday, May 21, 2012, 11:06 AM
Women's Health
Suzanne Trupin, M.D., Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Women's Heatlh Practice, Champaign, Illinois
Categories: Health • Women's Health
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 10:06 AM
Current Events in Burma/Myanmar
Christina Fink, Ph.D., Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 11:06 AM
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Howard Rheingold, Ph.D., Writer
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:06 AM
Flagrant Conduct: the Story of Lawrence v. Texas: How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans
Dale Carpenter, J.D., the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law, University of Minnesota Law School
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Categories: Family • Gay and Lesbian Issues • Government • Law
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 11:06 AM
Foot Care
Robert Born, DPM, Podiatrist, Carle Physician Group, Urbana, Illinois
Categories: Health • Foot Care
