Universities on the SGU

All transcribed episodes up to 346 have been checked so far.

Universities mentioned on the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe and the context in which they were mentioned.

University	LinkToSegment	Description
University of Ferrarra in Italy	SGU_Episode_3#Interview_with_Massimo_Pigliucci_.2816:22.29	Massimo Pigliucci got a degree there
University of Connecticut	SGU_Episode_3#Interview_with_Massimo_Pigliucci_.2816:22.29	Massimo Pigliucci got a degree there
University of Tennessee (at Knoxville)	SGU_Episode_3#Interview_with_Massimo_Pigliucci_.2816:22.29	Massimo Pigliucci got a degree there
Colorado University	SGU_Episode_5#Interview_with_Michael_Shermer_.2810:00.29	Soldiers in Iraq should be shot
University of Hawaii at Manoa	SGU_Episode_8#Science_or_Fiction_.288:30.29	Caterpillar eats snails
Purdue University	SGU_Episode_8#Science_or_Fiction_.288:30.29	Cold fusion
Maharishi University	SGU_Episode_8#Steven_Salerno_Interview:_Self_Help_Movement_.2820:53.29	Self help movement
Harvard University	SGU_Episode_9#Conclusion_.281:01:30.29	Published a book on alien abduction
University of Maryland	SGU_Episode_11#Interview_with_Robert_Park	Dr. Robert Park teaches there
University of Berne	SGU_Episode_11#Studying_Alternative_Medicine_.2812:16.29	Homeopathy is a placebo
University of Arkansas	SGU_Episode_12#Atkins_Diet_and_Nutrition_.2837:50.29	Atkins weight loss not impressive
Harvard University	SGU_Episode_12#Atkins_Diet_and_Nutrition_.2837:50.29	Trans fat is bad
Purdue University	SGU_Episode_16#Glenn_Sparks_Interview_.280:24.29	Glenn Sparks works there
University of Wisconsin, Madison	SGU_Episode_16#Survey_Results_.2816:18.29	Glenn Sparks studied there
University of Kentucky	SGU_Episode_17#Bleeding_Statues_and_Joe.27s_Personas_.2834:33.29	Joe Nickell studied there
Temple University School of Medicine	SGU_Episode_18#Science_or_Fiction_.288:31.29	St. John's Wort protein suppresses HIV
Rensselaer Research	SGU_Episode_18#Science_or_Fiction_.288:31.29	T-Rays
University of Southern Maine	SGU_Episode_19#Million_Dollar_Bigfoot_Challenge_.285:30.29	Million dollar Bigfoot challenge
University of Edinburgh	SGU_Episode_19#Putting_the_.27Psi.27_Into_Science_.2830:19.29	ESP experiments
University of Kansas	SGU_Episode_20#Intelligent_Design_and_Kansas_University_.281:16.29	Intelligent design taught as religion, not science
Boston University	SGU_Episode_20#Intelligent_Design_and_the_Great_Debate	Hosted the Great Debate on Intelligent Design
George Mason University	SGU_Episode_20#Intelligent_Design_and_the_Great_Debate	James Trefil teaches there
University of Vermont	SGU_Episode_20#Free_Will	Derk Pereboom wrote argued against free will
Duke University	SGU_Episode_20#Free_Will	Owen Flanagan works there, helped write The Problem of the Soul
University of Kansas	SGU_Episode_21#Intelligent_Design_Course_Withdrawn_.281:_13.29	Withdrew Intelligent Design Course
Stanford University	SGU_Episode_21#Interview_with_.22Wallace_Sampson.2C_MD.22_.288:20.29	Wallace Sampson, guest on the SGU, works there
Syracuse University	SGU_Episode_22#Science_or_Fiction_.288:52.29	Bat genital size
Harvard University	SGU_Episode_22#Alien_Abductees_.2835:18.29	Studied “alien abductees” for false memories
Seoul National University	SGU_Episode_25#Stem_Cell_Research_Fraud_.2855:26.29	Stem Cell research fraud
Duke University	SGU_Episode_27#Stolen_Memories_.288:20.29	Memories can be “stolen”
University of Canterbury	SGU_Episode_27#Stolen_Memories_.288:20.29	Memories can be “stolen”
University of Michigan	SGU_Episode_28#Interview_with_Tara_Smith_.2825:57.29	Tara Smith did her post doc there
University of Iowa	SGU_Episode_28#Interview_with_Tara_Smith_.2825:57.29	Tara Smith teaches there.
Lakehead University	SGU_Episode_31#WiFi_networks_and_leukemia.2C_brain_tumours_.280:40.29	Limited wifi on their campus because of radiation
Pace University	SGU_Episode_31#Science_or_Fiction_.2822:50.29	Terence Hines has a PhD there.
Johns Hopkins University	SGU_Episode_33#Plastic_Scare_.2814:23.29	Falsely quoted in a plastic scare spam email.
University of California	SGU_Episode_36#The_Woman_who_Never_Forgets_.2815:02.29	Researchers there are studying a woman who never forgets anything
Duke University	SGU_Episode_37#Prayer_in_Medicine_.2814:130	Dr. Harold Koenig, the director of the Center of Spirituality and Theology dismissed a study that showed prayer does not help medical patients.
Ohio State University	SGU_Episode_38#Science_or_Fiction_.2853:33.29	Aaron Wickman published a study that shows no difference in IQ scores between older and younger siblings.
University of Arizona	SGU_Episode_39#Interview_with_Marilyn_Schlitz_.2836:34.29	Marilyn Schlitz just came from a conference there called “Towards Science Consciousness”
Southern Connecticut State University	SGU_Episode_40#Birthday_Problem_.2822:17.29	Evan Bernstein gave a lecture on the birthday problem there
Sheffield Hallam University	SGU_Episode_42#UFO.27s_in_the_UK_.282:11.29	Dr. David Clark requested the results of a UK UFO study that showed no evidence of aliens. The request resulted in media attention.
University of Washington	SGU_Episode_42#UFO.27s_in_the_UK_.282:11.29	Eugenie Scott lectured to an audience there
Johns Hopkins University	SGU_Episode_43#Interview_with_Ray_Hyman_.2827:45.29	Ray Hyman got a PhD is psychology there
Harvard University	SGU_Episode_43#Interview_with_Ray_Hyman_.2827:45.29	Ray Hyman taught psychology and statistics there
Princeton University	SGU_Episode_43#Ganzfeld_Experiements_.2828:39.29	Robert Jahn, the Dean of Applied Sciences and Engineering wrote a positive article on parapsychology that got a lot of attention.
Cambridge University	SGU_Episode_43#Ganzfeld_Experiements_.2828:39.29	The Parapsychological Association and the Society for Psychical Research had their 100th anniversary celebration there
University of Rochester	SGU_Episode_43#Science_or_Fiction_.2865:52.29	Robert Boyd made light go backward
Penn State University	SGU_Episode_43#Science_or_Fiction_.2865:52.29	A publication by Abhey Ashtekar says there was a quantum bounce instead of a Big Bang
Everglades University	SGU_Episode_44#The_Amaz.21ng_Meeting_4_.2834:28.29	Offering a Bachelor of Science degree in alternative medicine
University of Cincinnati	SGU_Episode_47#Interview_with_Zachary_Moore_.2829:58.29	Zachary Moore earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine there
University of Texas	SGU_Episode_47#Interview_with_Zachary_Moore_.2829:58.29	Zachary Moore was a post-grad assistant there at the time
University of Michigan	SGU_Episode_47#Science_or_Fiction_.281:07:16.29	Conducted a study showing that people get happier as they get older
Cornell University	SGU_Episode_48	Steve Mirsky got a Masters degree in chemistry there
University of Oklahoma	SGU_Episode_49#Gerald_Schroeder_on_God_.2812:05.29	Frank Sonnleitner criticized an intelligent design proponent
University of Minnesota	SGU_Episode_49#Science_or_Fiction_.2848:38.29	Researched ways to reduce kidney stone formation in astronauts
University of Buffalo	SGU_Episode_49#Science_or_Fiction_.2848:38.29	Researchers there found wearing seat belts reduced the risk of fatality in an accident
University of Alberta	SGU_Episode_49#Science_or_Fiction_.2848:38.29	Patented a device that uses ultrasound to regrow teeth
Yale University	SGU_Episode_62#Science_or_Fiction_.281:07:38.29	A study there found artificially high levels of testosterone can cause cells to induce their own death. Also, Steve says he works there.
Brown University	SGU_Episode_98#Science_or_Fiction_.2853:53.29	Physicists there looked at the motion of an electron through super-cold liquid helium
Northwestern University	SGU_Episode_102#Study:_1_in_6_Juries_Get_the_Verdict_Wrong_.2817:33.29	Study shows that 1 in 6 juries get the verdict wrong
Emory University	SGU_Episode_103#Interview_with_Scott_Lilienfield_.2834:33.29	Scott Lilienfield is a clinical psychologist and professor there
Colorado University	SGU_Episode_105#Ward_Churchill_Fired_.282:26.29	Fired Ward Churchill for academic misconduct, including plagiarism. He said it was because of his views about 9/11 conspiracies.
George Mason University	SGU_Episode_110#Science_or_Fiction_.2858:25.29	A study there showed that husbands do less work than live-in boyfriends
Maharishi University of Management	SGU_Episode_150#New_Alien_Video_.281:50.29	Stan Romanek (a delusional believer according to Steve) went there
Osaka University	SGU_Episode_150#Cold_Fusion	Yoshiaka Arata believes he has discovered cold fusion
University of Buffalo	SGU_Episode_150#Science_or_Fiction_.281:06:24.29	Study shows it is psychologically healthy to keep feelings inside rather than discussing them after collective traumatic events like 9/11.
University of Texas at Austin	SGU_Episode_156#Zapping_Cancer_Cells_.2819:34.29	Engineers there created surgical lasers so accurate that they can destroy cancer cells, leaving their neighbor cells unaffected
Bristol University	SGU_Episode_165#Science_or_Fiction_.281:04:43.29	Research suggests the rise of the dinosaurs was due to pure luck
Pennsylvania State University	SGU_Episode_184#Evolution_Before_Our_Eyes_.2814:09.29	A study saw evolution happening
Stony Brook University	SGU_Episode_185#Interview_with_Massimo_Pigliucci_.2833:39.29	Massimo Pigliucci is a professor of ecology and evolution there
University of Florida	SGU_Episode_201#Question_.23_1_-_Polonium_Halos_.2825:29.29	A creationist named Robert V. Gentry got a Master's in Physics there
University of Rhode Island	SGU_Episode_201#Who.27s_That_Noisy_.281:16:56.29	Scientists recorded the sound of an Atlantic Croaker fish
University of Leeds	SGU_Episode_202#Volcanic_Extinction_.2810:52.29	Scientists discovered a volcanic eruption mass-extinction event that had been previously unknown
University of Bristol	SGU_Episode_203#Interview_with_Bruce_Hood_.2833:13.29	Bruce Hood (a guest on the SGU) works there
Brown University	SGU_Episode_245#Rise_of_the_Dinosaurs_.285:36.29	The rise of the dinosaurs was caused by volcanism
University of New York	SGU_Episode_252#Nonsense_on_Stilts_.281:33.29	Massimo Pigliucci works there
Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane	SGU_Episode_252#Definition_of_Siphon_.2811:11.29	Stephen Hughes discovered that oxford has used the wrong definition of siphon for the last 100 years
Univeersity of Gothenburg	SGU_Episode_257#Einstein.27s_Brain_.289:22.29	Studied astrocytes
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada	SGU_Episode_257#Science_or_Fiction_.281:00:07.29	Computer simulation shows many comets in our solar system originated in other solar systems
Penn State University	SGU_Episode_271#Losing_Your_Religion_.281:02.29	Did a crappy study looking at health and religion
Cornell University	SGU_Episode_271#Halfalogue_.2831:51.29	Lauren Emberson studied how distracting it is to hear one end of a cellphone conversation
University of Toronto	SGU_Episode_271#Science_or_Fiction_.281:00:58.29	Todd Reichert achieved sustained human-powered flight with an ornithopter (has flapping wings)
University of Paris	SGU_Episode_328#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.282:09.29	In 1398, academics there declared that magic is real and dangerous
University of Sydney	SGU_Episode_328#Science_or_Fiction_.281:01:02.29	Including enough protein in our diets rather than just cutting calories curbs appetities
Northwestern University	SGU_Episode_331#Science_or_Fiction_.281:00:43.29	Scientists there improved the charging rate of lithium-ion batteries ten-fold (they wear out faster though)
Southern Cross University	SGU_Episode_339#Name_That_Logical_Fallacy_.2850:20.29	The school of health there teaches alternative medicine, and a professor there defended the practice
Uppsala University	SGU_Episode_340#Science_or_Fiction_.2857:06.29	Researchers associate lack of sleep with increased appetite
University of Tokyo	SGU_Episode_345#Missing_Dark_Matter_.2812:37.29	Researchers show galaxies could be connected by a web of dark matter
Cornell University	SGU_Episode_345#Nanoparticle_Safety_.2829:11.29	Nanoparticles in food could harm human health
Yale University	SGU_Episode_346#Science_or_Fiction_.281:03:26.29	Triceratops and Torosaurus were two separate species, not one