Something to fear
With the advent of video games, a frequently asked question has been whether we get as engrossed in them emotionally as we do when we see a scary movie. The answer is yes and in new ways, according to...
View ArticleStudy: male role in offspring’s brain development
A new study from Indiana University provides evidence in mice that males may play a positive role in the development of offspring’s brains starting before pregnancy. The research, reported in the...
View ArticleLink between body temp and autism?
A $900,000 grant to Indiana University from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development will fund one of the first basic science...
View ArticleGoogle funds research on early interest in STEM
Google Inc. has awarded $150,000 to two Indiana University Bloomington researchers to support a study of how early experiences can trigger and maintain an interest in the STEM fields of science,...
View ArticleNIH grants support improvements in community mental health care
With a pair of new National Institutes of Health grants totaling nearly $3 million, Indiana University Bloomington clinical psychologist Cara Lewis will tackle two major issues in the effort to bring...
View ArticleDistinguished Professor Fred Cate named Vice President for Research
Indiana University Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law Fred H. Cate has been named vice president for research for the university, IU President Michael A. McRobbie has announced....
View ArticleExpanding the theory of evolution
The concepts originally laid out in Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 continue to serve as a major foundation for the modern theory of evolutionary biology. In recent decades,...
View ArticleSaving the bees
A growing network of IU Bloomington students, faculty, and city residents have taken up the plight of the bees. Ellie Symes, a first-year Master of Public Affairs/Master of Science in environmental...
View ArticleStrong research funding, philanthropy, economic develoment in FY 2015
Indiana University enjoyed one of its best years ever for research grants, private philanthropy and economic development activities in fiscal year 2015, IU President Michael A. McRobbie has announced —...
View ArticleIdentifying the mythical ‘first flower’
Indiana University paleobotanist David Dilcher and colleagues in Europe have identified a 125 million- to 130 million-year-old freshwater plant as one of earliest flowering plants on Earth. The...
View ArticleNational Humanities Medal for Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Fedwa Malti-Douglas, College Professor and Martha C. Kraft Emerita Professor of Humanities in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, has been named one of 10 recipients of the National...
View ArticleIU Grand Challenges program
To address some of the most urgent challenges facing Indiana and the world, Indiana University has launched the most ambitious research program in the university’s history. Indiana University will...
View ArticleMachines that think like toddlers
Linda Smith, an internationally recognized expert in human cognition at IU Bloomington, and IU Bloomington professor Chen Yu, in collaboration with computer vision researchers from Georgia Tech, have...
View Article$1.2M grant to to unlock potential of Midwest maker movement
Hacking, crafting, making, tinkering, “DIY.” A wide range of terms reflect a growing international culture of creativity related to making physical objects. In the United States, signs of this movement...
View Article10 years of New Frontiers in Arts & Humanities funding
One of Indiana University’s most prominent efforts to strengthen its long-standing commitment to excellence in the arts and humanities has been the university’s New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities...
View ArticleIU trip above the Arctic Circle for repatriation
The month of June 2015 found IU anthropologists Jayne-Leigh Thomas and April Sievert over 350 miles above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, a town with a population of 4,000 on Alaska’s North Slope. Bundled...
View ArticleSexual activity changes immune system to increase chances of conception
Research from Indiana University has found that sexual activity triggers physiological changes in the body that increase a woman’s chances of getting pregnant, even outside the window of ovulation. The...
View ArticleDigital rescue
The Herculean effort to digitize all of IU’s significant (and, in many cases, endangered) audio and visual recordings by Indiana University’s 2020 bicentennial celebration is well under way, cranking...
View ArticleRecipe for producing star performers
While the contributions and value added by star performers can be extraordinary and even legendary, companies today often overlook the influence those top employees can have on others around them,...
View ArticleCelebrating new ‘maker space’
The maker movement at the Indiana University School of Education now has a space of its own. The school is opening the Make Innovate Learn Lab, a creative space available for tinkering, crafting,...
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