Academics & Research

IU optometry school granted annual $14,000 endowment

By Jessica Kaplan · Sunday, Nov. 17,2013 10:32 p.m.

The IU School of Optometry will be the recipient of an annual $14,000 endowment from the recently dissolved Saving Sight Indiana, a vision welfare organization formerly known as Prevent Blindness Indiana.

High school travel program expands

By Angela Hawkins · Wednesday, Nov. 13,2013 11:54 p.m.

Two new sites have been added to the IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages, giving high school students a chance to study abroad through IU.

SPEA announces partnership with Korean university

By Samantha Schmidt · Sunday, Nov. 10,2013 11:08 p.m.

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs announced a new partnership Friday with South Korea’s elite university, Seoul National University.

Stetkevych to leave IU NELC department

Thursday, Nov. 7,2013 10:26 p.m.

Come spring semester, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures will lose its only professor of classical Arabic literature, Professor Suzanne Stetkevych.

Professor earns scholar position

Wednesday, Nov. 6,2013 10:44 p.m.

Professor Alexander Rabinowitch was recently elected as an affiliate research scholar of the Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Institute of History, one of the highest honors Rabinowitch could receive within his field of Russian Revolution history.

Faculty caucus organizes anti-censorship read-in

By Alexis Benveniste · Tuesday, Nov. 5,2013 11:26 p.m.

The IU Progressive Faculty and Staff Caucus organized a read-in Tuesday to protest the Former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ attempted censorship of late historian Howard Zinn’s work.

IU team teaches extracurricular sports in Ghana

By Jessica Kaplan · Thursday, Oct. 31,2013 11:43 p.m.

A project known as Youth Enrichment Sports-Ghana recently began to bring after-school sports programs to students in Ghana.

Human ancestral link still unkown

Tuesday, Oct. 29,2013 9:43 p.m.

The ancestral link between modern humans and Neanderthals remains unknown, according to a recent IU study.

Glassblower crafts science instruments

By Holly Hays · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2013 12:08 a.m.

Garvin is the only scientific glassblower serving IU and its satellite campuses. He has spent the last 27 years working with graduate students and researchers in the chemistry, biology, geology and psychology departments.

NPR host speaks on women in technology fields

By Danielle Castonzo · Monday, Oct. 28,2013 11:23 p.m.

Moira Gunn, National Public Radio host, delivered the keynote address at the official launch of the IU Center of Excellence for Women in Technology on Monday in the IU Auditorium.

Science departments give open houses

Thursday, Oct. 24,2013 11:54 p.m.

The astronomy, chemistry, geological sciences, mathematics and physics departments invite students and faculty to experience hands-on presentations Saturday.

Institute director to retire this year

Thursday, Oct. 24,2013 11:43 p.m.

IU-Purdue University Indianapolis professor John Krauss will be leaving his position as a professor and director of the IU Public Policy Institute on the Indianapolis campus.

Professor to serve on foreign board

Tuesday, Oct. 22,2013 8:39 p.m.

Israel Herrera-Cárdenas-Cárdenas, a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, was recently elected to the Board of the European Association of Teachers of Spanish.

Study to analyze smoking among pregnant women

Tuesday, Oct. 22,2013 8:37 p.m.

The IU School of Public Health has received a $900,000 grant from the Indiana State Department of Health in order to conduct a study to help pregnant women in Indiana quit smoking.

Law school fair to attract hundreds of grad schools

Sunday, Oct. 20,2013 11:59 p.m.

Today’s Law Day law school fair is set to attract representatives from more than 115 law schools from across the country to recruit students.

New committee to improve health of University staff

By Ashley Jenkins · Tuesday, Oct. 15,2013 10:20 p.m.

Experts in health formed the new Wellness Steering Committee, which plans to offer resources and incentives that will make a healthier IU staff.

IU Dean ignites European Union trade discussion

Monday, Oct. 14,2013 11:09 p.m.

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs Dean John Graham is sparking an international discussion on barriers to free trade. The dean testified at a hearing Monday before the European Parliament’s Trade Committee in Brussels, Belgium, regarding a deal to smooth trade relations between the European Union and the United States.

Psychology department celebrates 125th anniversary

By Ashley Jenkins · Sunday, Oct. 13,2013 11:06 p.m.

Nearly 300 faculty, alumni and students gathered in Franklin Hall Friday for the 125th Psychology Anniversary Banquet.

Brain sculpture on campus largest in world

By Grayson Harbour · Sunday, Oct. 13,2013 10:53 p.m.

The largest anatomically correct sculpture of the human brain now stands on the corner of 10th and North Walnut Grove streets. The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences unveiled the brain sculpture as part of the department’s 125th anniversary celebration.

Optometry study may assist low vision eye patients

By Anthony Broderick · Thursday, Oct. 10,2013 11:20 p.m.

Moving images are more easily perceived by the eye than static images, according to a recent IU study. The study showed motion-generated images help improve image identification for people with low vision.

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