Tipsheet: State of the Union Address
Indiana UniversityIndiana University Bloomington faculty members are available to comment on initiatives that President Bush is expected to discuss in Wednesday's State of the Union Address.
Indiana University Bloomington faculty members are available to comment on initiatives that President Bush is expected to discuss in Wednesday's State of the Union Address.
Rat brain cells grown in a dish activate each other in cascades that resemble avalanches, and these "brain avalanches" appear to be involved in memory. New computer models suggest that these brain avalanches may be optimal for information storage.
Sound archives have reached a critical point in their history, marked by the rapid deterioration of original recordings.
Living Well provides health tips based on Indiana University faculty research, teaching and service. February's tips discuss romance, cell phone use while driving, and the Web site accessibility failings of top liberal arts colleges.
A new theory of how planets form finds havens of stability amid violent turbulence in the swirling gas that surrounds a young star. These protected areas are where planets can begin to form without being destroyed.
March's tips discuss swimming and aging, Tiger Woods, golfing tips for people with disabilities and golf course operators, and a potential housing crisis involving adult children with developmental disabilities.
The process that formed the giant planet Jupiter may also have spawned some of the tiniest and oldest members of our solar system -- millimeter-sized spheres called chondrules, the major part of the most primitive meteorites.
A review of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's legacy is on the docket this spring.
Light may be a direct result of small violations of relativity. This description is markedly different from existing theories of light, in which scientists believe space is without direction and the properties of light are a result of an underlying symmetry of nature.
How do Europeans view America? Is it life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Or is it blue jeans, MTV and hamburgers with a side of "freedom fries"?
An evolutionary arms race between predatory garter snakes and their newt quarry is turning out to be something of an illusion. At the molecular level, another battle rages. And in this second, miniature realm, it's the newt who's the aggressor.
Industry and academic cybersecurity experts will convene Thursday and Friday (April 14-15) at Rutgers University to discuss new and as-yet-unresolved threats to safe and secure e-commerce. Their meeting is the first scientific conference devoted specifically to phishing and related e-commerce issues.
When it comes to protecting themselves from computer hackers and securing personal information, do colleges and universities make the grade?
Most high school students say they plan on going to college. Yet they fail to put in the necessary time and academic effort before graduation to succeed in college, according to an Indiana University report.
The majority of tax abatement programs offered by local and state governments to stimulate economic growth are overly generous, according to a new study. This inclination towards generosity often leads to costs outweighing benefits to communities.
May's tips focus on obesity and include items about children's television viewing habits and obesity, bariatric surgery, economic impact of obesity, college programs to train fitness experts, and gender differences in sticking to workouts.
The final meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests, now under way, could result in firm commitments to protect the world's forests or, some environmentalists worry, merely an agreement to continue negotiations.
Indiana University experts offer tips on water safety and jogging safety.
Two professors at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington are available to comment about the fight in Congress over President Bush's appointments to the federal judiciary.
It has been one of the great mysteries in plant science. Scientists have known since 1885 that the plant growth hormone auxin exists. They've known of its dramatic effects on plant growth and development since the 1930s. But only now do scientists know how it works.
An Indiana University professor may have uncovered the mechanisms by which high-salt diets can trigger exercise-induced asthma, offering the most complete picture to date of how dietary factors can both aggravate and alleviate the symptoms of this common condition.
This monthly tip sheet is based on Indiana University faculty and student research, teaching and service. June's tips focus on physical activity, early diagnosis, treatment and stress involved with autism spectrum disorders.
The Swahili language may be familiar to many Americans because of The Lion King, but other African languages are beginning to roar at campuses such as IU Bloomington. Until Aug. 12, IUB is home to the national Summer Cooperative African Language Institute.
July's tips have a back-to-school focus and feature sleep and behavior problems, college parties and sexual assault, parent-teacher communication regarding students with disabilities and after-school programs that help keep middle schoolers off drugs.
Learning Matters for August contains items about the digital divide, charter schools and gifted instruction, homeschooling, student expression and the Internet, and challenges facing urban schools in Indiana.
Male students and many students of color need a more nurturing learning environment, according to the 2005 High School Survey of Student Engagement. The findings indicate that academic expectations for all students should be more challenging and reveal that only 55 percent of the students in the nationwide survey feel safe at school.
Indiana University is one of nine institutions receiving grants from the National Science Foundation to help improve TeraGrid -- a network of advanced computing, storage, visualization systems and instruments connected by high speed conduits.
Through six editions and nearly half a century, "A History of Western Music" has defined the way music history has been taught. But it's the seventh edition of the book that promises to significantly impact the way students listen to, learn and understand Western music.
Twenty-two companies in the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center and researchers in the IU School of Medicine have a new resource readily available to them in downtown Indianapolis -- on-site assistance from IU's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Everyday around-the-house activities such as housecleaning, yard work and washing the car have been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people with hypertension and prehypertension, Indiana University researchers have found.
Indiana University Bloomington is extending a Hoosier welcome to victims of Hurricane Katrina, who include current IU students from the disaster area as well as those enrolled in institutions there who wish to continue their education here.
Despite the breadth and power of his artistic achievement, visionary American photographer Art Sinsabaugh has never quite enjoyed the same name recognition as some of his more celebrated contemporaries. That may change now that the Indiana University Art Museum has organized the first-ever retrospective of Sinsabaugh's remarkable career.
Terrorist attacks have focused attention on Muslim minorities in the West as suspects in the face of insecurity. Participants at a historic conference at Indiana University Bloomington next week will seek ways to improve the civil rights of Western Muslims while addressing salient security concerns.
On Oct. 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people watched the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. Three criminal law professors from the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington are available to offer their perspectives on the lasting impact of the Simpson trial.
Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education and a prominent defender of teaching evolution in school classrooms, will give a free public talk at the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington on Wednesday (Sept. 21) from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A reception will follow.
September's tips discuss balance exercises that can be performed at home, a family television viewing strategy and the benefits of cooking your own food.
Indiana University's Kelley School of Business announced today (Sept. 27) the naming of its Graduate and Executive Education Center in honor of William J. Godfrey, an IU alumnus who has gone from humble beginnings in Fish Lake, Ind., to great success in real estate and health products.
Living Well holiday tips include information about healthy gifts, making small talk, squeezing in workouts, and minimizing the bitterness of divorce for children.
It's not every day that a scientist opens an artistic exhibit on the Washington, D.C., Mall, but that's exactly what Indiana University Bloomington biologist Roger Hangarter will do on Oct. 27 at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory.
These tips offer expert advice regarding post-holiday injury prevention and treatment and keeping children active during the winter months.
Learning Matters for November contains items about effective reading instruction for struggling older elementary students and the use of sorrow as a teachable moment.
A gene thought to influence perception and susceptibility to drug dependence is expressed more readily in human beings than in other primates, and this difference coincides with the evolution of our species, say scientists at Indiana University Bloomington and three other academic institutions.
The Indiana University School of Music announced today (Nov. 17) that it had received the largest single gift ($40.6 million) to any school of music at a public university. The school will be named the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in honor of the donors.
The following tips discuss AIDS in rural America, home HIV-antibody testing and abstinence-only AIDS prevention, HIV and teens, and a successful Indiana University-Kenya partnership.
December's Living Well tips offer information on quitting smoking, returning to school as an adult, eating before exercise and accessing local health care information online.
A staff-driven, organizational behavior management intervention focusing on hand washing, patient charts and effective documentation reduced the incidence of potentially deadly staph infections by 70 percent in two intensive care units over a six-month study period.
A twisted soap bubble with a handle? Experts had thought for more than 200 years that such a structure was not even mathematically possible. But mathematician Matthias Weber and two colleagues have published a proof of the existence of a new minimal surface they call a genus one helicoid.
American composer Ned Rorem has accomplished what many of his predecessors could only dream of: the transformation of the classic play "Our Town" into an opera. On Feb. 24, Indiana University Opera Theater will present the world premiere of Rorem's "Our Town," with libretto by renowned American poet and writer J.D. McClatchy.
The item discusses Indiana University research that demonstrated that people suffering from exercise-induced asthma were able to reduce their symptoms to below the threshold used to diagnose the disease by eating a diet supplemented with fish oil.
Looking ahead to Valentine's Day, this month's tips discuss how couples can restore their sex life, love-handle hormones, giving intimate gifts for Valentine's Day and sugar's impact beyond calories and cavities.