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Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

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IU Health & Wellness

Indiana University researchers and fitness experts discuss links between creativity and happy people, hot weather exercise and important considerations when selecting a personal trainer or fitness specialist (beware of motor mouths).   Full Story >>

Neuroscientists Robert Sapolsky, Karel Svoboda honored by IU's Gill Center

Neuroscientists from Stanford University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will be recognized on May 21 (Wednesday) at the 2008 Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Sciences Symposium at Indiana University Bloomington.   Full Story >>

$1.2 million NIH project will help track and predict epidemics

The National Institutes of Health has given $1.2 million to Indiana University researchers to build the ultimate international epidemic research tool. Principle investigators Katy Börner, Steven J. Sherman and Alessandro Vespignani will oversee the project, EpiC, which they hope will make the sharing and re-using of epidemics datasets and algorithms as easy as sharing videos via YouTube.   Full Story >>

Chen Yu earns Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award

Chen Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, received the International Society on Infant Studies' Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award.   Full Story >>

The untrained eye: Confusing sexual interest with friendliness

New research from Indiana University and Yale suggests that college-age men confuse friendly non-verbal cues with cues for sexual interest because the men have a less discerning eye than women -- but their female peers aren't far behind.   Full Story >>

"Science kid" inaugural Adam W. Herbert graduate fellow

Byron Gipson has always been a "science kid," participating in science fairs as a youngster and then conducting research in biochemistry, molecular and marine biology, molecular genetics, and cancer at universities in Mississippi, Nebraska and Indiana. Gipson brings this love of science and a "ferocious curiosity" inherited from his mother back to Indiana University, where he began studying this semester as the first Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellow.   Full Story >>



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