Hundreds of Indiana's top optometrists are converging on the Indiana University Bloomington campus today as the Indiana Optometric Association's annual fall seminar gets under way.

An Indiana University School of Optometry researcher and the IU spinout company she formed to develop a new diagnostic camera have both received grants from federal agencies to advance work toward preventing vision loss in diabetes patients.

Indiana University School of Optometry associate dean and professor Dr. Joseph A. Bonanno has been named to the 12-member National Advisory Eye Council.

A group of scientists working in Indiana University's School of Optometry and the Department of Biology will share more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their ongoing vision research.

Edwin C. Marshall, vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs and professor of optometry at Indiana University, will be inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to his profession. He is the fourth optometrist with IU ties to be selected for the honor.

An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide. Dr. Ann Elsner, director of IU's Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, believes screening to prevent one of the most devastating aspects of diabetes -- vision loss and blindness from diabetic retinopathy -- could be expanded to millions of underserved people if a more affordable diagnostic camera were available.

Indiana University School of Optometry and the The Vision Care Institute LLC have announced a partnership designed to extend distance learning, live programming and professional-level training opportunities for optometry students with the opening of a satellite learning center at IU's new Atwater Eye Care Center.

The Indiana University School of Optometry's $3 million Atwater Eye Care Center swung into full-time operation Jan. 5 at its new campus-centric, high profile location on East Third Street. Designed to meet the tri-fold mission of providing opportunities for teaching, service and research in a clinical environment of the highest-quality, the 22,000-square-foot building opened its doors at a time of sustained growth that has resulted in record external research funding, broadening clinical services and the acquisition of new, state-of-the-art diagnostic tools.

The Indiana University School of Optometry will celebrate its newly finished Eye Care Center on the Bloomington campus with a formal dedication ceremony on Wednesday (Oct. 8). The event, which will take place at the Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union at 4:30 p.m., will be followed by a reception at the new clinic located at 744 E. Third St.

Dr. Edwin Marshall, Indiana University vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs and professor of optometry, has been appointed as chair of the National Commission on Vision and Health.

Scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis discuss firefighters' health, increasing evidence of iodine deficiencies and the importance of regular eye exams.

Dr. Edwin C. Marshall, IU vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs and professor of optometry and public health, will deliver one of the invited keynote addresses at the Second World Conference on Optometric Globalization.

IU Health & Wellness for March discusses studies about the vascular benefits of exercise for overweight but active men and about the controversial HPV vaccine. It also offers tips for preventing computer vision syndrome and for finding those elusive 30 minutes a day for exercise.

Indiana University optometrist Jeff Perotti was recently one of 12 people across the country awarded the National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Fellowship. The Rural Health Fellows (RHF) program -- now in its second year -- is an intensive, year-long program intended to develop leaders in communities across the country by training them in the issues and advocacy tactics relevant to rural health.

A search committee has been formed to seek a new dean for the Indiana University School of Optometry, said Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor of Indiana University Purdue University Indianpolis. In announcing the committee, Bantz noted the accomplishments of Jerry Lowther, dean and professor of optometry at the IU School of Optometry. Lowther will retire as dean after 10 years of service in that position.

It might be said that Edwin C. Marshall helps others see clearly in more ways than one. The recently appointed Indiana University Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs recently learned he had been elected a distinguished practitioner by the National Academies of Practice for his public service in optometry.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (July 18) announced the appointment of Professor Edwin C. Marshall as vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs.

Health care policy experts from Indiana University, Methodist and Indiana University Hospitals, and the Marion County Health Department will give a panel presentation addressing access to and quality of health care for minorities in the state, Tuesday, March 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union Frangipani Room. The event is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

Tips from Indiana University professors on key issues related to tobacco policy in Indiana: factors in Indiana's high smoking rate, top three ways to prevent kids from smoking, how smoking can lead to blindness, tobacco outspending public health 44 to one in Indiana, why messages matter in youth smoking decisions and how tobacco covers its assets.

Holiday story ideas from Indiana University include how the season appears to people with a color vision deficiency, a survival guide to family get-togethers, how children are affected by their parents' holiday stress and deciding where to contribute your charitable donations before the close of 2006.

Living Well for September discusses athletes' vision concerns, baby boomers strength training, a 'making friends' primer and adolescents' use of steroids.

The University School of Optometry's Centro de Rehabilitación Visual, located between Silao and Guanajuato in Mexico, moved this month into a new, $1 million facility designated for its use by Mexican state officials.