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Scientist at Work: Kathleen Forgey

Chalkboard

Thursday, February 5, 2009Allison Cooke
Chalkboard

The Winter '09 edition of Chalkboard, the IU School of Education alumni magazine, is now online. Read about African American Scholars in the mid-20th Century.

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

Tuesday, February 10, 2009Allison Cooke

New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Grants brought the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange to Indiana University Bloomington for a residency and performances. In this video, Liz Lerman and Martha Wittman discuss the company's work with IU dance students. Liz Shea, coordinator of the IU Contemporary Dance Program, addresses the impact of the collaboration on the students.

Muslim Voices

Thursday, February 19, 2009Allison Cooke
Muslim Voices

The new WFIU podcast, Muslim Voices, demonstrates the diversity of the Islamic world by providing access to the lives and beliefs of Muslims, helping listeners make sense of current issues. This week's episode focuses on the diverse Muslim community in Indiana.

Events

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker

Women in Science Research Conference
Mar. 6, 2009
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Alumni Hall and Solarium, Indiana Memorial Union, IU Bloomington

IU Women in Science Program invites all undergraduate and graduate women studying math, technology, natural sciences, and social sciences to present a poster about your research, and network with other women researchers at the 11th annual Women in Science Research Conference. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~owa/wisp/.

Scientist at Work: Kathleen Forgey

Monday, February 23, 2009Steve Chaplin

Indiana University Northwest bioarchaeologist Kathleen Forgey knows there are aspects of the living history behind the millennia-old Nasca human trophy heads of southern Perú that are not so pretty. The decapitation would have come first, then removal of the skin, followed by the hand-drilling of a perforation in the front of the cranium to aid in both the removal of soft inner tissues and the eventual insertion of a carrying cord. Lips and eyes were sutured shut with cactus spines.

At 2,500 pounds and 43 feet, prehistoric snake is the largest on record

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker
Giant boine snake

Jason Bourque, University of Florida

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Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas and reticulated pythons seem a bit cuter and more cuddly. Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the size of the snake's vertebrae suggest it weighed 1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip -- and that's a conservative estimate.

IU center working to quell 'cybergeddon'

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker

Cyber attacks pose one of the greatest threats to the United States, lagging behind only nuclear warfare and weapons of mass destruction in terms of their potential devastation, FBI experts said recently. Indiana University is assisting in research and education to help prevent such attacks on American infrastructure. In 2008, IU was recognized by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research.

IU Bloomington chemists develop two new devices to aid life sciences research

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker
Radio-frequency glow discharge device

Gary Hieftje Group

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Indiana University scientists have developed a fast, low-cost, high-precision device that can be used to analyze samples in a wide array of settings -- from atop Icelandic glaciers to the benches of operating rooms. The technology, developed by IU Bloomington analytical chemist Gary Hieftje and graduate student Michael Webb, is called a "solution-electrode discharge" spectrometer.

Three Indiana University scientists elevated to microbiology's top ranks

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker

Indiana University Bloomington biologists Carl Bauer and Malcolm Winkler and Stanley Spinola, an infectious disease specialist at the IU School of Medicine, are new fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, the professional society announced last week. Bauer, Winkler and Spinola will receive certificates marking the honor, and are invited to attend a special luncheon at the American Society of Microbiology annual meeting in Philadelphia (May 2009).

IU researchers receive $1.9 million NIH grant

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker

Researchers in Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences have received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of cognitive and motivational processes in decision making and behavioral control in alcoholism and related disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and childhood conduct disorder.

Grants will fund collaborative research on energy, environmental science

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced recently that IU has awarded approximately $150,000 for research to improve understanding of energy technology and policy, the environmental consequences of extreme flooding events and the impact of chemical contamination. The three projects feature collaboration by faculty members at IU Bloomington, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the IU School of Medicine.

Previous issue

Monday, February 23, 2009David Bricker
Melanie Everett

Melanie Everett

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The Jan. 20, 2009, issue of IU Discoveries featured an article on Melanie Everett -- a double Ph.D. student who is transitioning from paleo-ecology to the oil industry. The issue also included stories about uprooted physical principles, home security, the new Atwater Eye Care Center, an uncommonly intelligent golf cart, and faculty awards.

Herbert Presidential Scholars
Herbert Presidential Scholars

Herbert Presidential Scholars

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Hoosiers for Higher Education 2009
Hoosiers for Higher Education 2009

Hoosiers for Higher Education 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009Allison CookeHoosiers for Higher Education 2009
IU vs. Minnesota
IU vs. Minnesota

IU vs. Minnesota

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Hutton Honors College

Hutton Honors College

Hutton Honors College

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IU, Ivy Tech reach education credit transfer deal

Tuesday, February 10, 2009Nicole Roales

Author Oates captivates crowd at IMU on Monday

Thursday, February 19, 2009Nicole Roales

IU Libraries names sustainability officer

Wednesday, February 18, 2009Nicole Roales

Evan and Susan Bayh Foundation establishes scholarship endowment at IU

Tuesday, February 17, 2009Indiana University Media Relations

The Evan and Susan Bayh Foundation has made a gift of $50,000 to IU as part of its Matching the Promise fundraising campaign for the Bloomington campus. The Bayh Family Scholarship endowment will provide financial aid for students who are admitted to IU Bloomington as 21st Century Scholars.

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IU Opera Theater to stage politically charged love story 'Giulio Cesare' during ArtsWeek 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 Piurek,Jennifer
Giulio Cesare

In a perfect complement to ArtsWeek 2009's "Politics and the Arts" theme, the political power struggles of ancient Egypt -- and the passionate love affair between the iconic figures Cleopatra and Cesare -- will come to life on the stage of Indiana University's Musical Arts Center when the Jacobs School of Music stages Giulio Cesare, one of George Frideric Handel's most popular operas.

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Regenstrief Institute receives World Health Organization designation

Thursday, February 19, 2009Indiana University Media Relations

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Regenstrief Institute's medical informatics group as the world's first WHO Collaborating Center for Medical Informatics. The institute is housed on the campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

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Elementary education degree transfer agreement reached between IU and Ivy Tech

Tuesday, February 10, 2009Chuck Carney

Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College have announced that they are easing the pathway to a teaching career through articulation agreements that will allow Ivy Tech education students to transfer credits towards an IU degree.

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IU's 25th annual ArtsWeek culminates with Women in Jazz performance, discussion

Monday, February 16, 2009 Piurek,Jennifer

Indiana University's Arts Week 2009 will close March 1 with a free, open to the public tribute to Women's History Month, "Women in Jazz." In this spotlight event, Bloomington artists Janiece Jaffe and Monika Herzig team up with regional artists Vickie Daniel, Jennifer Kirk and Shawn Plonski, as well as some up-and-coming young female jazz artists, to celebrate three generations of women in jazz.

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Featured Links

Wednesday, February 18, 2009Nicole Roales

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center staff knows that thinking about cancer can be worrisome. The good news is that today there are more than 10 million cancer survivors. We are fortunate for scientific advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer, but so much information and research can be hard to understand. Now, there is a Web site to help answer your questions about cancer.