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HomePages November 2006

Read the latest edition of IU HomePages, which features a special section on Homecoming 2006.

This week on Sound Medicine

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This week on Sound Medicine, Dan Jernigan, MD/MPH, deputy director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control, gives us tips for flu prevention and immunization.

Events at Indiana University

Grow/Move/Change

The Department of Kinesiology with the Department of Theatre and Drama premiers "GROW/MOVE/CHANGE," a showcase of innovative, cutting-edge modern dance. Named in part for the 60th anniversary of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, the program will celebrate growth, movement and change in the field of the arts.

Give yourself focus and "Fitness for Christmas"

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Chris Arvin, program director for fitness and wellness at Indiana University's Division of Recreational Sports, will begin his second year of "Fitness for Christmas" in the next few weeks and he challenges you to create a new holiday tradition, as well. Instead of feeding the holiday frenzy with high calorie foods and a hiatus from physical activity, craft a plan from Thanksgiving through Christmas that includes at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day. The activities can be as simple as a walk or sledding with the kids. The payoff for Arvin was less stress, more focus (who couldn't use that?!) and an easier time resuming his more rigorous workouts at the beginning of the year.

When the weight-loss frenzy among college students hits home

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For college students who struggle with symptoms of disordered eating -- an estimated 20 percent of college women in the U.S. -- the winter holidays, with their emphasis on food, can be especially difficult. Hear from Chris Meno, a psychologist with the Indiana University Health Center, about how you can help your college students or friends enjoy their visit home over the holidays.

Serving salmonella, staph, camphylobacter, listeria, E. coli, shigella and vibrio this holiday season?

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Unwanted bacteria and food borne illnesses certainly can make a holiday meal memorable. Alyce Fly, associate professor of nutrition and dietetics, discusses food preparation safety techniques and why a food thermometer, or two, should be in every kitchen.

Are the holidays stressing you out?

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"Get real" this holiday season, say Indiana University experts from the Human Development and Family Studies Program. Unrealistic expectations are a key cause of family-related stress over the holidays. The experts offer a survival guide, of sorts, to help make the holidays a little easier this year.

Cat got your tongue? Bernardo Carducci to the rescue

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Chatting your way through those holiday gatherings need not be such a chore this year. Check out Bernardo J. Carducci's tips for making small talk. Carducci wrote "the book" about making small talk and can help the shy among us, roughly 40 percent of the population, understand why we feel the way we do when a little conversation seems like a tall order.

Previous issue

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The Oct. 26 issue of "Active for Life" included articles about how saving a life was all in a day's run for Julie Frey, a gift-buying guide for older friends and relatives, addressing toxic relationships, efforts to enforce IUPUI's tobacco-free campus policy, alternatives to non-stick cookware and staffer Elisabeth Andrews' blog about conquering her body-image issues one swim at a time.

Hoosier Hysteria

2006 Hoosier Hysteria

Hoosier Hysteria

2006 Hoosier Hysteria

Homecoming

2006 Homecoming

Homecoming

2006 Homecoming

Fall at IU

2006 Fall at IU

Fall at IU

2006 Fall at IU

Lotus Fest 2006

Lotus Fest 2006

Lotus Fest 2006

Lotus Fest 2006

IU scholarship dollars a windfall for students

Taking up the baton

A small price to pay

IU boosts financial aid incentives for incoming freshmen

As many as 1,000 additional Hoosier students in next fall's entering freshman class at Indiana University's Bloomington campus will benefit from a series of new financial aid packages. The cost of the four new initiatives -- a mix of merit and need-based programs -- will rise to nearly $10 million annually during the next few years. The initiatives were unveiled Thursday by Roger Thompson, vice provost for enrollment management, during a meeting of the IU Board of Trustees at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

Trustees approve on-campus housing for IU Southeast

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The Indiana University Board of Trustees today voted approval for IU Southeast to proceed with an on-campus housing project. The approval is a major milestone for the regional campus at New Albany, Ind.

President Herbert joins U.S. delegation to Asia

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Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert announced today (Oct. 31) that he has accepted the invitation of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to join a select delegation of U.S. college and university presidents who will travel with her next week to Japan, Korea and China. The trip is jointly sponsored by the United States Departments of State and Education. It is the first official delegation of U.S. college and university presidents to be assembled for an overseas mission to promote the value of this country's higher education institutions.

IURTC, Marcadia Biotech agree to develop new medical drugs

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The Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation has signed a licensing agreement with Carmel, Ind.-based Marcadia Biotech to develop medical drugs created in the laboratory of IU Bloomington Chemistry Department Chair Richard DiMarchi.

Kelley School panel 'guardedly optimistic' in 2007 forecast

Economists in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business presented a forecast for 2007 that they characterized as "guardedly optimistic," predicting national output growth (GDP) of about 3 percent next year and slow economic growth in Indiana adding 20,000 to 25,000 new jobs statewide.

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