Selections in this issue include books about a 1932 uprising in El Salvador, the "burdens of perfection" described in Victorian literature, a new generation of Jewish writers in America and the present and future of electric power technologies.
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Indiana University sociologist Fabio Rojas discusses "disenchanted" anti-war demostrators and their impact on presidential campaign.
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Indiana University professors from the Kinsey Institute, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and School of Medicine discuss masculinity, emotional fitness and heat illnesses in this month's IU Health and Wellness.
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Indiana University experts talk about jaded Olympics fans as well as 8-8-08 -- the opening day of the Olympics, but also the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Burma and the beginning of a nationwide pro-democracy movement.
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Friday, Aug. 8, marks the 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 protests that were the beginning of a nationwide pro-democracy movement in Burma. Ngun Cung "Andrew" Lian, a Burmese exile since 1988 and now a research associate at the Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, and law professor David C. Williams, founder and director of the CCDPS, are available to discuss the anniversary.
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IU experts discuss exploring classical music with kids and how to choose age-appropriate dance classes for kids in this arts-themed back-to-school tip sheet.
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Indiana University faculty experts A. James Barnes and Philip S. Stevens are available to comment on a recent federal appeals court decision that struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule. The rule required 28 mostly Eastern states to reduce emissions of smog-forming and soot-producing emissions.
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Professor Craig Bradley of the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington is available to discuss whether the U.S. Supreme Court may reconsider a recent case in which it ruled 5-4 that child rapists cannot be executed and that capital punishment is reserved for murderers.
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The back-to-school issue of IU Health & Wellness discusses the following topics: Printing letters and brain development in preschoolers, a parents' guide to high-tech cell phones, hairstyles deterring exercise, talking to children about sex, weight gain during the college years and resources for families of children with disabilities.
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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).
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