Vice President Joe Biden's rebuke of Israel over proposed settlement expansion in Greater East Jerusalem is not only ineffective, it's hypocritical, said Professor Rafael Reuveny, a researcher on Middle East violence and political economy at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Bloomington.
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Upcoming Indiana University lectures include talks by Harvard University professor Eric Mazur, journalist Sheryl WuDunn and Trinity College President Sir Ivor Roberts, along with a concert and poetry reading to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti.
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IU Health & Wellness for February offers readers insights into training for marathons and half-marathons, crash diets -- and why they should be avoided, and body image challenges.
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This issue of Indiana University's Book Marks features books about teaching environmental literacy, the 17th century Spanish "lieutenant nun" Catalina de Erauso, the role of empathy and compassion in global decision-making, the history of Islamic Central Asia, Jewish responses to Nazi persecution in the 1930s, the fate of democracy and economic openness in current-day interconnected systems, and the encounter between feminism and queer theory.
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Scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Bloomington are presenting on timely issues at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Diego, Feb 18 - 22. IU Bloomington biologist Ellen Ketterson will also be honored as one of the association's newest fellows.
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The full extent of Toyota safety defects may not be known for years, according to automotive safety expert John Graham, dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. But the immediate risk, he said, is that Toyota's problems may cause regulators, elected officials and the public to steer away from more effective safety-improvement strategies: reducing drinking and driving, increasing the use of seat belts and child safety restraints, and curbing distracted driving.
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Court-ordered mediation in family law -- divorce, child custody, child support -- has been a regular practice for many years. But research now shows that mediators often overlook the role of intimate partner violence and abuse in family law cases, according to Amy G. Applegate, a clinical professor of law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
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Congressional testimony this week by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair that cyberattacks could threaten the United States' strategic military advantage highlights a long-standing danger, according to Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
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Indiana University experts in sports marketing, relationships and aging discuss perfect sports-related gifts for Her, dealing with Valentine's Day hype when single, and dating in the golden years.
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John Graham, dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, said he is not surprised that there was little progress made to break the gridlock on health care reform after Thursday's televised summit. According to Graham, a televised discussion is not an effective way for the Democratic president to enlist a small number of Republican senators to support his proposed bill.
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