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Despite their expertise in health and health care, nurses are underrepresented in discussions about how to improve the health care system in this country. Angela McBride wants that changed. McBride, IU Distinguished Professor Emeritus and university dean emeritus of the IU School of Nursing, hopes her new book will amplify the voice of nurses in discussions and debates about health and health care. Read about McBride and other faculty and staff stories in the latest edition of IU Home Pages.
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Comedian-actress Sarah Silverman will perform at the IU Auditorium on March 24.
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Unrealistic expectations about genomic medicine have created a "bubble" that needs deflating before it puts the field's long-term benefits at risk, an Indiana University bioethicist and three other policy experts write in the current issue of the journal Science. Ten years after the deciphering of the human genetic code, which was accompanied by over-hyped promises of medical breakthroughs, it may be time to reevaluate funding priorities to better understand how to change behaviors and reap the health benefits that would result, they say.
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IU graduate Roy Germano doesn't make policy recommendations in his film The Other Side of Immigration. Instead he gives viewers an up-close-and-personal look at the small towns in Mexico where opportunities are few and residents leave home -- sometimes for years -- to find work in the U.S. "Empathy and understanding are the first steps to designing better policies," he said. "If we're pro-immigrant or anti-immigrant, we can all agree that what's going on now isn't working very well."
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A radio station in a hurricane ravaged community. Rocket scientists going back to school. An auto parts maker in Illinois. These divergent role players in China's ever-widening global activities were among the things discussed recently when John Pomfret, an award-winning correspondent for the Washington Post, visited IU campuses in Indianapolis and Bloomington.
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The School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will celebrate the opening of a new Spanish language and culture center today with a lecture featuring a Spanish diplomat. Ambassador Javier Rupérez, consul general of Spain in Chicago, will speak on "Europeans and Americans: So Similar So Different," at 4 p.m. today (March 8).
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Research has found that military service is tied to civic engagement. But a study from Indiana University finds the connection is much stronger for some subgroups than for others, raising questions about military-civilian relationships in the era of the all-volunteer force. The study, "Soldiers to Citizens: The Link between Military Service and Volunteering," was published in the January-February issue of Public Administration Review.
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With early signs of jobs and growth re-appearing in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, observers are asking how the area can now chart a pathway to the future that will enable the area to grow stronger and more resilient, with greater potential than ever before. To that end, the Center for a Sustainable Future at Indiana University South Bend will present the second annual day-long workshop, "Sustainability and Innovation: The Natural Step to Prosperity," this Friday.
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The Feb. 15, 2011, issue of Perspectives on Policy tells about IU students who volunteered to help restore oyster beds in Mobile Bay. Also included are stories about a survey of Hoosier attitudes about K-12 education, the annual Bulen symposium on politics at IUPUI, a School of Public and Environmental Affairs report on the future of electric vehicles, a nonprofit management partnership between IU Northwest and the Foundations of East Chicago, a book on U.S. global food policy and a recommendation from an IU center on establishing an Indiana health insurance exchange.
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The Innovate Indiana blog highlights new research discoveries from IU faculty and researchers, discusses trends in technology transfer and university research, and shows how IU innovation is benefiting the entire state of Indiana.
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