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The April 8, 2011, issue of IU Home Pages features the 14 faculty members and two doctoral students who will be recognized for outstanding teaching, research and service to the university.
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Award-winning actress and best-selling author Carol Burnett will appear at Indiana University Auditorium April 18 at 8 p.m. Her talk is titled "Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversation with Carol where the Audience Asks the Questions," and it's the IU Department of Theatre and Drama's 2011 Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture. Tickets are $33-$58 for IU Bloomington students with a valid ID, and $45-$68 for the general public.
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Strong core muscles can mean confidence, less pain, more opportunities
"Why would you want to settle for settling," asked Judy Shettleroe, 74, when discussing how exercise, including core exercises, has given her more confidence, energy and options -- such as traveling. She and Gen Shelton, 64, began working on their core muscles and balance only in the last few years and they say it's been well worth the effort. Michelle Miller, an exercise physiologist at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, discusses why these muscles need attention every day, how it's easier than many people think, and how to get started.
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A new cancer report from IU researchers shows Hoosiers have a high rate of smoking, have poor nutrition and lack adequate exercise.
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Foam rollers have been getting more attention for their 'role' in easing aches and pains through self-massage. Amy Bayliss, with the Department of Physical Theraphy in IUPUI's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, describes two useful moves that take little time but can ease back aches caused by sitting so much at work and the nagging pain from IT band syndrome.
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New clinical trials from the IU School of Medicine have shown improved social behavior in individuals with Fragile X and autism through treatment generally used for alcoholism.
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Cathy Pratt and the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at IU's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community recognize Autism Awareness Month by offering these updated tips for interacting with students on the autism spectrum. "All of us can play a role in supporting someone on the autism spectrum in community settings," Pratt wrote in her introduction.
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Researchers in a new IU study report that successful depression management after a stroke led to better functionality that might enable individuals to return to work or more thoroughly enjoy leisure functions while decreasing the caregiver burden.
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Critics who argue that Medicaid is worse for patients than having no insurance at all are simply wrong and are misusing the research studies they use to make their case, four leading health policy experts -- including IU's Aaron Carroll -- write in the April 6 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The March 10, 2011 Active for Life discussed an IU alum's efforts to improve the heath and fitness of Army recruits. The issue included a cautionary study concerning self-medicating with tanning beds and insights into over-exercising. It discussed a study into callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in children and gave information about a new website to help connect people with clinical trials and about the benefits of colonoscopies. 'Carol the Coach' gives advice about "slug syndrome."
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Take a journey through China. George Vlahakis, manager of media relations in the IU Office of University Communications, maintained a blog during an eight-day spring break trip to southeastern China by nearly 20 IU scholars, Indiana business people and journalists. Follow in their footsteps from Indiana to Hangzhou and Shanghai, China.
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