Brad Wheeler, Indiana University vice president for information technology and chief information officer, recently received a pair of honors for his leadership in higher education from two notable publications. Full Story

A new report, "Supporting Experimental Computer Science," distills the discussion from the Workshop on Experimental Support for Computer Science at SC11 into a consensus on the state of the field and directions for moving forward. Full Story

Mary L. Gray, a scholar who studies how people use digital and social media and an associate professor of communication and culture in Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences, has been invited to join Microsoft Research's laboratories in Cambridge, Mass., as a senior researcher. Full Story

Indiana University's Dr. Aaron E. Carroll, a nationally respected health policy expert and health services researcher, has been named to a select team of the nation's foremost scholars who will provide insight about the political aspects of health care this election year via The JAMA Forum, a new Journal of the American Medical Association blog. Full Story

An Indiana University geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that struck regions across the Midwest recently -- information that may have value for meteorologists studying the atmospheric activity that precedes tornado disasters. Full Story

In the March 5, 2012, issue of IT Matters @ IU, the most recent work by two research groups at Indiana University was highlighted during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver. Presenting at the conference were Filippo Menczer, a professor of computer science and informatics who heads up IU's Truthy team -- a group of researchers studying meme diffusion through Twitter -- and William K. Barnett, director of information architecture for Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Barnett presented on the Indiana CTSI HUB, which offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers and community partners. Also in the issue was news on the latest eTexts agreements between IU and Harvard Business Publishing and a look by IU tech experts on a proposed federal consumer privacy bill of rights. Full Story