Kathleen Claussen, a senior at Indiana University Bloomington, has been named one of 12 national recipients of the 2006-07 George J. Mitchell Scholarship. The fourth IU student to be named a Mitchell Scholar, Claussen will seek a graduate degree in international politics at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Full Story >>
Looking ahead to Valentine's Day, here are tips on how couples can restore their sex life, the effects of love-handle hormones, giving intimate gifts for Valentine's Day, and sugar's impact beyond calories and cavities.
Full Story >>
Sharon Stephens Brehm, professor of psychology at Indiana University Bloomington and former IUB chancellor, has been elected president of the American Psychological Association, the largest association for psychologists in the world. Brehm was elected by the voting membership, which includes more than half of the 155,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students who make up the organization.
Indiana University professor Kirsten Grønbjerg is the recipient of the 2005 Award for Distinguished Achievement and Leadership in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Grønbjerg is a professor at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs and is Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy at the Center on Philanthropy at IU.
Full Story >>
December's tips offer information on quitting smoking, returning to school as an adult, eating before exercise, and accessing local health care information online.
Full Story >>
Charles Beeker, director of the Office of Underwater Science and the Academic Diving Program at Indiana University Bloomington, has been appointed to a four-year term on the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. Beeker is an internationally recognized pioneer in the creation of underwater museum exhibits. Many of his research projects have resulted in the establishment of state or federal underwater parks and preserves, and have led to a number of site nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
As the nation prepares to witness the 1,000th execution in the modern death-penalty era, what does the future hold for the American death penalty? Joseph Hoffmann, the Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington and a leading academic expert who has been involved in several recent death-penalty reform initiatives, is available for comment.
Full Story >>
In Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America, journalism historian David Nord describes the non-commercial religious origins of our modern media culture. His book recently won the Book of the Year Award from the American Journalism Historians Association. Nord is a professor of journalism at Indiana University Bloomington.
Full Story >>
World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. These experts at Indiana University discuss AIDS/HIV in rural America, home HIV-antibody testing and abstinence-only AIDS prevention, teens and HIV, and an IU-Kenya partnership.
Full Story >>
