In 2010, IU Southeast had no students in its bachelor of science program for psychology. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Today, it has 54 students and IUS’ total number of psychology graduates over that time has nearly doubled from 44 in 2010-11 to 84 in 2015-16. Likewise the total number of psychology majors (which includes an B.A…. Read more »
Entries by Bill W. Hornaday
IU Northwest School of Medicine researchers win $1.5 million NIH grant to study how certain proteins ‘trick’ bacteria into killing themselves
Throughout the next four years, researchers at the Indiana University Northwest School of Medicine in Gary will use a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to explore how a group of proteins within the body employ a “molecular trick” that causes bacteria to destroy itself. The grant, awarded recently to principal investigator Roman Dziarski… Read more »
Three career fairs/job expos set at IUPUI for the week of Sept. 26-30
Finding one’s career path in college is not easy — and navigating that path in a way that maximizes one’s credentials for prospective employers is more difficult still. That said, IUPUI offers three opportunities in the coming week for students to learn more about career paths, where their planned or ongoing studies fit within that… Read more »
Innovate Indiana’s Kirk White bears torch of Hoosier State’s bicentennial
Tuesday saw the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay wind its way through Monroe County, the city of Bloomington and onto the Indiana University campus itself. And among those bearing the enduring flame of the Hoosier State was Innovate Indiana’s own Kirk White, who serves as IU’s military liaison and assistant vice president of strategic partnerships. White… Read more »
Nobel laureate Robert J. Lefkowitz to receive CTSI’s Watanabe Prize in Translational Research on Friday
It’s time once again for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s annual meeting and Watanabe Prize Lecture, set this year for Friday, Sept. 23 at Hine Hall, located at 875 W. North St. on the IUPUI campus. This year marks the eighth annual meeting and third awarding of the Watanabe Prize in Translational Research,… Read more »
IPFW, Indiana National Guard launch innovative leadership partner program
It’s being called the first collaboration of its kind in Indiana — one that brings higher education and the military together to grow student skills ranging from leadership, ethical behavior and civic engagement to cultural awareness, critical thinking and problem solving. Announced earlier this fall, the partnership between Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and the… Read more »
The Shared Drive has new, temporary home after Kokomo tornado outbreak
The Shared Drive is back in business — in temporary quarters for now — after an Aug. 24 tornado outbreak in Kokomo heavily damaged the co-working space housed with Inventrek Technology Park. Now at 1763 E. Lincoln Road, The Shared Drive is one of six Inventrek tenants that have relocated to a commercial office building… Read more »
Mastodon Job & Internship Fair set for Tuesday afternoon at IPFW
More than 150 local, national and international employers will descend upon Fort Wayne for the fall’s biggest job fair in northeast Indiana as IPFW hosts its Mastodon Job & Internship Fair from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday at IPFW Fieldhouse in the Gates Sports Complex. More than 100 regional companies will be recruiting to fill… Read more »
Global expert on GI microbes to be honored Tuesday with IU School of Medicine’s Steven C. Beering Award
The IU School of Medicine will bestow its Steven C. Beering Award for the advancement of biomedical/clinical science on Sept. 20 to Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon, who is director for the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. The ceremony and a subsequent lecture by Beering is scheduled for… Read more »
First-of-its-kind Innovation Crossover event sponsored by NSWC-Crane to be held in Bloomington on Oct. 12-13
A groundbreaking conference that will bring together technology leaders at Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane and Indiana University — as well as other academic, industry and government partners — is set for Oct. 12-13 at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center. Known as “Innovation Crossover: The Shape of Things to Come,” the event is the first of… Read more »