A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body’s tendency to maintain undesirable weight levels and identify possible targets for pharmacological efforts to address obesity. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identify a switch [...]
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The Indiana University and Jacobs School of Music communities mourn the passing of Distinguished Professor of Music and Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker. Starker, 88, died at his Bloomington home on April 28, 2013. “All of us at Indiana University are deeply saddened by the passing of Janos Starker, one of the greatest cellists to have [...]
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An Indiana University professor’s new paper looks at how people write to break up today, including through texts, emails, and social media. According to Ilana Gershon, associate professor of communication and culture in IU’s College of Arts and Sciences, the medium is partly the message when it comes to breaking off relationships. “It wasn’t until after [...]
Five Indiana University Bloomington professors in the College of Arts and Sciences are recipients of the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for 2013. Poet Ross Gay, IU Polish Studies Center director Bill Johnston, biologist James Bever, linguist Robert Fulk, and religious studies professor David Haberman were notified of their fellowships earlier this month. “The five [...]
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Indiana University has been awarded $4.2 million by the U.S. Agency for International Development, through Higher Education for Development, for a 2½-year project to promote women’s access to and success in higher education in South Sudan. Through IU’s Center for Social Studies and International Education, the project will be headed by Terry Mason, professor of curriculum [...]
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Taking data from cosmic rays for the first time, the international NOvA experiment — with the fingerprints of Indiana University researchers all over it — began recording its first three-dimensional images last week, moving closer to the day when physicists can begin measuring neutrino energies. “We’re not measuring neutrinos yet, but this marks a milestone [...]
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What do a singing lion, an opera coach, and a high school in Nairobi have in common? “It’s a good question,” says Kim Carballo with a laugh. “Basically, it’s about sharing the love.” The love of music, that is. Carballo is the coordinating opera coach for Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music Opera Theatre as well [...]
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Indiana University’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures marks its 50th anniversary this month with a new exhibition and a series of free programs The “Treasures of the Mathers Museum” exhibition opens Sunday, April 28. As its name suggests, the exhibition is an overview of the breadth of the museum’s collections. “While it’s a celebration of the museum’s [...]
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two cases that seek to overturn bans on gay marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry, which seeks to overturn a California voter initiative that prohibited gay marriage, and Windsor v. United States, which challenges the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Indiana University sociologist Brian Powell has been surveying Americans’ views of [...]
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Sarah Hrdy, one of the world’s leading primatologists and evolutionary biologists, will deliver two Patten Lectures in April at Indiana University Bloomington. Hrdy is the A. D. White Professor at Large at Cornell University, professor emerita at the University of California-Davis, and an associate at the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology at Harvard. Hrdy’s [...]
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