Purdue University development, investment offices to transfer to Purdue Research Foundation

Posted On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Executive Committee of Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (Nov. 1) approved the transfer of its fundraising and investment offices to Purdue Research Foundation. The move, which becomes effective Jan. 1, puts Purdue in alignment with its peer institutions. Currently, nine schools out of 14 ...

Verdy honored with President’s Medal at IU Ballet’s celebration of her legacy

Posted On Monday, October 14, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
IU Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor Violette Verdy received the President's Medal BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor Violette Verdy over the weekend. The medal was awarded to Verdy just before the start of IU Ballet Theater's fall ballet, "Classical Europe: Celebrating Violette," on Oct. 5. She ...

Unusual Mechanism of DNA Synthesis Could Explain Genetic Mutations

Posted On Friday, September 13, 2013 By . Under GEORGIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Researchers have discovered the details of how cells repair breaks in both strands of DNA, a potentially devastating kind of DNA damage. When chromosomes experience double-strand breaks due to oxidation, ionizing radiation, replication errors and certain metabolic products, cells utilize their genetically similar chromosomes to patch the gaps via a mechanism ...

Stecopoulos to Succeed Valentino as ‘Iowa Review’ editor

Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
Harilaos Stecopoulos, associate professor in the Department of English in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will succeed Russell Scott Valentino as editor of The Iowa Review (TIR) this fall. Valentino, who served as editor for four years after assuming the post from longtime editor David Hamilton, ...

Purdue Board of Trustees Elects Officers, Welcomes Member

Posted On Monday, July 22, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (July 19) elected Thomas Spurgeon as chairman and Michael Berghoff as vice chairman and welcomed a new member. Spurgeon is an entrepreneur who has built companies throughout the United States. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Lincoln Office ...

Purdue committee OKs Wang Hall leases, IPFW improvements

Posted On Monday, July 15, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Board of Trustees Physical Facilities Committee on Friday (July 12) approved two leases of space in Seng-Liang Wang Hall and a proposal to improve energy efficiency on the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus. The space in Wang Hall, now under construction, would be leased ...

When The Cell’s Two Genomes Collide

Posted On Saturday, February 9, 2013 By . Under RHODE ISLAND  Tags: , , , , , ,   
When The Cell’s Two Genomes Collide Animal cells contain two genomes: one in the nucleus and one in the mitochondria. When mutations occur in each, they can become incompatible, leading to disease. To increase understanding of such illnesses, scientists at Brown University and Indiana University have traced one example in fruit flies down to the individual ...

IU President McRobbie Programs Cinema Series Featuring Led Zeppelin

Posted On Saturday, February 2, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Hoosiers already know Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie is a rock 'n' roll fan, thanks to a 2011 guest DJ appearance where he spun his favorite tunes by the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and the Who. Now he's sharing his interest in rock-themed cinema through ...

Major Grant From Korea Foundation, Korean IU Alumni Will Endow New Chair At IU Bloomington

Posted On Thursday, December 6, 2012 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has received a grant totaling $1.5 million from the Korea Foundation and three Korean IU alumni to establish the university's first endowed chair in Korean studies. The chair will be based in the new School of Global and International Studies on IU's Bloomington campus and will ...

Neuroimaging Study: Negative Messages Less Effective on Those Who are Substance Dependent

Posted On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- What types of public messages will most likely deter drug and alcohol abuse or dissuade people from engaging in risky behavior? Negatively framed messages may not be an effective way to reach those most in need of persuasion, suggests a new study in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors ...

Halloween-inspired lecture Oct. 23 at Sheldon Museum of Art

Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , , ,   
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 23 WHERE: Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R Streets Lincoln, Neb., — Why was "The Addams Family" set in a decayed Victorian house? Why does the ominous mansion in "Psycho" have a mansard roof? Sarah Burns, one of today's foremost art historians, will answer those questions a lecture, "Better for Haunts: ...

Bloomington Herald-Times

Posted On Friday, September 14, 2012 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
September 13, 2012 IU entrepreneur to pitch his CoatChex business Friday night on 'Shark Tank' Kelley School of Business graduate Derek Pacque to be contestant on show's season opener For those who would suggest that nothing good ever happens in the college bars in Bloomington, Indiana University alumnus Derek Pacque will assert ...