When Prof. Lisa Pratt and colleagues announced the discovery of methane gas on Mars at a NASA press conference in January, the news sparked a flurry of interest from media outlets around the world.

• Germany’s Humboldt Foundation honors Mindiola with award
• Bauer and Winkler elected to American Academy of Microbiology
• $2 million NIH grant will fund study on red flour beetle
• Ciprian Demeter receives Sloan fellowship
• Physicist Kostelecky’s work challenges a relativity principle
• Events mark International Year of Astronomy
• Study reveals network TV coverage favors Republicans
• $1.9 million grant for study on links between attention disorders, decision-making, and substance abuse
• NIH $1 million grant for toddler object recognition study
• Lucaites book garners three awards
• Heiman to receive lifetime achievement award
• Chemists develop new research devices
• India selects Ganguly for national honor
• Stryker’s distinguished career honored by American Sociological Association
• Ganguly serves as observer in Bangladesh elections
• Sonya Stephens named vice provost for undergraduate education
• Tom Gieryn named vice provost for faculty and academic affairs
• Horowitz becomes a fellow of the American Physical Society
• Art Museum receives $500K grant
• Levesque’s book advocates return to “first principles” in child maltreatment law
• Indianapolis tech company licenses IU Bloomington chemist's device
• IU announces Arts and Humanities grants
• Two English professors honored with national awards

Rowland Ricketts, Assistant Professor in Textiles, was one of five international artists whose work with indigo was featured in the exhibit "Blue" at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC. (May - October, 2008)

Recent paintings by Barry Gealt will be exhibited in a solo show at the Beaux-Arts des Ameriques Gallery in Montreal this May and June. The displayed works reflect the sea and landscape of Prince Edward Island.

Caleb Weintraub's work is currently on display in an exhibition entitled, "The Other Mainstream II: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weithorn" at Arizona State University.

Betsy Stirratt will open a new solo show of her paintings called "Afterimage" at Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago running April 3 through May 8, 2009. A catalog will be published on the occasion containing an essay by critic James Yood.

“Crumbling Beauty,” a painting by Tina Newberry, is part of an exhibit entitled, “Dead of Winter,” running until the middle of March at Middlesex College in New Jersey. Her work is also represented in the curated exhibit “Lucid Dreaming,” on display through the spring at the James A. Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA.