You may live far from the limestone buildings and brick pathways of Indiana University, but your connection to IU and the College of Arts and Sciences is far from over.
Reconnect with the life of the College and join Executive Dean Larry Singell for the College's inaugural Alumni Master Class — a one-day speaker series coming to Evansville on September 17. Faculty experts will discuss timely topics and explore areas of interest to the Evansville community.
A catered lunch is included in the program, and a portion of the funds raised from attendees' registration will fund scholarships for IU students from the Evansville area.
The Strange Presidential Election of 2016 | As odd as it has been, this presidential election will nevertheless choose the leader of the executive branch till 2021. So, we need answers to these questions: How did Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump become the major candidates? What is likely to characterize the race between now and November 8? Is the current party polarization unusual in American history? Can we expect it to continue, and with what effects on American public life?
The Future in Virtual Reality, or What Pokémon GO Tells Us About the Next 200 Years | Pokémon GO sure seems like an exciting new thing, but it’s just the latest in a string of innovations dating back to the 1990s. What’s changing: The way we play in virtual reality. If we think of media as synthetic experience and the world of media as a synthetic world, it seems clear that technology will constantly expand the reach, scope, and quality of the synthetic world. Will it come to overshadow the real world completely? There's no easy answer, but we can already see some outlines of what will probably happen. What can we do now to help humanity manage this explosive technology and turn it for the good?
The Feminine Mystique: Sex Differences and Stress Effects in Prefrontal Cortex | Stress is implicated in many psychological disorders, and the rate and expression of many stress-related disorders differs in women and men. Prefrontal cortex has been implicated in many stress-influenced psychological disorders. Using animal models, we have shown that stress affects prefrontal cortex differently in males versus females. This parallels differences in the effects of stress on emotional behaviors. Given that prefrontal cortex is an important regulator of emotional behavior, understanding the mechanisms underlying these different stress effects is key to developing appropriate treatments for stress-related disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
