Faculty news
Philip Shushkov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, has been named a recipient of two of the nation’s most prestigious early-c... Read more about IU Chemistry professor wins two major Early-Career Awards for groundbreaking quantum information sciences research
A new study has exposed significant underrepresentation of researchers and content from the Global South in climate science publications, raising concerns about systemic disparities in academic pub... Read more about IU scientist co-authors study that reveals significant underrepresentation of Global South authors in climate science research
Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards
Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, Caryn Palatchi and Julio Postigo, received 2024-25 Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards on April 18. The award is... Read more about Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards
Biology faculty member Sidney Shaw elected to AAAS
Sidney Shaw, professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, has been elected to The American Association for the Advancement of Science’ (AAAS) 2024 Fell... Read more about Biology faculty member Sidney Shaw elected to AAAS
Biotechnology faculty member Karen Bush elected to AAAS
Karen Bush, a Professor of Practice Emerita in the Department of Biology (Biotechnology Program), within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, was elected to The Ameri... Read more about Biotechnology faculty member Karen Bush elected to AAAS
The longstanding “publish or perish” culture in academia is coming under renewed scrutiny, as a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that current incent... Read more about IU researchers co-author study challenging ‘publish or perish’ culture, call for overhaul of academic publishing
GenAI in the classroom: Key considerations
Vivian Halloran thinks so highly of IU’s GenAI in the Classroom Canvas course that she wrote the below feature on it (after she and her co-instructor used it to boldly redesign their Human Dilemm... Read more about GenAI in the classroom: Key considerations
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IU scientists co-author study that reveals how a virus builds its protective shell
A research team led by Marc Morais, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, have uncovered exciting new details about... Read more about IU scientists co-author study that reveals how a virus builds its protective shell
IU geoscientists co-author study that finds mountain formation drives biodiversity growth
A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also influence the evolution of species. In the study, “Direct effects of mounta... Read more about IU geoscientists co-author study that finds mountain formation drives biodiversity growth
IU professor helps pioneer groundbreaking light-driven method to create key drug compounds
Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The new research, co-authored by Kevin Brown, the James F. Jackson Professor of Chemistry... Read more about IU professor helps pioneer groundbreaking light-driven method to create key drug compounds