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Queer scholarship and documentary opportunity converge for Ph.D. candidate G Angel
Not all routes through academia are straight lines, and, as a doctoral candidate in the Department of Gender Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, G Ang... Read more about Queer scholarship and documentary opportunity converge for Ph.D. candidate G Angel
Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
After 47 years of studying mudstones — which are exactly what they sound like: rocks made up of what used to be mud — Juergen Schieber wanted to see something he hadn’t seen before. Thanks to a... Read more about Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
Indiana University environmental anthropologist Eduardo Brondizio was awarded the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work on human-environment interaction in the Amazon and global-... Read more about Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
A new study by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington investigates why velvet ant stings are among the most excruciating in the animal kingdom, and offers a fascinating glimpse into the evol... Read more about IU study unlocks how Velvet Ant venom, while excruciating, may help advance pain-related medical research
$2.8M grant funds research into link between social media and youth mental health
Two Indiana University Bloomington researchers are combining clinical psychology, cognitive sciences and computing to shed light on the complexity of the narrative that social media is harmful, courte... Read more about $2.8M grant funds research into link between social media and youth mental health
As a benchmark of unparalleled scholarship, research, and creative activity, from 2023 to 2024 more than 90 books have been published by 80 faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at In... Read more about IU College of Arts and Sciences faculty published 90-plus books in 2023-2024, advancing transformative research, creative expression