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IU Class of 2025 graduates become leaders, career-ready professionals
Graduation is almost here, and members of the Class of 2025 are celebrating their hard work and accomplishments at Indiana University. Six graduating students from the Bloomington and Indianapolis... Read more about IU Class of 2025 graduates become leaders, career-ready professionals
2 IU Indianapolis students awarded prestigious national scholarships in research and language
Malachi Aklilu won a Critical Language Scholarship to study Turkish, and Rachel Schweiger won the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for research excellence.
Construction underway on new interdisciplinary research building at IU Indianapolis
The STEM Lab Building will improve IU Indianapolis’ research infrastructure and foster collaboration for IU researchers, creating new opportunities for partnerships while attracting top-tier tale... Read more about Construction underway on new interdisciplinary research building at IU Indianapolis
Study targets depression in ICU survivors to fight cognitive decline, dementia
IU School of Science professor Jesse Stewart and co-principal investigators Babar Khan and Sophia Wang from the IU School of Medicine will conduct the first randomized controlled trial to test whet... Read more about Study targets depression in ICU survivors to fight cognitive decline, dementia
Startup supports addiction recovery through VR therapy using ‘future-self avatars’
A startup company based upon Indiana University research and led by an undergraduate student combines psychology with virtual reality technology to treat substance use disorders by introducing indi... Read more about Startup supports addiction recovery through VR therapy using ‘future-self avatars’
3 new degrees approved in education and digital forensics
The new degrees will bolster urban education and forensic science programs at Indiana University Indianapolis.
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NSF awards grant to IUPUI to explore role models for Black women studying STEM
October 01, 2020
Evava Pietri, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology at the Purdue School of Science, received the National Science Foundation grant.
September 02, 2020
Research completed by Partha Basu, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at IUPUI, is receiving recognition by Nature.com, Scientific Reports.
Gardening offers sustainable solution during uncertain times
April 15, 2020
Americans staying home to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 may have found themselves asking a simple question: how can I be more sustainable during these uncertain times?
Ian Webb receives 2020 ASMS research award
April 15, 2020
Ian Webb, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at the Purdue School of Science is the recipient of the 2020 American Society of Mass Spectrometry research award.
School of Science chemistry undergraduate receives coveted Goldwater Scholarship
April 13, 2020
Scientist, social justice warrior, and physician. Those three job titles are the career aspirations of Purdue School of Science chemistry student, Nora Gilliam. She’s now one step closer to reaching her goal after being named a Goldwater Scholar. Gilliam is one of 396 undergrads chosen from more than 1,400 nominees across the nation.
April 06, 2020
Kirstin VanderWall didn’t originally plan on becoming a research scientist, her first career choice was actually an athletic trainer. Her interest in biology would take her on a different path, eventually leading her to IUPUI’s School of Science.
School of Science announces Top 100 Students for 2020
April 03, 2020
Nawara Abufares receives Women's History Month Annual Leadership Award
April 03, 2020
Nawara Abufares, a program assistant for the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program (LHSI), has received the Women's History Month Leadership Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to IUPUI.
Physicist John DiTusa named dean of School of Science
March 26, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicist John F. DiTusa has been named dean of the School of Science at IUPUI effective Aug. 1, subject to approval by the Indiana University Board of Trustees.