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Under the law, whistle-blowers are supposed to be protected from direct reprisals on the job, including discrimination. But what if they and their actions becomes the subject of a widely distributed email? Is that a form of retaliation? Two professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business set out to answer that question and determine when public disclosure of the whistle-blower's identity -- like in an email -- is sufficient to support such a claim, in a paper that has been accepted for publication in North Carolina Law Review.

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End-of-the-world predictions are common in human history, but believers in the Mayan Doomsday claim don’t understand the Mayan calendar system, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis professor Larry Zimmerman said.

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Using brain imaging and other measures, Indiana U. and Kinsey Institute researchers showed that new mothers were less interested in threats unrelated to the baby. The use of oxytocin produced similar results in other women.

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Research by Indiana University paleobotanist David L. Dilcher and colleagues in Europe sheds new light on what Charles Darwin famously called "an abominable mystery": the apparently sudden appearance and rapid spread of flowering plants in the fossil record.

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Indiana U. neuroscientists use Pokemon cards and kids to test a theory of facial cognition that until now has been difficult to support.

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President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders have been deadlocked over the "fiscal cliff," the tax increases and spending cuts that will take place Jan. 1 unless elected officials take action to avert them. The combination could have a dramatic impact on the economy, with the Congressional Budget Office forecasting that unemployment could increase to 9 percent. Indiana University experts offer their perspectives and are available to speak with news media.

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Indiana University's Kelley School of Business is co-sponsoring a research conference Dec. 13 and 14 on small business finance at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Research by Indiana University Kelley School of Business Professor Tim Lemper was published in two legal journals and became the basis for legislation by Congress to correct a serious problem in an existing federal trademark law.

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Nearly 20 companies with innovative supply chain operations have entered into a new alliance with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to create opportunities for faculty and students.

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An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process that allows one of the world's most abundant ocean phytoplankton, once known as blue-green algae, to maximize light harvesting for photosynthesis.

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A new book by Indiana University journalism professor Steve Raymer depicts life at every socioeconomic level in Calcutta, one of the world's largest and poorest cities.

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Scientists at Indiana University and international collaborators have found a way to link two hormones into a single molecule, producing a more effective therapy with fewer side effects for potential use as treatment for obesity and related medical conditions.

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Indiana University remains one of the most internationally engaged academic institutions in the United States, both in terms of student enrollment and study abroad activities, according to the latest Open Doors report released today by the Institute of International Education.

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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, attention has shifted to coordination between agencies and the subsequent recovery that are part of the disaster management cycle. Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez, an assistant professor of operations and decision technologies at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, is an expert on management in humanitarian operations and has studied some aspects of the International Red Cross' relief efforts.

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For the second consecutive year, the United States economy managed to underachieve relative to economists' unambitious expectations. Indiana University Kelley School of Business economists are presenting their annual forecast today, Nov. 1, and unfortunately expect more of the same in 2013. And like a year ago, a considerable list of things could adversely upset their expectations, chief among them and most immediate, the "fiscal cliff," a potential economic growth-killing combination of higher taxes and government spending cuts.

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In a new book, IU professor Mark Dueze takes on the prevailing notion of his peers in media and communications research think -- that the media and its related devices have an effect on us and that the more we use them, the more they shape our lives.

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New National Sports Journalism Center director Malcolm Moran brings 30 years of sports journalism experience to his new post, which he assumes in January, the Indiana University School of Journalism announced today.

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Discovery of new class of power inverter could mean cheaper, faster hybrid vehicles and other green products.

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In a challenge to prevailing wisdom that CEO and board chair positions should be held by two different people as "best practice," new research indicates that the roles should be split only when there is a performance problem, and then only through a "demotion strategy" that keeps the CEO but brings in an independent chair, as an overt signal to reverse course.

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An international team of scientists led by Indiana University chemist Michael S. VanNieuwenhze and biologist Yves Brun has discovered a revolutionary new method for coloring the cell wall of bacterial cells to determine how they grow, in turn providing a new, much-needed tool for the development of new antibiotics.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the heated topic of affirmative action in higher education when it hears oral arguments Wednesday in Fisher v. the University of Texas. Indiana University experts are available to comment.

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No kidding: The history of the first anchorman may have more to do with Will Ferrell than people might think, according to new research by a journalism historian at Indiana University. While Ferrell is best known for playing Ron Burgundy in the 2004 comedy "Anchorman," he also famously parodied "Jeopardy" game show host Alex Trebek. Research by Mike Conway, an associate professor of journalism at IU, has found that the first "anchor man" was John Cameron Swayze, then a regular on the 1948 quiz show, "Who Said That?"

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Indiana University professor Stephanie C. Kane writes about port cities in Brazil and Argentina in "Where Rivers Meet the Sea: The Political Ecology of Water."

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Indiana University faculty members offer observations about the upcoming presidential debates, which begin next Wednesday.

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Amid the tailgating and other pre-game festivities before Indiana University's Oct. 6 football game against Michigan State, IU students and faculty and alumni from the two schools will work together on a new Habitat for Humanity home in partnership with a Bloomington family. Ashley and Doyle Kell and their 3-year-old daughter Hailey will receive the keys to their new home a week later, on the field of IU Memorial Stadium, before the Hoosiers' game against Ohio State. Their new home will be dedicated about two hours before the 8 p.m. kickoff Oct. 13.

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago this Saturday. Indiana University faculty experts are available to discuss the historical context and impact of the proclamation.

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An Indiana University assistant professor and low-vision optometrist working to advance pedestrian safety has been awarded more than $1.9 million by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate street-crossing decision-making performance in pedestrians who are elderly, visually impaired or blind.

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A solid majority of Indiana residents think it's a good idea to address concerns about climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants and storing it underground, according to a recent study from Indiana University researchers.

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A research center at Indiana University will present findings from a three-year project on China and global governance to the international diplomatic community at a prominent conference Sept. 27 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Biologists and informaticists at Indiana University have produced one of the most extensive pictures ever of mutation processes in the DNA sequence of an organism, elucidating important new evolutionary information about the molecular nature of mutations and how fast those heritable changes occur.

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In 2010 malaria caused an estimated 665,000 deaths, mostly among African children. Now, chemists at Indiana University have developed a new synthesis for the world's most useful antimalarial drug, artemisinin, giving hope that fully synthetic artemisinin might help reduce the cost of the live-saving drug in the future.

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Indiana University experts are available to talk about the 50th anniversary of poet Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' collection and its 'October' poems.

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Michael Wilkerson is available to discuss the labor and financial difficulties arts organizations, such as orchestras, are currently facing.

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A national audience will see how Indiana University Kelley School of Business alumnus Derek Pacqué handled the pressure of making a pitch for his company before a panel of potential investors on the ABC television show "Shark Tank" on Friday.

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Indiana University has released Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project allows citizen observers around the world to use free applications now available for Apple and Android mobile platforms to not only report on sexual behavior and experiences, but also to share, explore and visualize the accumulated data.

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Indiana U. experts discuss politics, protest, media coverage, influence of women on the election, and other issues related to the Democratic National Convention.

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The Greater Good Science Center has granted nearly $200,000 to an Indiana University researchers to study whether gratitude interventions benefit psychotherapy clients.

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Three prominent experts on Mormon history, culture and religion and a former Utah senator are the featured speakers for an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis forum on Mormonism in today’s society.

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After pausing for a couple of months, the Leading Index for Indiana moved timidly upward, from 99.4 in July to register 99.6 in August. The LII, developed by the Indiana Business Research Center, is designed to reflect the unique structure of the Indiana economy. It is a predictive tool that signals changes in the direction of the economy several months before the economy has changed.

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A groundbreaking new research study from Indiana University suggests there may be benefits to the controversial activities of "pro-ana" bloggers, the online community for people with eating disorders. Most of the 33 bloggers from seven countries interviewed for the study, which has just been published in the journal Health Communication, said their writing activities provide a way to express themselves without judgment, which the authors believe can be crucial to their treatment.

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Focus on sustainability and green living drives popularity of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis's continuing ed course on backyard chickens.

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Indiana U. Professor Linda Smith, known for her pioneering work in the development of human cognition, is the 2013 recipient of the Rumelhart Prize, which includes a $100,000 award.

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Indiana U experts discuss whooping cough concerns, home-sick college students, strong computer passwords and helping students with autism spectrum disorders get off to a good start this school year.

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For the second consecutive month, the Leading Index for Indiana remained unchanged at the level of 99.4. Simply put, it's much like the June report, but with more pessimism.

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The 2012 Summer Olympics begin July 27 in London. Indiana University experts are available to speak with news media about various topics related to the games.

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The growing scandal over the manipulation by British banks of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, creates complex legal issues for U.S. financial regulation, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert.