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Professors from Butler University and University of Manchester (England) have compiled a book of essays that look at the role of religion in the long-running series "Doctor Who."

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Butler University market professor Kate King says retailers need to adapt to young shoppers.

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Edgerton says Breaking Bad is great, but nowhere near as influential as The Sopranos was.

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Butler University VP explains what every new student should do in his/her first six weeks of college.

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Teachers and students don’t have to wait for a blizzard to get them out of their mid-winter routines. Plan a "Snow Day on a School Day" to rejuvenate the joy of learning.

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With the new year came many drug recalls. In the first six weeks of 2012, there were at least 13 drug-related recalls. Some were due to bacterial contamination. Eight distinct bacterial contaminants were identified in one over-the-counter product.

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Teens bully each other through text messages, Facebook and videos because they don’t see the immediate consequences, says Brandie Oliver, Butler University faculty in school counseling.

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We all know that people and animals can be harmed by excessive heat; so can medications, states Dr. Amy Peak, director of Drug Information Services for Butler University.

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Participating in sports can contribute significantly to children’s physical, emotional, and social development, boosting their potential to do well in school. Butler University Professor of Physical Education Mindy Welch offers tips of finding the right sports program for your child.

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Parents can give their children’s learning a healthy, happy start this fall with these ABCs (and a bonus D) from Butler University Assistant Professor of Physical Education Lisa Farley.

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Students don’t always get the most nutritional bang for their school lunch bucks. Butler University educational researchers suggest how you can teach youngsters to be savvy consumers in the school lunchroom.

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With spring break approaching, many parents are thinking about how their college student might spend the week off and perhaps muttering two little words: “Oh, no.” If your child is, in fact, going on one of the typical spring break warm-weather excursions, Butler University Vice President of Student Affairs Levester Johnson recommends a number of things parents can do to ease their own minds.

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Public support of labor unions has reached its lowest level in a quarter century. According to a February 2011 Pew Research Poll Center poll, only 45 percent of respondents expressed positive views of unions. In his studies of major speeches of the American labor movement, Casey Kelly, Ph.D., a communication instructor for Butler University, has found some key historic messages that unions might use to regain support.

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The film “The King’s Speech” authentically portrays “the difficulty, fear, and low self-esteem that many stutterers have,” says Dr. Suzanne Reading, a speech-language pathologist for 30 years and director of Butler University’s Communication Sciences & Disorders Program. Actor Colin Firth delivered a realistic sounding stutter, she said, “especially the long pauses that can occur when a person who stutters is trying to start a stream of speech.”

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Going from a college freshman to sophomore means tougher courses and agonizing over majors, career plans, and how you fit socially on campus. One-fourth of freshmen don’t continue at the same school, reducing their chance of graduating in 4-6 years. Targeted programs are helping Butler University retain more sophomores.

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After three-plus months of living at school, your college freshman has gotten used to being on his or her own. And you’ve become accustomed to a quieter house. But now he/she’s coming home for the holidays, and your household routine is about to be disrupted. Parents need to be prepared to navigate those waters.

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Paying top dollar for college doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the highest quality education, Butler University Provost Dr. Jamie Comstock, says. Comstock suggests that prospective students narrow down their choice of schools by asking the following questions, in this order, about each prospect. A school stays in your ever-narrowing “funnel” of choices only if you keep answering “Yes."

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What do colleges and universities look for on an application for admission? Everything from correct grammar, spelling and punctuation to the truth about you, Butler University Vice President of Enrollment Management Tom Weede says.

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The façade of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement is so deep that the House of Representatives recently passed legislation that will fail to accomplish its stated purpose – "to debar corporations committing FCPA violations from federal government contracts," says Butler University Business Law Professor Mike Koehler.

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Parents dealing with separation anxiety as their children go off to college need to let go in phases and stages, advises Levester Johnson, vice president of student affairs at Butler University in Indianapolis. He suggests these methods to help parents cope.

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Few rising seniors – those students about to enter their senior year of high school – have started applying to college, but now is a good time for them to come up with a list of schools they’re going to consider. Butler University Vice President for Enrollment Management Tom Weede offers advise.

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Most parents want to support and nurture their child’s education without being labeled as overly involved “helicopter” moms and dads. Advocating for your student without trying to protect them from every negative consequence is not easy to do, said Arthur Hochman, Butler University associate professor of elementary education. “Others are so ready to judge us, and we are so ready to judge ourselves as parents.” Hochman suggests ways in which parents can foster children’s self-reliance and help them get ready for a great school year.

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Thanks to the recession, today’s job market is crowded. If an open position at a company would once attract 100 resumes, today it could attract 500. The search can be long and grueling. Butler University Executive-in-Residence Marv Recht offers some tips to help in the job search.

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Think about the last time you wanted to find more information on a type of business, product or service. Chances are you Googled it. Now think about your business. How can you make your business pop up higher when potential customers use search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo and MSN? One way is through blogs, says Rhoda Israelov, a career mentor and executive-in-residence in Butler University’s College of Business.

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Unemployment is hovering near 10 percent — the highest in more than 26 years. That figure doesn’t include those involuntarily working part-time (one to 34 hours a week) or those who gave up looking for jobs for one reason or another and fell off the unemployment rolls. So even if you’d like the challenge of a new job, you may have to wait out this economic slump, says Butler University Executive-in-Residence Marv Recht.

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Summer is all about barbeques and lazy days at the pool. It’s also a good time to start thinking about preparing for flu season, and the vaccinations you or your child may need for the upcoming year, says Carrie Maffeo, a professor of pharmacy at Butler University, who specializes in immunizations.

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Starting in April, millions of small businesses began to receive postcards from the Internal Revenue Service about the new Small Business Health Care Tax Credit. Even if your business hasn’t received a postcard, you may still be eligible for this credit designed to help small businesses and non-profit organizations that pay employee health insurance premiums in 2010, says Bill Terando, a professor of accounting at Butler University.

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Kids need to recharge mentally over summer vacation. But if they skip reading and writing from June to August, they’ll lose skills learned during the previous school year, says Debbie Corpus, a professor of education at Butler University, who specializes in reading instruction. To help keep those skills limber, parents should provide summer reading T.A.F. — time, access and fun.

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Your child is wheezing. Your child must have asthma, right? Not always, says Julie Koehler, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in Butler University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and clinical pharmacy specialist in family medicine at Clarian Health. While wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound heard during exhalation) is a classic sign of asthma, it’s also a symptom of viral respiratory tract infections and reactive airway disease (RAD).

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April Fool's Day is a day traditionally full of practical jokes and pranks. Thus, it is only fitting that on April 1st U.S. District Court Richard Leon will hold a hearing on the Daimler FCPA enforcement action during which he is expected to approve a DOJ - Daimler brokered deferred prosecution agreement and other various aspects of the settlement discussed below.

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Religion took center stage in the March 23 episode of the ABC television series Lost, “Ab Aeterno.” And that shouldn’t be a surprise, Butler University Associate Professor of Religion James McGrath said, because religion has always been part of the show’s journey.

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To save money on your taxes this year, you’ll need to know the new deductions and tax credits included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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The college acceptance letters have arrived. Now comes the hard part: Which school should you choose? Tom Weede, vice president of enrollment management at Butler University, said it’s difficult for many students to make an objective choice. He offers tips to help students make the smartest decision.

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Now is the time when families should be thinking about financial aid for college. Tom Weede, vice president of enrollment management at Butler University, offers four tips for getting the best financial aid package: apply; be prepared; don’t be afraid of loans; and think about a campus job.

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Challenging yourself in fitness training is good. But overdoing training is counterproductive to realizing your fitness goals, says Butler University’s Adrian Shepard, assistant director of recreation overseeing fitness. Over-training, also called over-exercising, he said, happens when you’re “not allowing your body the opportunity to adjust, adapt and recuperate in response to the training regimen you’re taking part in.”

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One year ago this week, Siemens (a global powerhouse in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors) agreed to pay $800 million in combined U.S. fines and penalties to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) charges for a pattern of bribery the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) termed “unprecedented in scale and geographic scope.” The charged conduct involved improper payments to obtain or retain (among other business) transportation, telecommunication, energy and health sector contracts in (among other places) Argentina, China, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and Venezuela.

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In early January, couch potatoes across the country will be walking into fitness centers, resolving to get fit in 2010. These newbies will have a lot more success achieving their goals if they know what to ask, look for, and do on that first visit. Adrian Shepard, assistant director of recreation-fitness for Butler University, offers tips for people to consider their first day at a fitness center.

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If there’s a high school senior in your home, he or she most likely is anticipating college decision letters (the so-called “fat” envelopes) that should arrive any day – and perhaps behaving more manically than usual. That’s understandable. The college application process is filled with anxiety for the students going through the process, for their parents and for almost everyone involved. Butler University Vice President for Enrollment Management Tom Weede, offers advice on how this anxiety can be overcome and result in a rational (or at least considered) college decision.

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Butler University Economics Professor Bill Rieber says while we're seeing some positive indications the recession is over, many uncertainties remain. Rieber offers tips for businesses on how to approach this uncertain economic time.

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You’ve lost your prescription insurance benefits because of unemployment; you don’t have the extra money you once did for the co-pay; you have an expensive medication that isn’t covered. Unfortunately, this is the current situation for many Americans. Carriann Richey, director of outreach and assistant professor of pharmacy practice for Butler University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, says while affording medications in today’s economy may be more difficult than ever before, there are options out there that can help.

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In a new survey by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, only 31 percent of respondents indicated that their company had in place a “comprehensive FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) compliance program.” Only 32 percent of respondents said their company addresses FCPA risks “proactively.” This is a problem, according to Butler University’s Mike Koehler, assistant professor of business law for the College of Business. U.S. enforcement agencies are initiating FCPA actions at a record-level against large and small companies alike in a variety of industries, and against individuals. No company is immune from FCPA scrutiny.

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The recession may have permanently changed some buying attitudes and behaviors. Consumers are spending less, they are hunting for deals and they have traded down from the high-end to the discount store. How can retailers satisfy consumers' expectations in a post-recession environment and still make money? Butler University Marketing Lecturer Kate King says businesses will need to work harder to keep customers happy and they should begin preparing now by focusing their efforts in four areas.