The untold story is that white children born to unwed moms face challenges similar to those of black children of unwed moms, IUPUI social work Professor Lorraine Blackman says. Blackman and her students offer prevention and coping tips for addressing unwed parenthood.
On Jan. 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that will determine whether an Indiana law requiring all voters to present a government-issued photo ID before voting is unconstitutional and unfairly impacts the elderly, the poor and minorities. An Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis expert is available for media interviews regarding the case.
Experts from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) discuss the 2008 presidential campaign. Topics include Mitt Romney's remarks about his religious beliefs; campaign financing; religion and politics; political polling, and African American voters.
The benefits of fluoridation in preventing tooth decay have been known for over half a century; and approximately two-thirds of Americans have fluoridated public water. In the war against cavities, older adults benefit even more significantly from fluoridation than children, according to a new study by dental researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
In a study of 4- to 7-year-old cancer patients, children whose hospital care included music-based activities such as playing instruments or singing action songs demonstrated a greater frequency of positive coping behaviors than children who simply listened to music or audio storybooks.
IU School of Law-Indianapolis will become the first and only U.S. law school to offer an American Bar Association approved, fully-accredited law degree program in the Middle East. The law school will offer a master's degree in international commercial law at Egyptian universities.
Media experts from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) sound off on the 2008 presidential candidates. Topics include: women as serious presidential candidates; voters and affluent politicians; the role of exit polls; religion and the election; Mormonism and the presidency.
In May 2008, IUPUI and Winston-Salem State University will team up to offer "From Indy to the Carolinas," a two-week summer course built upon the motorsports management program at Winston-Salem State, and the mechanical engineering technology motorsports program at IUPUI.
For the second time in his career at an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a professor's laboratory research has gone commercial. Educators and students will access the expanded New York Times Knowledge Network via the Epsilen Environment (www.epsilen.com), the second of Ali Jafari's research-turned-commercial ventures.
Sexual violence is a common experience for women as they grow up; and women who grow up to be soldiers are twice as likely to have been victims of such violence, according to a study co-authored by an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researcher and an Air Force officer.
An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) professor has received a $300,000 military grant to develop a video surveillance system for homeland security that uses a biometrics technique "“ iris recognition "“ to identify suspects seeking to avoid detection.
With a gift from a foundation bearing the name of a leading global pharmaceutical company, a group of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis researchers hope to help bridge language and cultural gaps between physicians and their nonnative English-speaking patients.
New race car built by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis students has successful debut run.
A higher education expert lists Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as fourth on list of Top 25 colleges and universities who have strengthened the economy and quality of life in their home towns.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis experts discuss rebuilding Katrina in terms of data back-up for businesses; green housing for those affected by natural disaster; and cities at risk for natural disasters.
Imagine swallowing a pill that could help heal a spinal injury or restore degenerating eyesight. Imagine applying a "smart bandage" to regenerate an amputated finger or the tissue of an unsightly wound, rather than undergoing reconstructive surgery. Sounds like science fiction. But drugs like these could be closer to reality than you think, thanks to the research by scientists of the IU Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
The Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis motorsports program is off to a great start: about two dozen students have enrolled in certificate program scheduled to begin in August; five IUPUI students have significant summer internships in the racing industry; two student-built race cars, including a Panther Racing Indy Pro Series car, are expected to hit the tracks within the next year.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis faculty experts are available to comment on themes and issues in The Da Vinci Code: Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, anagrams and cryptography, Catholicism.
Think twice before replying to an e-mail message. Because e-mail doesn't have the non-verbal modifiers that make up face-to-face communication, the messages can be ambiguous and cause problems.
New procedure to synthesize quantum dots will lead to improvements in medical diagnosis and further breakthroughs in fundamental science.
The Biomedical Tissue Services Case could create a backlash against tissue donation, according to an industry expert who proposes limiting solicitation and recovery of tissue donations to charitable, nonprofit organizations.
Three dozen Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis students will head south to Mississippi to spend their spring break as volunteers helping people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Indiana schools among 18 pilot sites for National Biotech Course, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Professor writes curriculum and trains teachers with state funding.
The Latino population in Indianapolis is booming - bringing both benefits and challenges.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis legal and political science experts can comment on presidential powers, civil liberties and national security, as these topics relate to the current debate over National Security Agency monitoring of telephone calls and e-mail messages.
In response, the medical community is developing ways to reduce medical errors. One technique, a state medical error reporting system is explored in an issue brief released by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Researchers have discovered what appears to be new primary cause for lead poisoning in children and developed a new way to judge lead poisoning test results to determine if children are at risk.
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