Indiana State and Southern Illinois universities are reaching across state lines to partner on a project to help more underserved students complete a four-year college degree. The two universities have agreed to develop and implement the most effective ways to reach out to underserved students and help them graduate.
An Indiana State University professor who has accurately predicted elections in 2006 and 2008, has forecasted that Republicans will gain control of 11 state legislative chambers in this year’s elections.
English professor teaches Shakespeare's criminal tragedies to prisoners housed in solitary confinement. Prisoners then use those plays to examine their lives.
Parents should be more involved in their children’s online activities and know what to do if their child is being bullied in cyberspace or engaging in sexting.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Adult Career Education allows persons with about 60 hours or more of college credit to design a customized curriculum to help them complete a four-year degree.
Research completed by an Indiana State University Networks Financial Institute fellow has concluded that systemic risk is not a feature of the insurance industry.
Errett "E.J." Bozarth, a decorated U.S. Marine Corps and American Airlines pilot, overcomes the obstacles of paralysis to become a flight and aviation instructor.
Indianapolis native Shanel Poole spent a year in reform school, spent nights sleeping in her car and struggled to obtain a GED before Indiana State University helped her turn her life around.
An Indiana State University sophomore conducted a numerical analysis of EKG signas and her findings could help heart patients in the future.
Pulitzer-prize nominee and ISU Professor of English Michael Shelden has released a fourth biography. After spending years interviewing celebrities, Shelden returned to writing the sorts of stories he enjoys most.
A study of two collegiate football teams and one professional team found a large percentage of NCAA Division I and NFL athletes start practice while dehydrated, putting them at a variety of health risks.
World-renowned health and fitness expert, Dr. Kenneth Cooper who coined the term "aerobics,” will speak at INShape Indiana on Sept. 29 where he's expected to tell Hoosier lawmakers they're not doing enough to keep Hoosier children fit and healthy.
A suspected case of H1N1 reported on the ISU campus this week led one professor to alter the curriculum of her class on communicable diseases. Students are now working to educate the campus about the disease.
While exercise is a critical part of maintaining elephants’ health in captivity, Michael Rowe runs with them in pursuit of science. Rowe is working toward his doctorate in biology at Indiana State University by researching how juvenile and adult Asian and African elephants regulate their body temperatures at zoos in Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Toronto.
An Indiana State University professor and innovator in universal challenge course design took his work to the international stage by helping establish the first course in Japan. Universal challenge courses are designed for use by all people, including those with disabilities. Partially paralyzed from the waist down, that type of meaningful inclusion is a need Rogers understands firsthand.
In a small sampling of students at three universities, an Indiana State doctoral student found black women encounter racism on predominantly white campuses but that belonging to a black sorority, formally known as a women's fraternal organization, helped them to stay in college and achieve their goals.
Travis DeVault has more than a passing interest in what investigators find in the engines of the US Airways plane that recently landed on the Hudson River after apparently striking large birds and losing both of its engines. The Indiana State University graduate now works as the field station and project leader at the National Wildlife Research Center in Sandusky, Ohio.
Students at Indiana State University have the option to learn what teaching is all about before embarking upon student teaching. It's part of ISU's pilot program Teachers of Tomorrow Advancing Learning (TOTAL).
How well young people learn and develop during their college years may be due more to the normal process of maturing rather than the college experience itself, according to a new student assessment tool developed by researchers at Indiana State University.
An Indiana State University political science professor is available for comment on the naming of a running mate for the presumptive presidential nominees.
On the rocky road of cancer research, Indiana State University scientists have made important discoveries. ISU researchers have found a possible alternative adjuvant for alum to boost the effectiveness of a vaccine.
Elderly in a long-term care setting are more likely to be prescribed antidepressants and to self-report depression compared to those in a home-health care setting, according to a study by social work students at Indiana State University.
Indiana State University associate professor Elizabeth Jones has spent the past seven months working to make math accessible to all students. Jones, an associate professor of mathematics and computer science, took a sabbatical for the fall and spring semesters to work as a consultant with ViewPlus Technologies, a company that creates hardware and software for the visually impaired in Corvallis, Ore.
Jonathan Storm and Justin Boyles, who are working on doctorates in the ecology and organismal biology department at Indiana State University, were selected by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to take part in the research hoping to unravel the mystery of what is leading to the bats' deaths.
Zebrafish with fluorescent green blood vessels, which cost less time and money than mice, are helping an Indiana State University professor research blood vessel growth in his quest to find a way to stop cancerous tumors.
Biologists previously considered roadsides as useless for habitats. But, there is something out there, and what an Indiana State University professor and his students are finding is surprising them -- roadsides are great habitats for rodents.
The "Freshman 15" is not a myth -- it is an unpleasant reality for a great number of young adults. Professors in nutrition and physical education/kinesiology explain this phenomena, and give some tips on how students new to college life can avoid this unnecessary rite of passage.
Schools can take steps to prevent and prepare for active shooter situations. Jason Winkle, Indiana State University professor, president of the International Tactical Officers Training Association, and highly sought international speaker, offers tips for security personnel as well as administrators.
For some kids, the only exercise they get is during gym class at school, and fewer schoolchildren nationwide are even being offered that option. Exercise science professors are teaching future physical education instructors how they can make the most of that valuable time; and offer tips on what P.E. classes should include.
How important is core strength to athletic performance? According to an initial study at Indiana State University, not very. In this study, which is the first of its kind, the link was found to be moderate to poor, and inconsistent. The subjects were 29 members of the university's NCAA Division I football team.
A Ph.D. student in Indiana State University's Department of Ecology and Organismal Biology is conducting research questioning the conventional wisdom that bats should maximize hibernation when no insects are available to eat. The research is being conducted at Indiana State University's Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation, one of the largest bat research facilities in the world.
With summer officially here, and motorcyclists rolling their wheels out of winter storage and onto the roads, an Indiana State University driver safety expert offers tips for an accident-free riding season for the novice, as well as experienced rider. ISU has expertise in this area, being one of only three institutions contracted by the state of Indiana to offer Motorcycle Safety Program classes.
Indiana State University in Terre Haute, will host "Active Shooters on Campus: Critical Strategies for Law Enforcement Officers & School Administrators," on June 5, 2007, to help prepare police and school administrators in the region to deal with shooting incidents like the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. The deadline for registration is May 30, 2007.
While President Bush is calling for more troops to be sent to Iraq, a U.S. Army research psychologist is developing a training method for more prepared troops, who can "think on their feet" during battle. A study shows they outperform a sample of lieutenant colonels who had seen real combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Christopher Olsen of Indiana State University's history department creates questions for the AP U.S. History exam that more than 300,000 students take each May. How the course is designed and the exam put together is no secret, but the content of the exam is strictly off-limits.
An election forecasting model developed by political scientists at Indiana State University projects Democrats will take control of the U.S. House but not the Senate following 2006 mid-term elections. The model takes into account national as well as state and district level conditions and the attributes of individual candidates.
Qihao Weng, associate professor of geography and director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change at Indiana State University, has a theory that an urban landscape of circular streets, parks, lawns - even buildings - can help keep minimize the urban heat island effect, in which impervious surfaces such as concrete, asphalt and certain building materials, keep cities warmer than the surrounding countryside.
Research at Indiana State University indicates adding weight to toys may help improve children's fitness.
Sleep researchers at Indiana State University finds many animals are able to put half their brain to sleep while keeping the other half alert to watch for predators.
Indiana State University will award a business-grade laptop computer to incoming freshmen with a 3.0 high school grade point average or higher.
Indiana State University will become the first public university in the state to require all undergraduate students to have notebook computers, beginning with incoming freshmen in fall 2007.
Indiana State University has faculty experts in a variety of fields available to comment on hurricane-related issues.
With several U.S. senators calling for changes in the way chemicals are regulated in the U.S. marketplace to better protect children, workers and consumers, research at Indiana State University raises concerns about a common chemical found in everyday plastics.
Using a popular household cleaner, an Indiana State University professor has found a way to safely conduct a chemistry experiment that has been banned from undergraduate chemistry labs due to the volatility of the chemical originally used.
As the United States works to establish new democracies in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, a dozen college seniors from around the country are spending their summer in the nation's heartland researching how governments "of the people, by the people and for the people" take root and function and interact with one another.
Did you know that once you sign the back of your credit card, it comes to life and talks you into making all sorts of unnecessary purchases? Of course this doesn't really happen, but it's how business education students depicted the dangers of credit card misuse in a student written DVD for teachers across the country.
A study of weather and voting records in Indiana and Kentucky has affirmed the widely held believe that inclement weather can reduce voter turnout and even help sway close elections.
With Olympic glory on the line, the world's most elite athletes set themselves apart from the rest of the pack by mere hundredths of a second. But in those microseconds, every movement, every nuance is recorded. High-speed footage helps coaches and athletes improve performance times.
As the United States struggles to maintain healthy relations with an ever-restless global community, American higher ed institutions are playing an increasing role in international diplomacy.
Two Indiana State University departments, in conjunction with the American Association of Airport Executives and the American Trucking Association, have received a $600,000, five-year grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to manage the EPA's Transportation Environmental Resource Center.
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