The Leading Index for Indiana (LII) for October edged up from the month before, due largely to the relatively large up-tick in the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) and a rise in the value of unfilled orders in the auto sector. Additional evidence from the auto industry shows a sector still in the doldrums.
Health and swimming experts at Indiana University discuss why holidays can be risky times for kids and alcohol. They also discuss the hows and whys of food journaling, and why swim lessons make great gifts for adults, not just kids.
Retailers beware. Some tried-and-true discounting tactics for pepping up holiday season sales can be a boon for some products -- but a bust for others.
A study of 365 NCAA games in 2004-05 suggests that fans do have a great impact on games and that officials often are not objective in their efforts to be fair to both teams.
Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast today (Nov. 5) are confident that 2010 is going to be better than this year. Unfortunately, 2009 was "really, really awful."
While the forecast for 2009 holiday retail sales is not as grim as a year ago, when seasonal activity fell by 3.8 percent from 2007, the Center for Education and Research in Retailing at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business still projects a 1 percent decline.
Workplace gossip can be a weapon or a gift and can offer clues to power not found on organizational charts. Indiana U. researchers details how the weapon is wielded -- and deflected -- in a rare study that catches this national pastime on video.
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Oct. 28) will announce a campaign to create an endowed faculty chair in cancer research in commemoration of the late Myles Brand, the university's 16th president.
A small molecule designed to detect cyanide in water samples works quickly, is easy to use, and glows under ultraviolet or "black" light. Although the fluorescent molecule is not yet ready for market, its Indiana University Bloomington creators report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (now online) that the tool is already able to sense cyanide below the toxicity threshold established by the World Health Organization.
Health historian Ruth Engs brings together nine previously unpublished works by Upton Sinclair, introducing his Progressive Era health reformer side. The comedies and satire speak as much to current health trends as they do Sinclair's time.
Indiana U. and NC State researchers will use an NSF grant to study the use of virtual worlds to support business processes, such as product development, involving team members often spread across continents or time zones.
The Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center today (Sept. 15) launched a new Web site that aims to be the most definitive source of news, information and commentary about sports media in America.
Indiana University has announced the creation of a Web site -- www.stimulus.iu.edu -- to provide information about federal grants the university has received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Through Aug. 31, IU has received $16,980,925 as a result of the federal economic stimulus act.
Entrepreneur Anurag Mendhekar of Los Altos, Calif., founder of Blue Vector Systems and twice an alumnus of Indiana University, will be the 2009 recipient of the IU Asian Alumni Association's Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award.
In his new book, The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s (Peter Lang, 2009), Indiana University professor Mike Conway tells the stories of a mostly unknown group of CBS employees who worked in obscurity to develop a new way to deliver the news.
Lloyd Kolbe and Susan Middlestadt, public health and obesity experts at Indiana University, discuss the new IOM report, which outlines steps local governments can take to make health lifestyles easier for kids.
An astronomer who came to Indiana University Bloomington two years ago to study the evolution of galaxies has received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early career, tenure-track scholars.
Sport medicine and health experts discuss serious weight issues faced by fall sport athletes and new research into how parents pass along implicit attitudes about smoking to their kids and how the kids' attitudes can predict the onset of smoking.
Stone tools and rare animal bones found by Indiana U. underwater archaeologists in a water-filled cave in the Dominican Republic could offer clues to the earliest inhabitants of the region and the animals they encountered.
What do flocks of birds have in common with trust, monogamy, and even breast milk? According to a new report in the journal Science, they are regulated by virtually identical neurochemicals in the brain, known as oxytocin in mammals and mesotocin in birds.
Extra genomes appear, on average, to offer no benefit or disadvantage to plants, but still play a key role in the origin of new species, say scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In a national survey, 71 percent of Americans said women should change their surname upon marriage. About half supported the idea that the government should require this. Somewhat contradictory, almost half of respondents said it would be OK for men to change their last last, in part because the idea was so implausible.
Researchers discuss studies involving the medicalization of mental illness and how it has done little to remove the stigma; and the polarization of American politics and how this works well for Americans, who are becoming more socially isolated.
Researchers discuss studies involving how rural gay and lesbian youth use the Internet to feel at home, distinct dog ownership mindsets, and how characterizations of bullying can limit the effectiveness of bullying policies.
The successful Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Series will go on the road to Warsaw, Ind. -- the "Orthopedics Capital of the World" -- for the first of its 2009-10 seminars on Friday, Sept. 11.
Next week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in office as Iran's president. Yet he faces a hornets' nest. Iran's society is in the worst political turmoil since 1979 and its economy is sliding downward rapidly too. Jamsheed Choksy, Indiana University professor of Central Eurasian Studies, history, ancient studies and India studies and an adjunct professor in religious studies, is available to discuss this and other developments.
Experts from Indiana University discuss Influenza A (H1N1), important sexual health information for incoming college freshmen, nurturing kids' interest in technology, and an inside view of how a sorority polices members' "ladylike" behavior.
Joel Stager, Indiana University exercise physiology professor, swimming expert and long-time swim coach and competitor, discusses the negative impact controversial high-tech swimsuits have on swimmers and swim programs. "Finally, the athletes are getting it into their heads that their efforts are being devalued," he says.
Evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants strongly suggests only one group -- mammals -- have seen their genomes shrink after the dinosaurs' extinction. What's more, that trend continues today, say Indiana University Bloomington scientists in the first issue of a new journal, Genome Biology and Evolution.
The coevolutionary struggle between a New Zealand snail and its worm parasite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University Bloomington and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology biologists in this week's Current Biology.
A new book by an Indiana University School of Education professor takes a comprehensive look at how Web technology is changing worldwide education. "The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education," published by Jossey-Bass/Wiley, was written by Curt Bonk, professor of instructional systems technology.
As South Africa continues to move away from its apartheid past, its film culture has taken a similar path of reflection on the past during the country's first decade as a democracy. A new book, The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa, features interviews with 25 filmmakers.
News organizations are reporting that about 35 government and commercial Web sites in South Korea and the United States have came under major attack in recent days. Suspected in the coordinated cyber attack is North Korea or its sympathizers. Heon Joo Jung, an Indiana University expert on Korean politics, is available to speak with the news media.
Indiana University experts A.B. Assensoh and Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh comment on President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Ghana. The president, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters will visit the African nation Friday and Saturday.
Basic, irreversible changes are occurring in Iran -- begun and directed by the Iranian people themselves -- says Indiana University Professor Jamsheed Choksy, a specialist on Iranian history and religions.
A group of scientists working in Indiana University's School of Optometry and the Department of Biology will share more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their ongoing vision research.
Two Indiana University studies conducted among nationally representative samples of adult Americans show that vibrator use during sexual interactions is common, with use being reported by approximately 53 percent of women and 45 percent of men. The studies also show that vibrator use is associated with more positive sexual function and being more proactive in caring for one's sexual health.
With health care reform moving to the front of the national agenda, 10 Indiana University experts from the fields of public health, medicine, policy and law share their perspectives.
As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators continue to take to the streets of Tehran, an Indiana University professor who has traveled throughout Iran continues to get reports from colleagues within the country, who indicate that Arabic-speaking militias are arriving in the country.
Indiana University's new enterprise license agreement with Microsoft Corp. will expand the path-breaking 1998 strategy to provide popular Microsoft products to all students, faculty and staff on IU campuses by including unlimited licenses and software maintenance to IU departments for server software.
Indiana University Professor Jamsheed Choksy, a specialist on Iranian history and religions, who has traveled throughout Iran, is available for comments.
According to a new article based on research by two professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a colleague at Georgetown University, though, many organizations fail to implement evidence-based policies that encourage whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing internally -- and suffer the consequences.
Full-power television stations will broadcast only digital TV signals after June 12. When that happens, consumers who have not purchased digital TVs or installed digital-to-analog converter boxes will no longer be able to receive over-the-air broadcasts. Experts at Indiana University are available to offer their perspectives.
An Indiana University faculty expert is available to comment on issues related to recent news that North Korea conducted its second nuclear bomb test, that it plans to test a long-range missile and that a successor to leader Kim Jong-il has been selected, as well as other developments on the Korean peninsula.
With an estimated 17 million users in English-speaking virtual world games alone, they are communications outlets that corporations and educators must take seriously. Two professors in Indiana University's Department of Telecommunications, have organized an intensive, weeklong workshop for businesses, educators and researchers on the principles of virtual world construction.
Indiana University researchers examined swim times at Olympic Games dating back to 1972 and determined that a bias was introduced at the 2008 Games, where swim times were much faster than expected. Researchers also suggest grouping youth swimmers by single-age categories to make races more competitive and to help avoid injuries.
Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in men. In the study, no such difference was found between men who had sexual partners and those who did not. In this media tip sheet, IU experts in social networks and career counseling also discuss how to stay positive and find a job during dark times.
President Barack Obama named Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Indiana University law professors Craig Bradley, Kevin Collins, Gerard Magliocca, MarÃa Pabón López and David Orentlicher comment on the appointment.
A judge in Minnesota has ruled that a family must get medical treatment for their 13-year-old son's cancer because it is highly treatable. Based on the family's religious convictions, it chose alternative treatments. According to Jody Madeira, a professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, a judge correctly found that the parents have medically neglected their son by refusing chemotherapy.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit (May 11) against the Patent and Trademark Office, Myriad Genetics, and the University of Utah Research Foundation for patenting two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. Yvonne Cripps, the Harry T. Ice Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, says this is likely to be a landmark case.
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