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Released: 12-May-2004 3:40 PM EDT
Cicadas’ Greatest Impact May Come Before We Hear Them
Indiana State University

17-year cicadas emerging over the next few days throughout the Midwest, East and South will be announcing their arrival in a chorus of sound. But research suggests that by the time we hear them the red-eyed winged insects may have already inflicted their most damage on the trees that serve as their hosts.

Released: 27-Apr-2004 6:10 PM EDT
Future Small Town Doctors to Pursue Their Dreams Together
Indiana State University

Love of science and medicine "“ and a common desire to return to their rural roots as small town doctors "“ brought Adam Will and Kristin Shoemaker to ISU. The love they found for one another has them pursuing their dreams together.

Released: 21-Apr-2004 5:30 PM EDT
Helping Modernize Crimefighting in El Salvador
Indiana State University

As El Salvador struggles to shake off the effects of a civil war, hurricane, and two earthquakes, an American police officer turned criminology professor and a colleague who is an attorney work to help the Central American nation fight a continuing crime problem.

Released: 4-May-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Sesame Street Values Guide Millennium Graduates
Indiana State University

Melanie Zeck, a Kokomo (Ind.) senior, will relate how values learned from "Sesame Street" characters can guide college graduates in a speech she will give at Indiana State University's 129th commencement on May 6.

Released: 2-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Contact Lens Solutions May Not Fight Bacteria
Indiana State University

Indiana State University scientists are working with a common bacterium that can quickly infect and cause blindness in extended-wear contact lens users and which many popular cleaning solutions aren't strong enough to fight.

Released: 5-Oct-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Virtual Instructional Designer
Indiana State University

Faculty seeking ways to offer quality instruction via the World Wide Web or other distance technologies may soon be able to turn to a "virtual" instructor that can be accessed -- where else -- but through the Internet.

Released: 7-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Mother of Two: Commencement Speaker
Indiana State University

LaDonna Spragg, a Terre Haute, Ind., wife and mother who is a graduating senior at Indiana State University, will give what is believed to be the first-ever student address at the 128th Spring Commencement May 8.

Released: 3-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Sleeping Birds on Look-Out for Predators
Indiana State University

Sleeping ducks are often not sitting ducks as their predators may think. Indiana State University researchers have found that birds have the ability to sleep with one hemisphere of the brain while the other is awake and on constant patrol for predators.



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