March 26, 2020
Physicist John DiTusa named dean of School of Science
INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicist John F. DiTusa has been named dean of the School of Science at IUPUI effective Aug. 1, subject to approval by the Indiana University Board of Trustees.
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March 26, 2020
Physicist John DiTusa named dean of School of Science
INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicist John F. DiTusa has been named dean of the School of Science at IUPUI effective Aug. 1, subject to approval by the Indiana University Board of Trustees.
March 25, 2020
School of Science receives several faculty and student awards in 2019-20 academic year
The Purdue School of Science at IUPUI is applauding its faculty members and students who received several awards related to their work here.
March 18, 2020
Coronavirus reproduction number remains dangerously high globally, according to statistical models
The reproduction number of the novel coronavirus is still at a dangerously high level globally, requiring greater public health interventions, according to data analyzed by a group including associate professor from the at IUPUI.
February 23, 2020
Students’ “Essential Care for Every Baby” app wins at AMIA
The first 24 hours after birth can determine long-term health outcomes for at-risk babies. Graduate students from the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI and the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI helped develop a tool that could help babies, new mothers, and their caregivers as far as the other side of the world--and as close to home as Indiana.
February 03, 2020
Collecting light: ASU researchers publish faster methods for observing molecular behavior
We live in a data-driven world. Thanks to the ever-connected climate made possible by the internet and mobile personal devices, we are both creators and insatiable consumers of information. What’s more, thanks to the capabilities of modern data processing and the current demand for an individual and customized experience, an incredible amount of time and energy is devoted to tracking, understanding, and predicting everything from shopping habits to weather patterns to viral twitter feeds.
January 15, 2020
Five High-Paying, Growing Jobs That Will Be Booming In The 2020s
January 06, 2020
Chemist Geraldine Richmond speaks at Inaugural Dr. Frank J. Welcher Chemistry Lectureship
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at IUPUI hosted the inaugural Dr. Frank J. Welcher Chemistry Lectureship with a talk by chemist Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D. This lectureship will be an annual event to honor distinguished chemistry professor Frank J. Welcher, Ph.D.
December 13, 2019
NIH awards $429,000 to IUPUI to develop breathalyzer to diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis
IUPUI chemist Sébastien Laulhé, PhD., has received a $429,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a breathalyzer test for diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes that produces high levels of ketones causing blood to become more acidic. If untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis can prove fatal.
December 13, 2019
NIH awards $400,000 to IUPUI to explore protein folding
IUPUI chemist Ian Webb, PhD. has received a $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study protein folding using ion mobility mass spectrometry, a technique that distinguishes molecules based on their size and mass.
October 21, 2019
Lead pollution from Native Americans attributed to crushing galena for glitter paint, adornments
Native American use of galena at Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE), resulted in more than 1.5 metric tons of lead pollution deposited in a small lake near the Ohio River. New data from IUPUI researchers found the lead did not originate from this Southern Illinois settlement but instead was brought to the site from other Midwest sources.
October 09, 2019
Biology department welcomes 12 graduate research students
With a myriad of research programs within the Biology Department at the School of Science, incoming biology graduate students are exploring a range of topics. This fall the department is welcoming 12 research students into its graduate program, studying topics ranging from fetal alcohol syndrome in zebrafish to DNA sequencing in flies.
October 07, 2019
Complex energies, quantum symmetries
New research from IUPUI and Washington University in St. Louis realizes one of the first parity-time (PT) symmetric quantum systems, allowing scientists to observe how that kind of symmetry â and the act of breaking of it â leads to previously unexplored phenomena. The work is published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Physics, with associate professors at IUPUI and at Washington University, as the corresponding authors.
SEIRI announces 2020 seed grant program recipients
The program facilitates and supports improvements, innovation and research in STEM education at IUPUI.
IUPUI receives grant to support STEM faculty diversity and inclusion
The APLU grant will support efforts to deepen the use of inclusive STEM teaching practices and increase diversity among STEM faculty.
IUPUI's newest building brings together 3 STEM powerhouses on campus
Innovation Hall is home to classrooms, collaborative labs, a makerspace and the university's first Class 100 clean room for nanotechnology.
Research Frontiers Trailblazers honored for work in climate change, criminal justice, more
The annual recognition was bestowed on four IUPUI faculty for their work in climate change, criminal justice, health care and forensics.
IUPUI scientist awarded over $1.8M from NIH to advance research on diabetes
The grant will support research toward therapeutic strategies that regenerate the insulin-producing beta cells lost in people with diabetes.
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