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5 IT Job Trends to Watch in 2019

January 09, 2019

2018 Brain Bee winners announced

December 13, 2018

School awards biotech entrepreneur Kent Hawryluk with the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award

December 10, 2018

The School of Science and the School of Science Alumni Association presented alumnus P. Kent Hawryluk with the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Hawryluk accepted the award October 24 during a presentation and on-stage conversation at Lilly Auditorium.

IUPUI biologist awarded a National Geographic Society grant to research flies as 'environmental drones'

November 16, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS — A single bug could a messenger for researchers who are studying changing animal populations in a region, according to IUPUI biologist Christine Picard. Picard is studying how blow flies can be ‘environmental drones’ as the flies collect information about animals that have died, animals that are still living and the diversity of animals in an environment. As decomposers, blow flies collect this data as they feed on remains of vertebrate animals as well as animal feces.

IU addictions Grand Challenge announces next phase of projects at one-year anniversary of launch

November 09, 2018

Biology Ph.D. Candidate Jennifer Robison featured in ASPB News

November 05, 2018

School of Science announces $1M gift from Bart Ng, emeritus dean

October 29, 2018

The School of Science at IUPUI has received a $1 million planned gift from retired dean Bart Ng. The gift will endow a professorship within the Department of Mathematical Sciences in honor of Ng’s late brother Joseph S. Ng.

IUPUI biologists use 'mini retinas' to better understand connection between eye and brain

October 25, 2018

IUPUI biologists are growing ‘mini retinas’ in the lab from stem cells to mimic the growth of the human retina. The researchers hope to restore sight when critical connections between the eye and the brain are damaged. These models also allow researchers to better understand how cells in the retina develop and are organized. These results are published online in , a Nature Research journal.

Nitrogen study casts doubt on ability of plants to continue absorbing same amounts of carbon dioxide

October 23, 2018

A new study casts doubt as to whether plants will continue to absorb as much carbon dioxide in the future as they have in the past due to declining availability of nitrogen in certain parts of the world.

New fly species found in Indiana may indicate changing climate, says IUPUI researcher

October 18, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS -- A new type of blow fly spotted in Indiana points to shifting species populations due to climate change. Researchers at IUPUI have observed the first evidence of in Indiana, an insect previously known to populate southern states from Virginia to California. Researchers recorded the species more than two dozen times from 2015 to 2017 in parks and other public places throughout Central Indiana. The fly was observed as far north as Michigan in the 1950s during a short period of warmer temperatures but had not been found in this region since then.

NIH awards $1.75 million to IUPUI to further explore a promising brain obesity link

October 04, 2018

IUPUI biologist Nick Berbari has received a $1.75 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the connection between obesity and tiny hairlike projections on brain cells called cilia. Cilia are thought to function like a cell's antennae and help in communication between cells. The knowledge Berbari and his research team acquire could potentially open new therapeutic approaches to obesity, which impacts the health and longevity of over 93 million Americans.

Honors sisters stride side-by-side throughout undergraduate careers

October 03, 2018