As IU’s Principles of Excellence recognize, a great university must do a great many things very well. Many of those great things emerge from the outstanding researchers, scholars, writers, and creative artists who make up our university’s faculty across the state. Explore this page to learn about some recent faculty accomplishments, and learn more about the history of IU faculty honors and awards.
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Bicentennial research profiles
Andrea Quenette, IU East
Andrea Quenette helps ensure that when students go out into the world professionally, they are ready to face obstacles and challenges.
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Patrick Motl, IU Kokomo
Patrick Motl studies the strange world of super-dense neutron stars.
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Yllka Azemi, IU Northwest
Business professor Yllka Azemi is using experiential learning to help students help local businesses thrive.
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Susanna Crum, IU Southeast
Assistant Professor Susanna Crum is expanding the artist's toolbox using 21st century computer-driven tools.
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How one policy makes research from IUPUI available to the world
In five years, IUPUI's open-access policy has made more than 10,000 articles by IUPUI scholars available to readers around the world.
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$3.3M NIH grant to fund study of cell wall synthesis in bacterial "superbug"
IU microbiologist Malcolm Winkler has been awarded $3.3 million to study cell wall synthesis in the "superbug" Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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IU awarded nearly $1 million under NSF grant to accelerate scientific discovery
Nearly $1 million from NSF will support international exchange activities focused on research acceleration at IU.
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IU School of Medicine awarded $36 million NIH grant for Alzheimer's disease drug discovery center
The center is one of only two such teams in the nation selected for a federal program to improve Alzheimer's disease drug development.
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Indiana National Lab Day highlights state, federal research initiatives
State researchers will connect with representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratories at Indiana National Lab Day.
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Innovations in farming and manufacturing focus of $1.1 million in NSF grants to IU
IU professors Shaowen and Jeffrey Bardzell will explore computational agriculture and regional experimentation in traditional industries.
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EPA awards nearly $6 million to IU scientists for airborne pollutant monitoring of Great Lakes
The grant will help O'Neill School scientists gather data to understand the behavior of airborne pollutants and link policy with science.
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IU receives Lilly Endowment grant to address ethical challenges of digital world
The Lilly Endowment has awarded IU a grant focused on navigating technologies such as AI and genetic engineering.
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IU launches search for next IU Cinema director
A search committee has been appointed to identify candidates to replace IU Cinema founding director Jon Vickers.
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Recognizing researchers, encouraging commercialization
The IU Innovation and Commercialization Office determines how to protect university-discovered innovations and licenses them to companies.