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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Discovery of emerging therapy that halts tumor growth found using Tyler Trent's donated cell lines
Researchers at the IU School of Medicine have found a combination therapy that significantly slows tumor growth in models, built from cells taken from Tyler Trent's tumors.
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Indiana pharmacies substantially increase their stocking and dispensing of naloxone
While Indiana pharmacies were slow to stock and distribute the overdose reversing drug in 2016, a new study shows that is no longer true.
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Chemical compound found in essential oils improves wound healing, IU study finds
IU researchers have discovered that beta-carophyllene improves the healing process in mice when topically applied to a skin wound.
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Researchers discover how to predict triple negative breast cancer recurrence
IU researchers have discovered how to predict whether the most aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer will recur in patients.
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'Financial infidelity': What defines it, who is at risk, and what are the consequences?
Researchers define "financial infidelity" and provide a way to predict when it will occur in romantic relationships.
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Chase Gamblin fired up about teaching students how to build ceramics kilns
The professor made kilns that live on IU's campus and teaches IU students how to create masterpieces, too.
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Researchers open underwater 'living museum' in the Dominican Republic
Researchers at the IU Center for Underwater Science have opened their fifth "Living Museum in the Sea" in the Dominican Republic.
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New neuroscience program broadens research opportunities for minority, female undergraduate students
A $1.2 million NIH grant is funding a new program to attract more minority and economically disadvantaged students to neuroscience research.
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'Dual login' mechanism found to resist fungal infection in cells
New insights on the coordination of immune receptors that fight fungal infection could help improve immunotherapies targeting cancer.
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Dung beetle discovery revises understanding of how nature innovates
IU research has found that thoracic horns are built by the same gene network as wings, reframing traditional ideas about "new" traits.