November 12, 2021 - IU Research Impact

Leading the way in Alzheimer's research

IU School of Medicine investigators lead the way nationally in research related to detecting and slowing the progress of Alzheimer's and related dementias, including new National Institute on Aging-funded work at the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute.

Read about the research on Alzheimer's and related dementias

Addressing supply chain issues

What do current supply chain issues mean for the holiday season? IU business expert Amrou Awaysheh provides insight and shares how IU researchers are helping manufacturers improve supply chain processes.

Listen to Awaysheh's insights

Helping schools confront youth suicide

The risk of suicide among U.S. high school students is a serious problem, and growing worse. IU sociologist Anna Mueller is helping schools and their communities identify evidence-based approaches to help students and confront the ongoing issue.

Read about the research into youth suicide

IU business, econ research top-ranked by U.S. News

In a recent ranking, U.S. News & World Report placed IU Bloomington’s Department of Economics and IU's Kelley School of Business in its top 25 “Best Global Universities for Economics and Business.”

Read about the rankings

A close look at the power of prosecutors of color

Inspired by the experiences of Kamala Harris, an IU Bloomington criminal justice professor is studying the roles prosecutors of color may play in criminal justice reform. (Photo by Gage Skidmore).

IU research in the news

"Single people are reevaluating dating and sex during the pandemic, new survey says", with Helen Fisher and Justin Garcia, USA Today, Nov. 9, 2021

"Cybersecurity Strategy, Policy, and People", with Fred Cate, Harris Search Associates Innovators podcast, Nov. 4, 2021

"Here's how one expert describes social emotional learning and its effect on students", with Sandy Washburn, WFYI, Nov. 1, 2021

"Federal CISO DeRusha Named Deputy National Cyber Director", with Scott Shackelford, GovInfoSecurity, Oct. 29, 2021

"How should billionaires "pay their fair share"? Democrats can't agree.", with David Gamage, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 27, 2021

"There's Almost No Incentive at All to Give Him the Vaccine.", by Jessica Calarco, New York Times, Oct. 25, 2021

"How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? We used state data on deaths and vaccination rates to find out, by Sumedha Gupta, The Conversation, Oct. 15, 2021

IUSM Receives $5M Grant for Communication Training", Inside Indiana Business, Oct. 6, 2021

Resources and events

Join the "begin by...acknowledging how difficult it is to practice self-care" webinar on Nov. 18, offered by the IU School of Social Work at IUPUI. The webinar will provide context about the wellness needs of Black students, based on lived experiences.
IU's Innovation and Commercialization Office provides technical assistance on the commercialization of technology, including grant writing and submission in agency-specific systems such as ASSIST, FastLane, Grants.gov, eBRAP, etc. Contact Amie Frame for more information.
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