Research & Innovation

Wearing a lab coat and unruly white wig—think Einstein or a dandelion gone to seed—Walker Smith takes the stage as Maestro Molecules. His instrument: a laptop. His music: the chemical…

Here’s an unnerving thought: Floating miles above your head at this very moment are more than 34,000 pieces of space debris. That’s more than the undergraduate population at IU Bloomington—and…

By almost any measure, the word “genius” is overused these days. Your co-worker is a self-proclaimed “basketball genius”; your neighbor admiringly dubs you a “genius at landscaping.” But in the…

If you are one of the many folks who found yourself struggling with mental health during the pandemic (or anytime for that matter), Y. Joel Wong, professor of counseling psychology…

From a pool in Bloomington to bodies of water around the world, Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science has made a name for itself as an international leader in underwater…

Despite his academic success, Jackson Boyar, BA’12, spent his early years at IU struggling with balance, belonging, and self-confidence. As an East Asian Languages and Cultures major, the majority of…

If you want to understand how the pandemic is affecting families in the United States, an old adage still applies: “Mother knows best.” “Mothers are the key to family health,”…

Inhale. Exhale. That’s one of about 20,000 breaths you’ll take today. And with each breath, you’re taking in dust particles—roughly 50 billion per hour. Now you’re probably wondering what exactly…

Whether on the news or in person, we have all experienced the consequences of our “throw-away culture”—overflowing landfills, smog-covered cities, and fish with bellies full of post-consumer plastics. But most…

In early 2019, on the eve of a national preventive oncology conference in Tampa, Fla., Victoria Champion, BSN’70, MSN’75, PhD’81, was among a group of accomplished researchers who gathered at…

If you’re a die-hard fan of all things IU, there’s a good chance you’ve already heard of … Pulitzer Prize recipient Ernie Pyle, LHD Hon’44 Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom Grammy…

In 2016, IU President Michael A. McRobbie announced the Grand Challenges program to solve some of our state’s and world’s most pressing problems. Through extensive, interdisciplinary work across six campuses,…