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NEWS ABOUT: Indiana University

Indiana University stories: 12 news summaries
OBITUARY

 NCAA President 
 Myles Brand, 67, 
 Dies of Cancer 

Philosophy professor led sports powerhouse after firing Bob Knight at Indiana U.

Sep 16, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myles Brand, the first academic in 50 years to head the National Collegiate Athletic Association and perhaps best known as the man who, as president of Indiana University, fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, died today of pancreatic cancer; he was 67, the New York Times reports. The former philosophy... More »

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NCAA • NCAA football • pancreatic cancer • Bowl Championship Series • Bob Knight • Indiana University • Myles Brand

Pill May Slash Body Weight
By a Quarter

Combination of hormones has a potent effect on mice

Jul 14, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A drug that cut the body weight of mice by 25% is raising hopes for humans, the Daily Telegraph reports. The rodents lost 42% of their fat mass after a week, with even more powerful effects seen over a month. The pill combines hormones that have been found to weaken... More »

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childhood obesity • hormones • anti obesity drugs • health research • Indiana University • lab mice

 To Predict Flu, 
 Follow the Money 

Looking at how bills travel lets researchers predict shape of epidemic

May 4, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientific research requires funding, but in the case of the Northwestern University team modeling the spread of swine flu in the near future, actual dollar bills are an important element of their analysis. The team has used information from a website that tracks the movement of money to predict how... More »

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money • Indiana University • pandemic • Northwestern University • swine flu • epidemic modeling

ANALYSIS

MBA Programs Face Their Role in Financial Crisis


Mar 17, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Executives have taken a lot of blame for the financial crisis, whether for focusing on short-term gains in stock price or placing too much faith in ultra-complex financial instruments, writes Bradford Plumer for the New Republic. But what about the business schools that taught them to manage that way in... More »

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recession • business school • mortgage backed securities • MBA Programs • financial institutions • Indiana University • financial crisis • credit default swap

Law School Rankings May Be Revised to
Stop 'Gaming'

Schools hide weaker students to boost stats

Aug 26, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some US law schools have been caught manipulating programs to climb college rankings in US News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal reports. Institutions boost their performance statistics by channeling first-year students with lower test scores and grades into part-time programs that aren't considered in the rankings. The... More »

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law school • Chapman University • Indiana University • US News & World Report • LSAT • University of Connecticut • Hofstra • Stetson • Seton Hall University • Loyola University • National Law Journal • University of Houston Law Center • University of Nevada

OPINION

Beyond Race? Politics Beyond Sensitive, More Like It

'Perceiving insult' hurts discourse at all levels

Jul 7, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The story of an indicted Indiana student janitor underlines "super-heated capacities for perceiving insult" that color race issues in America—issues playing out in the presidential contest, too, Dorothy Rabinowitz writes in the Wall Street Journal. "Its presence is evident in this election campaign," she writes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Ku Klux Klan • racism • Indiana University • harrassment

 Teen Dies in Quarry Jump Rite 

65-foot plunge was made famous in 1979 film

Jun 5, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teenage rite of passage made popular in a movie claimed a life yesterday when an 18-year-old high school graduate plunged 65 feet to his death into an Indiana quarry pool, ABC reports. The plunge was featured in the 1979 coming-of-age movie Breaking Away and is routinely copied by local... More »

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drowning • accident • student • accidental death • Indiana University • Breaking Away • quarry

Best Undergrad Biz Schools

Wharton keeps the top spot for undergraduate business education

Mar 1, 08 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The financial world may be on its ear, but undergraduate business schools are booming as increasing numbers of quality high school grads drive up standards and B-school grads command more on the employment market. Here are the 10 best, as ranked by Business Week:
  1. Pennsylvania (Wharton): Can be too
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MIT • University of Texas • UC Berkeley • business school • Notre Dame • NYU • Emory University • University of Virginia • University of Michigan • Indiana University • Wharton School of Business • Ross School of Business • BYU

Blood Test Aims to ID Bipolar Moods

Could be used to diagnose disorder, though ethical issues abound

Feb 26, 08 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers at Indiana University have developed a blood test that uses genetic markers to identify a patient's mood state, a discovery that could herald a breakthrough in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Widespread tests are still at least 5 years away, but already many are concerned that results would be... More »

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psychiatry • bipolar disorder • Indiana University • psychiatric medicine • Alexander Niculescu III • manic mood • depressive mood • cyclothymia

Coach Puts IU's Basketball Team in Jeopardy

NCAA infractions on top of past violations may spell serious trouble for Sampson

Feb 14, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The future of Indiana University's basketball team could be at stake this spring, as coach Kelvin Sampson's alleged infractions of NCAA rules may be catching up with him. The NCAA alleges that the coach, who left Oklahoma after four violations, kept making recruiting calls despite being ordered not to. Sampson... More »

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NCAA • basketball • NCAA basketball • recruiting • basketball recruiting • Kelvin Sampson • Indiana University

Recruiters
Pick Top 10
Biz Schools

WSJ's annual rankings come up with some surprising choices

Sep 18, 07 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ivy Leaguers and Mormons round out this year's eclectic list of top MBA programs.  To come up with the rankings WSJ and Harris Interactive asked 4,430 recruiters to rank M.B.A. programs on 21 attributes, including leadership potential, and communication skills.  National Rankings:
  1. Dartmouth College
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education • Columbia University • list • UC Berkeley • school • business school • Wake Forest University • Dartmouth • Recruiters • Brigham Young University • Ohio State University • MBA • Indiana University

West Virginia U.
Ranks 1st—in Fun

Princeton Review dons a toga and lists the top party schools

Aug 21, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students are knocking back celebratory shots and administrators are tearing their hair over the Princeton Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools. The full list appears in the 2008 edition of The Best 366 Colleges, on sale today.
  1. West Virginia University
  2. University of Mississippi
  3. University
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college rankings • binge drinking • list • University of Florida • college • university • drinking • West Virginia Mountaineers • Princeton Review • West Virginia University • University of Mississippi • University of Texas Austin • University of Georgia • Indiana University

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