Bloom Archives
Category: Science & Education
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Katy Börner: Co-Creator of Dazzling âSentient Sculptureâ in IU Luddy Hall
Indiana University Professor Katy Börner has built a career developing tools to manage complexityâtools that help people make decisions or simply navigate the noisy,…
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Camp Yes And: Using Improv as a Learning Tool for Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Most people are familiar with improvisational theaterâunscripted live-performance shows in which actors make up the scene on the spot. Improv works because everyone on…
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Global Minded Project Expanding Horizons Through Travel
Even before she founded the Global Minded Project (GMP) last year, Bloomington native Malissa Waterford knew she wanted to bring two of her interestsâtravel…
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Cardinal Stage Company Brings Drama to Fairview Elementary
Sixteen intently focused fourth-through-sixth grade Fairview Elementary School students sound out a complex string of nonsense syllables, a warmup for a drama class. Theyâre…
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IU Scientists Group Fighting Gov’t Anti-Science Policies
The 2016 election generated widespread concern about the anti-science rhetoric used by the campaigns of President Donald Trump and other Republicans. âIn the past,…
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New NASA Planetary Protection Officer Enjoys the Sweet Life in New Unionville
There were about 1,400 other applicants for arguably one of the most important jobs on the planetâsafeguarding our biosphere from extraterrestrial biological contaminants and…
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Long-Gone Covered Bridges Subject of New IU Press Book (GALLERY)
Jeremy Boshearsâ journey to bring Monroe Countyâs 13 former covered bridges to life in a coffee table book started with a small black-and-white photo…
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IU Photobioreactor Formula: Flue Gases + Algae = Fertilizer
Where others see waste, Stephen âChipâ Glaholt and Mark Menefee see opportunity. Co-leaders on the new Indiana University photobioreactor project, Glaholt and Menefee plan…
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IU Lecturer Donates His Spock Ears To Lilly Library Star Trek Collection
When Ben Motz, senior lecturer in the Indiana University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, was a boy, his parents instilled in him a…