"Flash fiction" -- works with fewer than 2,000 words -- is tearing down the walls that have long stood between writer and audience, and is helping fiction writing stage a comeback on college campuses, says Doug Martin, ISU English professor who teaches the craft.
Professor John Ozmun and graduate student Lee Robbins conducted the study with 7- and 8-year-old children, who carried 3-pound weighted and unweighted cardboard blocks while wearing a portable metabolic unit that measured physiological characteristics.
An Indiana State University professor will serve as a visiting professor at Asia's newest music conservatory for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Maria Thaker, a doctoral student in ISU's department of ecology and organismal biology, is one of only 15 students from around the country awarded travel grants to present research at the national conference of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Thaker's research focuses on the reproductive behavior of male tree lizards in response to the risk of predators.
An aquarium designed and built by Brian Wrightsman, an ISU senior majoring in geology and science education, is bring a sample of the deep blue sea to the university's Science Building.
AeroLab workshop, Aug. 5, pairs up teachers and local airports for standards-based physical science lessons, says Troy Allen, ISU assistant professor of aerospace technology and AeroLab coordinator.
The International Affairs Center at Indiana State University recently held its annual awards banquet in recognition of ISU employees and students who have provided a great deal of support to its international students.
More than 2,200 athletes from around the state will compete at Indiana State University in six sports: aquatics, track and field, bocce, bowling, horseshoes and volleyball as part of Special Olympics Summer Games June 2-4.
Indiana State University graduates Patrick Walsh and John Ray Correll have been named to key positions in the Federal government. Walsh, a 1968 graduate from Terre Haute, is the new director of legal training for the Department of Homeland Security. Correll, a 1976 graduate, is President George W. Bush's nominee as director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Terrie E. Troxel, an experienced insurance educator, researcher and trade association executive, will oversee Indiana State University's Gongaware Center for Insurance Management Development. He also will serve in a faculty role for the College of Business's nationally recognized insurance and risk management program.