Indiana nonprofit social assistance agencies are feeling the effects of the Great Recession and the increased competition from for-profit firms, a new report from Indiana University shows. Employment in Indiana’s social assistance industry grew almost every year from 1995 to 2009, even during recessions in the early 2000s and the Great Recession that began in [...]
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Recession and competition are changing Indiana’s social assistance nonprofits, IU report shows
Posted on September 6th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
IU cybersecurity fellow named one of world’s top young innovators by MIT publication
Posted on August 27th, 2012 | By Kirk White
Congratulations to Indiana University’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research fellow Christopher Soghoian for being recognized by MIT’s Technology Review as a 2012 TR35 Honoree! The designation recognizes the world’s top young innovators under the age of 35, spanning biotechnology, computer and electronics hardware and software, energy, the Internet and nanotechnology, among other fields. Soghoian, a privacy researcher and activist, [...]
Indiana CTSI Translational Science Master’s Program Prepares New Generation of Research Scientists
Posted on August 1st, 2012 | By David Gard
Although scientific discoveries in the field of medicine are advancing at an increasingly rapid pace, the amount of time it takes for these discoveries to travel from the research laboratory to your local doctor’s office or hospital has not undergone a similar transformation. Many experts estimate it can take as long as 17 years for [...]
Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge conference – July 13
Posted on July 9th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
The Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge will be from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI. This event will bring together leaders from Indiana’s healthcare, technology and entrepreneurial communities to foster cross-sector collaborations aimed at improving patient care, reducing healthcare costs and continuing to establish Indiana as [...]
Informatics team lands $1.85 million from Intel to study IT as social, cultural phenomena
Posted on June 28th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
Congratulations to the research group at Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Informatics and Computing upon receiving over $1.85 million to create the Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Computing. The award was announced June 26 by Intel Labs as part of a $12 million research center composed of faculty from IU and four other universities. Three researchers from the IU [...]
