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New institute will advance social and behavioral science research

Friday, October 25, 2024

A new research hub has launched at Indiana University Bloomington to boost efficiency, collaboration and innovation in the social and behavioral sciences. The Institute for Social and Behavioral Research unites five existing centers, including the Social Science Research Commons, and integrates their expertise in research design, statistical methods, data access, management and grant writing under a single umbrella to create a “one-stop shop” for researchers.

Announcing the Faculty Assistance in Data Science (FADS) internal funding opportunity

Friday, March 19, 2021

The Program for Faculty Assistance in Data Science (FADS) is designed to provide access to expertise and assistance in advanced data analytics, visualization, and development for the purpose of catalyzing faculty research. Applications are due April 12.

Gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' is being widened by the COVID pandemic, an IU study found

Monday, March 01, 2021

A new study by Indiana University found women, younger individuals, those with lower levels of formal education, and people of color are being hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

IU researchers are gaining access to administrative health claims data from Optum’s de-identified Clinformatics® Data Mart (CDM) Database

Thursday, January 14, 2021

With generous financial support from the Responding to the Addictions Crisis Grand Challenge and the Office of the Provost, as well as support from the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University researchers will have access to a rich new data resource of administrative health claims.

17 Ways IU Is Rising to the (Grand) Challenge

Saturday, October 10, 2020

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, IU has since developed cancer-killing treatments, helped communities adapt to climate change, and so much more. Here’s just a sampling of the progress we’ve made.

IU Bloomington to gain Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Monday, September 14, 2020

A Federal Statistical Research Data Center facility is coming to the Indiana University Bloomington campus.

Fall 2020 SSRC Services

Monday, August 10, 2020

How we're supporting researchers during Fall 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SSRC Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thursday, March 26, 2020

How we're supporting researchers remotely during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

IU Newsroom: New associate vice provost Brea Perry sees role as 'being a catalyst for research impact'

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Brea Perry is the new associate vice provost for the social sciences in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at IU Bloomington. Perry, who holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology from IU Bloomington, said she sees her role as "being a catalyst for research impact and productivity in the social sciences." She began her career at the University of Kentucky before returning to IU in 2014, where she's been actively involved in teaching, research and publishing.    

SICE hosts CompuCell3D User Training Workshop

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering hosted the 13th CompuCell3D and SBW User Training Workshop Aug. 5-11, which welcomed a diverse group of 22 students from around the nation and the world to learn to develop multi-scale Virtual Tissue Simulations using CompuCell3D software.

IU researchers gain access to federal data center; information session Sept. 22

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Indiana University researchers now have access to highly restricted data from a range of federal agencies through the Kentucky Research Data Center. Based at the University of Kentucky, the data center is is maintained by a consortium of institutions including Indiana University, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville and University of Kentucky.

IU Bloomington sociologists present research on gender, drug use, suicide and religion

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Faculty members and graduate students from Indiana University Bloomington presented research findings this week at the 112th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, a four-day meeting in Montreal. Four studies are highlighted below.

Raising the minimum wage would reduce child neglect cases

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Raising the minimum wage by $1 per hour would result in a substantial decrease in the number of reported cases of child neglect, according to a new study co-authored by an Indiana University researcher. Congress is considering increases to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, and several state and city governments have enacted or are considering minimum wages higher than the federal rate. A $1 increase would result in 9,700 (9.6 percent) fewer reported cases of child neglect annually as well as a likely decrease in cases of physical abuse, said Lindsey Rose Bullinger of IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Medicaid expansion under Obamacare can reduce government costs for Supplemental Security Income

Monday, August 07, 2017

Expanded Medicaid eligibility under one part of the Affordable Care Act results in a cost savings for the federal government, according to new Indiana University research. The finding is significant because it indicates that an effort by Congress to save money by trimming Medicaid spending may actually drive up costs in another part of the budget. As residents of 32 states sign up for Medicaid benefits expanded under the act, known as the ACA or Obamacare, some of those residents are dropping off the rolls of the more costly Supplemental Security Income program for the disabled poor, the team of researchers discovered.

Segregation still prevalent in Indiana schools, data show

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Indiana schools on average remain largely segregated by race, ethnicity and family income, according to data recently analyzed by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, or CEEP, at the Indiana University School of Education in partnership with the Civil Rights Project at UCLA.