Ball State University Research

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Month: October 2010

  • For Teachers in the Trenches
    October 10, 2010 by

    As soon as Ball State became an I-STEM Resource Network regional coordinating center in 2006, the state began tapping into the teacher education expertise on Ball State’s campus. I-STEM’s goal is to ensure that teachers already in the field receive the most current training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The enterprise is a research […]

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  • Toolkit for Future Pros
    October 9, 2010 by

    When urban planning students work on a project, they’re using real data from real places—and they have the latest technology at their fingertips, thanks to an award of $4.2 million worth of engineering and geospatial software from Intergraph Corp. “The value of this award for our students is just as good as money in the […]

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  • A Boost for Aspiring Scientists
    October 8, 2010 by

    “I’ve been given opportunities that undergraduates at other schools don’t get,” says Huicong Xie, biochemistry and pre-med, ‘11. That chance is due to the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at Ball State. “The probability of using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine at a big university for undergraduates is very small,” […]

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  • Seasoned Experts, Fresh Vision
    October 7, 2010 by

    Jessica Hoffman is changing the way students look at science. “I know not all students are interested in science,” says Jessica Hoffman, MA ’11, secondary education 2011. “I hope to use their other interests in order for them to have success in my biology classroom. If students are interested in art, I will have assignments that focus […]

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  • The Atmosphere as Laboratory
    October 6, 2010 by

    Armed with a weather balloon, cameras, and weeks of preparation in scientific theory, atmospheric thermodynamics students literally explored the atmosphere. Using a weather balloon gives students in Jill Coleman’s classes a distinct opportunity for research and exploration. “Students can grow accustomed to relying on computers to calculate data for them. When they get out into […]

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  • Sociology in the Spotlight
    October 5, 2010 by

    MELLISA HOLTZMAN , ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY The research on definitions of family Holtzman began as a graduate student at the University of Iowa and has grown into a lifelong interest. She studies how societal and legal definitions of family conflict, interact, and change over time. Holtzman earned a National Science Foundation grant to help fund her continuing research […]

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  • Jennifer Blackmer—Creative Endeavor Awardee
    October 4, 2010 by

    Jennifer Blackmer, assistant professor of theatre, might have been a physicist or an astronomer by now. In some ways, perhaps she is. When her post-high school choice between a major in drama or physics turned out in favor of a collegiate theatre program, Blackmer was launched toward a career in the arts that would come to encompass her […]

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  • Thomas Lauer—Researcher of the Year
    October 3, 2010 by

    Thomas Lauer, professor of biology, seems to embrace the “fish guy” label bestowed on him by friends and colleagues. After all, the Researcher of the Year is the director of the Aquatic Biology and Fisheries Center within the Department of Biology and for about 30 years has done valuable research on the yellow perch population and habitat in southern Lake Michigan. Since […]

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  • Research Review
    October 2, 2010 by

    Welcome to the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 issue of Ball State Research! This is the 23rd issue of the annual publication formerly known as BeneFacta and includes pages displaying representative scholarly and creative work of Ball State University researchers. The creative scholars found on the expandable links on the right of this page demonstrate the great energy, ingenuity, and dedication […]

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  • Science in the Field … and Forest
    October 1, 2010 by

    Timothy Carter, assistant professor of biology, is devoting his professional career to studying Indiana bats’ activity patterns, preferred habitats, and roosting habits. The endangered Indiana bat has experienced a steady decline in population for no known reason, and Carter is on a mission to determine the causes behind this decline. Named for the state where they were discovered, […]

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