Tag: 2019 Research Magazine

A Better Understanding of Islam Across the Curriculum

July 16, 2020 by srshipley

Dr. Matthew Hotham, an assistant professor of religious studies, considers an understanding of world religions to be incredibly important for Ball State University students. He says it’s part of what makes them good citizens and future employees, and basic education about Islam, particularly, is a crucial part of 21st century learning. Although a comfortable component […]

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Impressions of Love

July 6, 2020 by srshipley

Impressions of Love brings rarely viewed artwork to the public eye. This past Spring, the David Owsley Museum of Art was host to Impressions of Love: J. Ottis and Winifred Brady Adams, a Ball State University Centennial Exhibition. This exhibition marked a significant occasion, as Impressions of Love was the first display of the Adamses’ […]

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Deliberate Innovation: Can students learn creativity?

June 25, 2020 by srshipley

Most people do not ponder: “Can students learn math?” However, many wonder if creativity can be learned. Teachers don’t introduce addition, fractions, and calculus all at the same time. Instead, the discipline of math is broken down into mathematical concepts and processes, which are taught using deliberate strategies. Applying this approach to creativity may inspire […]

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Ball State’s New Budget Model: A tale of two colleges

June 4, 2020 by srshipley

President Geoffrey S. Mearns has brought changes to Ball State since he began in 2017, including institutional initiatives and planned renovations and buildings on campus. Although not quite as glamorous, the new budget model is expected to further shape the potential of the University’s faculty and students. Ball State is changing from a centralized, incremental […]

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“Dream. Inspire. Lead” Academic Innovation Summit

May 25, 2020 by srshipley

Muncie Community Schools administrators, teachers, and community stakeholders came together with nationally recognized educators during a two-day Academic Innovation Summit September 25-26, 2019, at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie. Participants crowded whiteboards with ideas and soaked up inspiration from national thought-leaders, including George Couros, author of “The Innovator’s Mindset.” They dashed from session to […]

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Artificial Intelligence + Health: How a Ball State computer science professor is taking on the future

May 14, 2020 by Adeboye Olaniyan

Picture a mildly cool afternoon in October, 2035. It has been a very long day, and you are waiting for a routine medical check. Nothing special—you have a healthy diet, exercise daily, and seem to have “good genes.” When you walk into your doctor’s office you notice a large, rectangular, black object that could almost […]

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Reach for the Stars: The largest planetarium in Indiana continues to inspire and educate

May 4, 2020 by Adeboye Olaniyan

When you visit the Charles W. Brown Planetarium at Ball State, one common refrain you will hear, from students helping patrons with hands-on science experiments to the show presenter, is: this is the largest planetarium in Indiana. The Brown Planetarium seats 150 and welcomes more than 20,000 visitors annually. In an academic year, more than […]

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The Patient Economist: Maoyong Fan and the economics of asking better questions

April 23, 2020 by Adeboye Olaniyan

Scarcity. Division of labor. Profit and loss. These, among others, are fundamental concepts taught in any foundational economics class. These classes explain the market economy, where prices of goods and services are largely determined by supply and demand. But this doesn’t always occur naturally. Sometimes buyers are motivated to carry out certain transactions like buying […]

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This Story is Personal: Jill Christman’s approach to scholarly writing

April 13, 2020 by Adeboye Olaniyan

Borrowed Babies, Darkroom, Naked Underneath Our Clothes, Life’s Not a Paragraph. What do all these titles have in common? A successful attempt to establish the personal as the crux of any meaningful story. The author, Jill Christman, a professor of creative writing and this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award, draws most on […]

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