IU in the News highlights a sampling of media stories featuring Indiana University from the past week. No editorial revisions are made to the content, which is presented as it was initially published or broadcast.

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Featured experts

IU Observatory on Social Media’s Kai-Cheng Yang, Ph.D. candidate in informatics at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering and Filippo Menczer, Luddy Distinguished Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, and the director of the Observatory on Social Media.

• “How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to answer and misses the point,” The Conversation.
• “Elon Musk may never be able to kick bots off Twitter,” Yahoo Finance.
• “Elon Musk will either pay far less for Twitter or use fake accounts as an excuse to walk away, experts say,” Business Insider.
• “Why It’s So Hard to Count Twitter Bots,” Wired.
• “Do spam bots really comprise under 5% of Twitter users? Elon Musk wants to know,” Reuters.
• “Digital future daily newsletter,” Politico.
• “The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier,” The New York Times. Features information from the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media’s CoVaxxy Project.

In the news

• OP-ED: “Calling in sick is more fraught than ever,” The New York Times.

  • By Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU chief health officer and Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics in the IU School of Medicine.

• “The rising costs of China’s zero-COVID policy,” Time.

  • Featuring research from IU, Shanghai’s Fudan University and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

• “How overturning Roe v. Wade could affect IVF,” PBS Newshour.

  • Expert comment from Jody Madeira, professor of law in the IU Maurer School of Law.

• “How to talk to your kids about mass shootings,” WTHR.

  • Expert comment from Beth Trammell, associate professor of psychology at IU East.

• “Can we address climate change without addressing consumerism?” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Amrou Awaysheh, executive director of the IU Business Sustainability and Innovation Lab and assistant professor in the IU Kelley School of Business.

• “New FBI report shows a 52.5% increase in active shooter incidents,” WTHI.

  • Expert comment from Paul Helmke, professor of practice in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

• “How rural Indiana communities are working to address mental health needs,” CBS4 Indy.

  • Expert comment from Kerry Thompson, executive director of the IU Center for Rural Engagement.

• “IU School of Nursing expands enrollment,” Inside Indiana Business.

• “How tuition-free college could help the student debt crisis,” The Hill.

  • Expert comment from Brian Powell, James H. Rudy Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

• “IU Ventures names Spirit of Venture Award winners,” Inside Indiana Business.

• “Play-to-earn games let users … play to earn,” Built In.

  • Expert comment from Edward Castronova, game design professor in The Media School at IU Bloomington.

• “Is the city of Louisville getting the message? Everybody wins when food trucks roll,” Courier Journal.

  • Co-authored by Eric Schansberg, economics professor at IU Southeast.

• “New intern program focuses on females in motorsports,” WFYI.

• “The impact of chemical pollution is too high to be ignored,” Vox Europe.

  • Expert comment from Joseph Shaw, associate dean for research and associate professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

• “Grow tomatoes, not carrots and other tips for keeping lead out of your garden produce,” WBEZ Chicago.

  • Expert comment from Gabriel Filippelli, professor of earth sciences and director of the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI.

• “Study: Cash bail disproportionally harms Black, Latino Hoosiers in Marion County justice system,” The Indianapolis Star. Also covered by WFYI.

  • Featuring a new study from the IU Public Policy Institute’s Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy. 

• “Researchers at IU are creating a patch to reverse opioid overdoses,” WTHR. Also covered by The Herald Times, Indiana Daily Student, Lebanon Reporter, Health Day.

  • Featuring information from this release.

• “Kinsey Institute launches healthy relationships initiative in rural areas,” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Zoë Peterson, director of the Sexual Assault Research Initiative at the Kinsey Institute.

• “Former Indiana official: State, federal leaders need to do more for school safety,” WISH-TV.

  • Expert comment from Jody Madeira, professor of law in the IU Maurer School of Law.

• “Despite falling stock of this Medicare litigation firm, its SPAC deal mints two billionaires,” Forbes.

  • Expert comment from Suneal Bedi, assistant professor in the Kelley School of Business.

• “IU researchers develop blood test for depression, bipolar disorder,” WLWT. Also featured on WTHR.

  • Featuring information from this news release.

• “How America fails children,” Vox.

  • Expert comment from Jessica Calarco, associate professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

• “Breaking Barriers: Doctor setting the example for women in medicine and motorsports,” WRTV.

  • Featuring Dr. Julia Vaizer, assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine in the IU School of Medicine.

• OP-ED: “A tariffs law revision could amount to a massive consumer tax increase,” The Hill.

  • By Vivek Astvansh, assistant professor of marketing in the Kelley School of Business.

• “IU professor traveling to Kyiv to continue research on refugees, humanitarian aid,” WTIU.

• “Infrastructure plan targets lead pipe hazards,” Marketplace.

  • Expert comment from Gabriel Filippelli, executive director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University.

• “Westfield was fastest growing community in Indiana in 2021, IU analysis finds” Indianapolis Star.

  • Based on this news release. Also featured in the following articles:

    • “Indiana suburbs see greatest population growth in 2021,” Fox 59.
    • “Hamilton County’s city, Westfield, is the fastest growing place in the state.” Indiana Public Media.
    • “Census estimates: County’s population grows by 2,118 in one year,” Daily Journal
    • “Indiana suburbs see greatest population growth in 2021” CBS 4.
    • “Westfield Leads Indiana’s Population Growth in 2021” Inside Indiana Business.

• “Gov. Holcomb preparing inflation relief plan” Fox 59.

  • Expert comment from Kyle Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics in the Kelley School of Business.

• “Could Indiana’s gas tax be suspended? Latest on lawmaker reaction,” CBS 4.

  • Expert comment from Jackson Dorsey, assistant professor of business economics and public policy in the Kelley School of Business.

• “Storm clouds are gathering for high-flying IPO bankers as public offerings plummet and Wall Street considers hiring freezes. Now, insiders say, the layoffs are coming,” Business Insider.

  • Expert comment from Steve Sibley, clinical assistant professor of finance in the Kelley School of Business.

• “2022 Innovation Issue: Allison Transmission is investing for the age of the electric vehicle,” Indianapolis Business Journal.

  • Expert comment from Fred Schlegel, a senior lecturer of management and entrepreneurship, and Mohan Tatikonda, professor of operations management in the Kelley School of Business.

• “Study finds Hispanic homebuyers most likely to use risky, nontraditional financing,” Bankrate.com. 

  • Expert comment from Jun Zhu, a clinical assistant professor in the Kelley School of Business.

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