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Gabriel Filippelli, Chancellor’s Professor of Earth Sciences, director of the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI and director of IU’s Environmental Resilience Institute.

• “A new, lower threshold for lead poisoning in children means more kids will get tested — but the ultimate solution is eliminating lead sources,” The Conversation.

• “Infrastructure bill includes $47B to combat flooding, heat. What does it mean for Indiana?” Indiana Public Media.

• “Bloomington promising to clean up neighborhood after fire exercise spreads lead paint debris,” WTHR. Also covered by the Herald-Times, The Associated Press CBS4, Fox 59 and Indiana Public Media.

• “EPA introduces strategy for addressing lead exposure, asks for input,” Indiana Environmental Reporter. Also covered by Nuvo.

In the news

Nov. 5

• “Kim and Todd Saxton: Who can be an entrepreneur? Almost any of us.” Indianapolis Business Journal.

  • By Kim Saxton, clinical professor of marketing, and Todd Saxton, assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Kelley School of Business at IUPUI.

• “Doctors say Pfizer’s new, antiviral pill for COVID-19 could be a ‘game changer,’” WTTV.

  • Expert comment from Shandy Dearth, director of the Center for Public Health Practice at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI.

• “Mid-North area chosen for 3-year, $3.5M Lift Indy investment program

  • Featuring research from IUPUI’s SAVI community data system. 

• “No classroom. Missing friends. How the pandemic jolted Indiana’s special education students,” Indiana Public Media.

  • Expert comment from Sarah Hurwitz, associate professor in the School of Education at IU Bloomington.

• “Ken Jennings talks Jeopardy!, the importance of facts at Indiana University Southeast,” News and Tribune.

• “Sleep experts on daylight saving time: Give it a rest,” New York Daily News.

  • Expert comment from Cristiano Guarana, assistant professor in the department of management and entrepreneurship at the IU Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington.

• “What tree rings can reveal about hurricanes throughout history,” AccuWeather.

  • Expert comment from Justin Maxwell, associate professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

• “Experts warn of longer delivery times and scams as holidays approach,” WEHT.

  • Expert comment from Kyle Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics and faculty chair of the Evening MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business at IUPUI.

• “Q&A: Memoir details Fred Glass’ life, rebuild of IU athletics,” Indianapolis Business Journal.

Nov. 6

• “It’s a myth that you lose a pound of fat for every 3,500 calories you cut. Here’s how to actually plan to burn fat, according to experts,” Business Insider.

  • Expert comment from Jasmine Jamshidi-Naeini, post-doctoral fellow in the School of Public Health at IU Bloomington.

• “IU economists predict labor shortage will stretch in 2022,” Northwest Indiana Times. The Kelley School’s Economic Outlook forecast was also covered by The Republic, Indiana Public Media, WANE-TV, Kokomo Tribune, Richmond Palladium-Item and the Evansville Courier and Press. It also was featured in the Nov. 12 edition of the Research Impact podcast.

  • Expert comment from Bill Witte, associate professor emeritus of economics, and Timothy Slaper, co-director of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Kelley School of Business.

Nov. 8

• “The right time to yell ‘fire!’,” Tech Register.

  • Expert comment from Nathan Ensmenger, associate professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at IU Bloomington.

• “Five pandemic priorities to push your nonprofit forward,” Forbes.

  • Featuring research from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI.

• “Home heating bills expected to increase,” Fox 59.

  • Expert comment from Sanya Carley, O’Neill Professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington.

• “Online learning evolution: How graduates and undergraduates are learning,” Tech and Learning.

  • Expert comment from Chris J. Foley, director of the Office of Online Education and associate vice president in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Nov. 9

• “Lead testing expands in Indianapolis,” WFYI. Also covered by WRTV.
  
  
  • Highlighting the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI, which partnered with the Indianapolis Public Library to offer free lead kits to residents. Expert comment from Angela Herrmann, program manager at the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI.

• “Why shooters shoot? Ex-felons examine root reasons behind gun violence,” Fox 59.

  • Expert comment from Thomas Stucky, professor in the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI.

• “Sex is good, but ‘emotional maturity’ is better, singles say in new survey,” USA Today. Also covered by Fast Company, Time, AskMen, Psychology Today and the New York Post.

  • Featuring research from the 11th annual Singles in America study, in partnership with the Kinsey Institute at IU Bloomington. Expert comment from Helen Fisher, a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute at IU, and Justin Garcia, executive director of the Kinsey Institute.

• LISTEN: “Wealth, inequality, and taxes in the U.S.,” Tax Notes Talk podcast.

  • Expert comment from Goldburn P. Maynard Jr., assistant professor in the Department of Business Law and Ethics in the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington.

• “Retail experts tell Hoosiers to buy NOW, price match later,” CBS 4.

  • Expert comment from Keith Niedermeier, clinical professor of marketing at the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington.

Nov. 10

• “What Indiana’s IREAD scores show about pandemic’s effects,” Chalkbeat.

  • Expert comment from Cristina Santamaría Graff, interim assistant dean of student support and diversity at IUPUI and associate professor in the School of Education at IUPUI.

• “Indiana to receive $20 million from infrastructure package to prevent cyberattacks,” Fox 59.

  • Expert comment from Scott Shackelford, associate professor of business law and ethics and Cybersecurity Program Chair at IU Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington.

• “A new vision in the works for Lafayette Square Mall,” WRTV.

  • Expert comment from Demetra Andrews, clinical associate professor of marketing; and John Talbott, director of the Center on Research and Education in Retailing at the IU Kelley School of Business.

Nov. 11

• “What early drafts of Slaughterhouse-Five reveal about Kurt Vonnegut’s struggles,” Time.

  • Mentions the Lilly Library at IU Bloomington.

• “Evansville-area counties remain yellow despite number of COVID cases increasing again,” Courier and Press.

  • Expert comment from Micah Pollak, associate professor of economics at IU Northwest.

• “When a track suit embodies a nation,” The New York Times.

  • Expert comment from Jooyoung Shin, assistant professor of fashion design in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at IU Bloomington.

• “Tribune-Star editorial: As shortages persist, so must patience,” Greensburg Daily News.

  • Expert comment from Kyle Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics at IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI.

• “World War I’s Black veterans are often overlooked,” The Washington Post.

  • By Michelle Moyd, Ruth N. Halls associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

• “Eskenazi Health joins with numerous organizations in the fight against diabetes. November is National Diabetes Month,” Indianapolis Recorder.

  • Featuring IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI and a five-year, $5 million grant from Eli Lilly and Co. to expand the Diabetes Impact Project.

• “Avoiding expensive colleges due to ‘tuition myopia’ can backfire,” Futurity.
  • Featuring research from Haewon Yoon, assistant professor of marketing at IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI.