Tech-Savvy Prof Moves Poetry ‘off the Page,’ Into Students’ Lives
Liz Whiteacre, a winner of Ball State’s 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award, uses multimedia and Skype to introduce students to poetry.
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HPL’s Scott Trappe Helping Astronauts Muscle Their Way to Mars
Ball State researcher builds an exercise program fit for outer space Scott Trappe and his research team at the Human Performance Laboratory (HPL) are working with NASA to develop an exercise program to keep astronauts healthy during long space flights. To better understand how to counteract the muscle atrophy and bone loss from the lack of gravity, […]
Ball State Research, Employees in Step on Perils of Sitting Still
Events like the Teachers College Take the Stairs challenge aim to get people moving, advice offered by researchers who found Americans sit still too much.
Senior Follows Alumnus Dad Vince Welch Into NASCAR Broadcasting
TCOM major Dillon Welch nabs regional Emmy as he follows his famous father, a 1987 Ball State grad, into the world of sports broadcasting.
Some Disturbingly Funny Films
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]es Gehring has a fondness for dark comedies, a genre that has viewers riveted in horror and breaking out in laughter in the same scene. “The basic premise of a dark comedy is that life is absurd, and it’s the only genre that doesn’t necessarily want to please the public,” says Gehring, a film professor […]
Does Mongolian Rivers’ Present Offer Glimpse of U.S. Waterways’ Future?
Mark Pyron faces a daunting task over the next five years as part of an international research team examining how climate change is affecting large river basins in North America and Central Asia. Pyron, a professor who studies aquatic systems, is a co-principal investigator on a $4.2 million study funded by the National Science Foundation. […]
Faculty, Students Access Telescopes the World Over — From Muncie
Powerful lenses off Africa’s northwestern coast and in Arizona and Chile are accessible, thanks to Ball State being in collegiate astronomy research group.