Amanda Kruse talks with freshman Amanda Weaver in Woodworth Commons.

Amanda Kruse navigates food allergies and dietary restrictions as she promotes good eating at more than a dozen Ball State dining locations.

Three telecommunications students discuss the making of their documentary.

Go behind the scenes with Ball State telecommunications majors Mikaela Maranhas, Joe Trinite and Jared Sullivan, as they talk about their documentary on last fall’s preliminary round of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition at Ball State.  Watch their 21-minute documentary at https://youtu.be/QOme_CPxhrE .  

Associate Professor of Flute Mihoko Watanabe plays the flute against a backdrop of student artwork in the Art and Journalism Building.

Mihoko Watanabe helps designs a program starting this fall that stresses skills such as grant-writing and pitching proposals to nonprofits.

A woman takes a photo of two Ball State graduates in front of Beneficence.

Beneficence has been a popular destination for newly minted Ball State graduates on the morning of commencement. The 2,800-strong class of 2016 is no exception, this time-lapse video spanning one hour shows, as many graduates posed for photos by the iconic statue with family and friends.

Photo is a NASA image of the surface of 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, […]

Photo shows ancient Cambodian temples called the Angkor Wat.

History professor Ken Hall studies extant temples, which play a significant role in the country’s recovery from its violent past. [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a sacred space that remains the world’s largest monument to any religion, the Hindu-Buddhist temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, has survived centuries of civil and regional war to become a symbol of possibility. Its […]

Professor John Pitchel tends to a small farm in the basement of West Quad.

Professor John Pichtel has been growing wheat and other crops in the basement of Ball State’s West Quad to find out if fracking fluids are harmful.