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Follett's includED® program helps students save, be prepared on the first day of class FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), in partnership with Follett, today announced the expansion of a new course material program designed to help improve student success. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130507/CG09134LOGO-a) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130507/CG09134LOGO-b) Follett's includED(®)...

As demands for long work hours continue to increase, an Indiana University study found that mothers are more likely than other employees to leave jobs in male-dominated fields. This trend was not seen in balanced or female-dominated occupations. "Mothers were 52 percent more likely than other women to leave their jobs if they were working a 50-hour week or more, but only in occupations dominated by men," said Youngjoo Cha, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at IU...

Maybe rocker Greg Kihn was being prophetic in his 1981 hit, "The Breakup Song," with its chorus, "They don't write 'em like that anymore." An Indiana University professor's new paper looks at how people write to break up today, including through texts, emails and social media. According to a new research article by Ilana Gershon, associate professor of communication and culture in IU's College of Arts and Sciences, part of what makes the breakup stories she collected into American stories...

William M. Tierney, M.D. focuses on the potential of electronic medical systems and computer-based decision support to control healthcare costs in "Controlling costs with computer-based decision support: a hammer, a scalpel or an illusion?" published online in JAMA Internal Medicine on April 15. Dr. Tierney is president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute, associate dean for clinical effectiveness research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, chief of medicine for...

World's Largest Crowdfunding-for-Good Platform Partners with Indiana University Student Foundation to Make Annual Charity Fundraising Event a Breakaway Success MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest crowdfunding-for-good platform, Fundly (www.fundly.com), and Indiana University's "Little 500", the country's largest collegiate bike race, have teamed up to launch the first-ever crowdfunding campaign in the 63-year old annual fundraising event's...

Designed for working physicians assuming leadership roles; hybrid learning model enables nationwide participation INDIANAPOLIS, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To address the leadership needs of a rapidly changing healthcare system, Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis has launched the Business of Medicine MBA to prepare practicing physicians nationwide to assume unprecedented management roles. The specialized two-year program will begin in September 2013,...

Cost per unit of outcome was $189, versus $497 for treatment as usual New research from Indiana University has found that machine learning -- the same computer science discipline that helped create voice recognition systems, self-driving cars and credit card fraud detection systems -- can drastically improve both the cost and quality of health care in the United States. Using an artificial intelligence framework combining Markov Decision Processes and Dynamic Decision Networks, IU...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study by Indiana University recently discovered that fish oil could help hemodialysis patients to avoid sudden cardiac death. Researchers believe that this is one of the first studies to examine the possible advantages of fish oil for individuals on hemodialysis who are at a high risk of having sudden cardiac death. According to the Cleveland Clinic, sudden cardiac death is the loss of heart function and also known as...

Under the law, whistle-blowers are supposed to be protected from direct reprisals on the job, including discrimination. But what if they and their actions becomes the subject of a widely distributed email? Is that a form of retaliation? Two professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business set out to answer that question and determine when public disclosure of the whistle-blower's identity -- like in an email -- is sufficient to support such a claim, in a paper that has been...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third straight year, Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) partnered with Monroe County Habitat for Humanity and Indiana University to build a new home with a local low-income family. Employees, students, alumni and volunteers from the community built the home in partnership with Ashley, Doyle and Hailey Kell, who received the keys to their new home on Oct. 13, prior to IU's Homecoming game against Ohio State University. To view...