While most AU students were trudging through below-freezing weather at the start of the semester, two mathematics majors were presenting their research project at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in sunny San Diego, California. Both Christina Coats and Ashley King were ecstatic when they discovered that they had been invited to present their research, titled “On the Creation of Rank Two Centrosymmetric Matrices,” at the largest mathematics conference in the world. “When I found out we were … [Read more...]

Tomorrow, Jan. 25, biology professor Dr. Kimberly Lyle-Ippolito will be delivering the first lecture in this year’s Science and Engineering Lecture Series. She will be speaking about CRISPR, a new and controversial technique in molecular biology that allows cells to be genetically modified. “It is being used to edit human embryos,” said Lyle-Ippolito. “They add this to a human embryo in a dish, and it will change the genetic makeup of the embryo. “They can actually correct genetic … [Read more...]

For the first time since 2013, the government of the United States has shut down. The shutdown, which occurred on Friday, Jan. 19 at midnight, was the result of the expiration of a spending bill. Republicans and Democrats have reached an impasse regarding the bill, which did not include protections for the children of illegal immigrants, dubbed “Dreamers,” which Democrats are advocating for. After the Senate failed to reach an agreement regarding the bill, the government shut down, leaving … [Read more...]

Each year, the influenza virus kills thousands of people. In Indiana alone this season, 107 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives to the flu. To date this year, only two people under the age of 24 have died from the flu. Although AU’s Health Services could not confirm the number of cases that have been treated so far this semester, they did confirm via email that they have “seen an increase in the number of patients with flu-like symptoms.” According to Dr. Kimberly … [Read more...]

The English department rang in the new year with a bit of rainy weather inside its Decker Hall home. Faculty have dubbed it the “Great English Department Flood of 2018” on Twitter. A frozen heating pipe burst in an English department office on the third floor of Decker Hall sometime on Jan. 1, causing the “Great Flood.” The flooding primarily affected the English department, but also extended to the second and first floors of Decker Hall. “The entire English department suite had up to … [Read more...]

For the past four years, AU students have been conducting research for the Sagamore Institute, a non-partisan think tank in Indianapolis. A group of undergraduate researchers from AU had their work on the decentralization of the Liberian government published by the Isoko Institute in the journal Marketplace: Liberia this January. Dr. Michael Frank, professor of political science, has been the liaison between the Department of History and Political Science and the Sagamore Institute. Frank is … [Read more...]

Last spring, sophomore Bible and religion major Elijah Neal felt a creative spark after attending a special cinema chapel on campus—he wondered what it would look like to create a group that brought light to Anderson through cinema and other forms of media. He and a group of friends began to brainstorm what it would look like to make these visions become reality. “We were inspired by what we saw. We thought, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we made something we’re all in?’ We’re not film … [Read more...]