Every day, IU researchers work to improve the lives of people in Indiana. Through innovative research and local and state partnerships, IU organizations like the Environmental Resilience Institute, the Center for Rural Engagement and others are helping Hoosier communities adapt to our changing world and prepare for the future.
Enhancing Hoosier communities
Irsays donate $3M to create IU research institute
IU established a new research institute, designed to be the leading national center for addressing the stigma surrounding mental health and other health challenges, thanks to a $3 million gift from the Jim Irsay family, owners of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The center aims to help remove the shame and stigma that often keep people with mental health disorders from getting the help they need.
Evaluating nutrient management practices
Using real-world data and a high-resolution model, IU researchers are working to understand how Indiana’s changing climate will affect cover crops and other farm management practices.
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Addressing energy insecurity
Millions of Americans are energy insecure, and researchers with IU’s Energy Justice Lab are identifying contributing factors and making recommendations to improve living conditions for these individuals.
Learn more about household energy insecurity
IU faculty are working with partners in all 92 Indiana counties
Leading race and ethnicity research
In an effort to help understand and dismantle issues of racism, injustice and inequity plaguing our nation and world, IU centers, institutes and individual faculty members are exploring myriad aspects of race, ethnicity and inequality.
Learn more about IU leading race and ethnicity research
Helping elderly Hoosiers
IU researchers are working to improve the lives of elderly Hoosiers through the Everyday Arts and Aging program, which provides older adults opportunities for creative expression, social connectedness and physical engagement with the community.
Learn more about the Everyday Arts and Aging Program
Understanding mosquito-borne disease transmission
Understanding the prevalence of disease-causing pathogens in Indiana’s mosquito populations and how to mitigate their potential threat to public health is a focus of a team of IU researchers.
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Unlocking Indiana history
The important impacts Arab Americans have had on Indianapolis and the state were brought to light through the work of IU researcher Edward Curtis, IV.
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