College of Arts + Sciences: Indiana University

Make way for the leaders, creatives, and groundbreakers of tomorrow

We prepare students for an ever-changing future by providing a foundational liberal arts and sciences education that is more relevant than ever. Here, breakthroughs are fueled by unfiltered imaginations and unconventional ideas. Whether in the classroom or in the lab, on stage or in the field, you’ll gain the skills and experience you need for what’s new, next, and not-yet-imagined.

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Research on cascading natural disaster hazards helps communities plan ahead for weather threats

As natural disasters increase in frequency and strength, so does a phenomenon known as cascading hazards. Brian Yanites studies these hazards in order to create models that help communities become more resilient in the face of changing weather patterns.

Fat shaming doesn’t improve human health, it harms it, IU researchers find

Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, emotional, and social change, and for many young people, it is also shaped by body image issues and weight stigma. Those experiences, researchers say, can drive chronic stress with long-term health consequences.

Chemistry’s Georgescu group awarded Dept. Of Energy Early Career Research Program award

The Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded an Early Career Research Program (ECRP) award to the Georgescu group in the College. The Georgescu group is headed by Alexandru B Georgescu, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, and the project that won the award is titled Correlated Electron Materials with Novel Quantum Building Blocks. This award provides the project with $875,000 of funding over five years.

$1 million gift establishes Charles S. Hyneman Professorship in Political Science at Indiana University

A $1 million gift to the College will establish a new endowed professorship in the College’s Department of Political Science, honoring the legacy of the late Distinguished Professor Charles S. Hyneman. The gift from College alumnus Lawrence H. Lee (B.A. ’66, Government) establishes the Charles S. Hyneman Professorship, which will support a senior scholar whose work reflects the intellectual rigor and public spirit that defined Hyneman’s career.

IU study of rats’ episodic memory may inform Alzheimer’s research breakthroughs

New research from IU suggests that rats can remember sequences of events and the situations in which they occurred, a hallmark of episodic memory that is among the first to decline in Alzheimer’s disease, which may open the door to more precise research on how memory breaks down and how it may be protected.

Leading with logic

From chatbots to self-driving cars, AI isn’t a novelty anymore. For many, including scientists and medical doctors, it’s a central part of work, research, and empirical analysis. And with our culture’s rapid adoption of AI and its many generative programs, questions once confined to philosophy classrooms are suddenly at the center of our lives. What does it mean to know something? To trust something? How do we define sound reasoning and decision making? For College alumna Suzanne Kawamleh (Ph.D. ’23, Philosophy), questions like these are at the heart of her entire career.

A hub for curiosity + diverse thought

The College of Arts and Sciences values curiosity and diverse thought as core strengths and essential elements in the success of its educational mission. Our commitment is grounded in our aspiration to cultivate intellectual rigor and curiosity among our students and to prepare them to thrive in and contribute to a complex and interconnected world.