When IU’s Meredith West and husband, Andrew King, completed a decade-long study focusing on the ability of starlings to mimic the social sounds around them—babies crying, roosters crowing, hammers pounding—their work shed new light on the possibility of a “collaboration” between composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his pet starling. West presented the research at the 1991 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Today's Feature
Meet IU Founders Day faculty award winners from throughout the state of Indiana.
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Walking a fine line
Indiana families must earn $12.36 an hour, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks each year, to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Organizers of Homeward Bound, including Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, are strengthening the safety net to fight homelessness this month.
Mozart's starling
IU animal behaviorist Meredith West will reflect on decades of research on avian vocal communication and social learning at the 2007 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture at IUB April 16. Mozart's pet starling, by the way, was no "birdbrain."
Running the gantry
Last month the IU Cyclotron Facility and the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute made medical history by performing the world’s first treatment using a robotic patient positioning system with a rotating gantry.Trustees approve IUB R&B hike
A 5.03 percent increase for most room and board packages at IU Bloomington residence halls will take effect in the fall.Hamilton on Iraq
SPEA hosted its extensive alumni base in Washington, D.C., last month at a colloquium on Capitol Hill. Former U.S. Rep Lee Hamilton, director of the Center on Congress, discussed his views on the war in Iraq.
Universal origins
Science writer Ken Kingery reflects on the 17th-century laws of motion of Sir Isaac Newton and how they stand steady for 21th-century astronomers.
