Photo by Chris Meyer IU head football coach Terry Hoeppner celebrates the win over Michigan State with his team and fans during homecoming on the Bloomington campus last month. The Hoosier football team will play its last home game on Saturday, Nov. 11, against Michigan.

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Embodied cognition

Educational reformer John Dewey argued long ago that "doing" is a key part of learning, espousing the influence of an organism's engagement to its environment on cognition. See what Olaf Sporns' robots have to say about that.
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Deep life

What might lurk beneath the permafrost of Mars? Million-year-old bacterial communities deep beneath the Earth's surface might suggest life on "lifeless" planets.

Herbert in Asia

IU’s president is accompanying U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to promote America’s higher education institutions.

Conversations on Race Nov. 16-18

Manning Marable will open IU South Bend's annual discussion on race, equity and society. He was also a participant in last weekend's Public Conversation at the Spirit and Place Festival in Indianapolis; catch a streaming video of his appearance on WFYI, beginning Sunday at 6 p.m.

Hoosier economic forecast

IU Kelley School of Business experts are 'guardedly optimistic" for 2007.

Geography matters

GIS Day is international; see what's up on the Bloomington campus.