October 2009
In Every Issue
Today's feature
Too scary to be real, virtual humans can give us the creeps, perhaps more than a 19th-century illustration for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (above) or a humanoid gremlin on the wing of a plane terrifying a salesman in the famous 1963 episode of the Twilight Zone. Karl MacDorman is trying to quantify the eeriness factor in today's virtual characters that are created for the multi-billion dollar animation and video game industries. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance; you've just crossed over into . . . Uncanny Valley. More »
Headliners
IU Home Pages salutes IU staff members who have reached significant anniversary service dates in their careers.
Research
The Indiana Business Research Center has created a new economic index that will enable Hoosiers to better understand market conditions in the state; the index could prove useful in providing warning signs of upcoming recessions.
Outreach
An IU lecturer founds a benefit sale of Kenyan wares, which provides funds for the Spurgeon School for AIDS and Ndethya wa Negutethya. Another sale is set for December at the IMU in Bloomington.
Health
The IU Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders seeks volunteers for a clinical study on a new drug that is administered as an intravenous infusion on six separate occasions over 65 weeks.
FYI
IU President Michael McRobbie's State of the University address has been rescheduled for spring semester.
Arts & Humanities
What happens when a digital artist, an opera director and a music ensemble decide to put on a show?
Events
IU Bloomington begins its October celebration, culminating in the 51st homecoming parade Oct. 16 and a date with the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium Oct. 17, with a Naked Mile, some Beatlemania and a cornhole tournament thrown in for good measure.
