On Topic with IU

Students are back. And things look familiar, but they are a bit different. We talked with Dr. Kathy Adams Riester, the Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Executive Associate Dean of Students for the Division of Student Affairs, about what student services and campus life will look and feel like this fall.

Dr. Todd Saxton is an expert on business strategy and entrepreneurialism. We talked with the Kelley School of Business professor about what small businesses are doing to stay afloat and innovate in this struggling economy.

This is a must listen episode.

Dr. Aaron Carroll is a professor of pediatrics, and a dean in the Indiana University Medical School. He's also the vice chair for health policy and outcomes research and director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research. Carroll has been leading Indiana University's arrival and surveillance testing and health communications efforts for the fall 2020 semester. He's talking to us about sending children back to school, and all of the work the Indiana University campuses are doing to help keep their communities safe.

Kyle Anderson, an economist at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business at IUPUI, joins us to discuss the state's economic condition as we make our way through August. He talks about the prospects for recovery, sectors hardest hit, evictions, personal advice and more.

Dr. David Brenneman joins the program to talk about the upcoming re-opening of Indiana University's famed Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, how the museum industry is fairing in the economic crunch and what you might expect to see the next time you visit your favorite galleries.

The coronavirus is changing a summer, and the upcoming fall season, of political campaigns. Traditional big rallies aren't taking place, large events that often feature campaigns or get out the vote drives are postponed or canceled, door-to-door electioneering may be impacted as well. Dr. Matthew Baggetta of the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs joins us to talk about local election strategies, messaging and what's to come as we look ahead in the campaign calendar.

Often times, when the economy struggles not-for-profits hit rough patches of their own. We talked with Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel, a professor in the O’Neill School of Public And Environmental Affairs at IUPUI to see how not-for-profits are doing right now. She tells us how some agencies are trying innovative approaches, the resources available to them and more.

When campuses went virtual in the spring it was a scramble for students and faculty. Dr. Ben Motz, director of the eLearning Research and Practice Lab at Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute began studying that transition. He discusses some of the findings of that work here for those preparing for another unique semester this fall.

“Mega-Study of COVID-19 Impact in Higher Education” involves multiple campuses and faculty and students. In our conversation he is sharing some of the early findings, including the four key recommendations for instructors based on the mixed-methods research.

It is important, Motz notes, that faculty remain aware of the potential burdens students may face while designing their fall courses.

Dr. Robert Kunzman is a professor of curriculum studies and philosophy of education at Indiana University. He is also the managing director for the International Center for Home Education Research. We talked about what it takes to homeschool, the rules and regulations that may be in place, how parents can decide if it is right for them and their children, homeschooling co-ops and more.

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Epidemiologists track diseases, and so we are checking back in with IUPUI's Shandy Dearth, who talks about what scientists have learned recently, how reopenings are going, the data she looks at, and a lot more.

And, hey parents, we also talk kids and masks.