News powered by The Franklin Chronicles

By many accounts, Hollywood has been in the midst of a transformation since at least 2000, the result of changing consumer habits, the dot.com bubble burst of 2001, the decline of DVD sales and rentals beginning in 2007, and the collapse of financial markets in 2008. And then there's Netflix.… Read Article

The promise of therapeutic stem cells as a strategy to introduce new cells into damaged tissue to treat disease and injury has long been balanced with the practical difficulties of doing so. A new study from researchers in cell biology presents a better understanding of how stem cells transform… Read Article

Next week, the Franklin College hosts Indiana University Chancellor's Professor Roger Hangartner for two lectures in two different parts of campus that bring some focus to a little-regarded subject: the secret life of plants:

Lamar Dodd School of Art will present a lecture by molecular,… Read Article

There are currently several great exhibitions on display in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, yet another of which is the ongoing show by the 2012 Dodd Professorial Chair, Kristen Morgin. The Dodd Chair allows the faculty to invite a guest to join their ranks for a semester (or two), teach classes,… Read Article

Very interesting finding out of the department of geography, a discipline that truly has no bounds:

Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to… Read Article