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Faculty excellence
IU faculty receive prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships
CAMPUS EXCELLENCE
Christoph Irmscher and David Polly, have been named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows, a prestigious honor recognizing exceptional scholarship and supporting their continued research.
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Luddy’s Stewart earns international fellowship for project addressing AI-powered misinformation
LUDDY SCHOOL
Alex Stewart has been named an International Fellow at Lund University’s Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies to lead research on AI-powered misinformation.
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Rodríguez awarded +$1 million in USDA grant funding for the study and prevention of avian flu
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-BLOOMINGTON
Roberto Rodríguez has received nearly $2 million from the USDA to develop UVC light–based systems to prevent avian flu outbreaks in poultry farms through scalable biosecurity solutions.
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Medium
Worried About AI? Try AI Swarms (Apr. 21, 2026)
Featured in the story, Filippo Menczer describes how AI-driven “swarms” of coordinated social media accounts could be used to generate manufactured consensus and manipulate public discourse at scale.
The Washington Post
What to know about ‘forever chemicals’ in workout wear(Apr. 21, 2026)
Featured in the story, Marta Venier explains how PFAS can be found in stain- and water-resistant clothing, including athletic apparel and school uniforms, and discusses emerging research on exposure through textiles.
USA Today
Indiana University trains engineers to design for human impact (March 19, 2026)
Feng Guo, Alexander Gumennik, and students from the Luddy School highlight human-centered engineering through innovations in medical devices, AI-powered brain organoids, and technology that improves health, wellbeing, and quality of life.
Faculty Spotlights
