Indiana University’s statewide 200 Festival—the official kick-off to IU’s year-long bicentennial celebration—prompted IU Northwest, and all IU campuses, to develop a faculty research showcase designed to highlight faculty scholarship, research, and creative activities.

In eight-minute Tedx-style talks, 14 faculty members expressed just how their research, both preliminary and ongoing, are making an impact in the region and state.

The aim of all the bicentennial events is to celebrate, chronicle, document and explore all that makes IU the world-class university it is today.

“The level of innovation and ingenuity coming from this stage today is remarkable,” said Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Cynthia O’Dell. “IU Northwest’s faculty researchers are among the top experts in their respective fields. Their research is contributing to greater bodies of research that will be making headlines across the nation and globally.”

O’Dell said the campus community was so impressed by what they learned at the September event that it will become an annual affair. In addition, the presentations will be compiled into a webpage that will grow with each passing year.

This article will be updated to include links to each of the individual presentations when available.

 The 2019 presentations included:

	William Allegrezza Step Below: A Poetry Reading
	Subir Bandyopadhyay, Stephen McShane The Making of the Digital Scrapbook on IU Northwest History: When Research Meets Creativity and Technology
	Jenny Fisher Search for the Next Superbug
	Monica Solinas-Saunders Incarceration and Reentry at the Intersection with Race and Poverty: The Marginalization of Too Many of Our Own Sisters
	Ming Gao What Germ Cells Are and How to Make Them
	Mark Baer Gary Shakespeare Company: Community Engagement and Student-Engaged Creative Work
	Anita Benna Seeing into the Minds of P-12 Teachers and Students: A Visual Representation of Cognitive Thought
	Spencer Cortwright The Gem of Northwest Indiana: Restoration of the Greatest Ecological Region of the U.S.
	Hannah Lee The Costs and Benefits of Optimism in Academic Performance: If Optimism Works, Why Don’t All Optimistic People Succeed in Life?
	Cara Lewis Dynamic Form: How the Visual Arts Shape Literature
	Vernon Smith Creating Excellence: Becoming an A+ School
	Ian Scott Taschner Hempire: Cannabinoids and Compliance
	Nico Casas Developing a Program to Halt the Spread of Fake News and Misinformation
	Yllka Azemi A Holistic Strategic Marketing Model: How Businesses of Gary Can Attract Lifelong Customers

For a full list of events celebrating the achievements of faculty researchers at other IU campuses, visit the 200 Festival event page.