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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Offering Free Tax Assistance Through March 24, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Qualifying local taxpayers will again have help navigating federal and state tax returns this spring, as the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program returns to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Both U.S. and certain international taxpayers are eligible to utilize the free services, which will run on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6:30–9:30 p.m. beginning January 26 and continuing through March 24. Services will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in Room 121 on the first floor of the Law School, located at 211 South Indiana Avenue in Bloomington.

Derivative Attorney-Client Privilege In Organizations, Douglas R. Richmond

University of Miami Business Law Review

A lawyer and client must be able to communicate about the client’s legal affairs in confidence for the lawyer to be able to meaningfully advise the client, hence courts’ recognition of the attorney-client privilege. Fundamentally, the very term “attorney-client privilege” seemingly requires a lawyer’s participation in a communication for the privilege to attach. But, in fact, lawyers need not always participate in client communications for the attorney-client privilege to shield the communications from discovery. Clients or their employees’ confidential conversations among themselves with respect to legal matters sometimes deserve privilege protection. This derivative application of the privilege can be crucial …

January 27, 2026 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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A Point-Cloud Data Analysis Framework For Early Deformation Detection, Avinash Pandey

Theses and Dissertations

Frost heave and thaw-related deformation threaten the performance of roads, runways, embankments, and buried utilities in cold regions, yet traditional inspections remain reactive and often miss early uplift. This study evaluates the capability of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to detect small-scale ground deformation and introduces a practical point-cloud framework designed for early-stage characterization. Controlled jack-lift experiments quantified handheld LiDAR accuracy at uplift increments of 6.35, 12.7, 19.05, and 25.4 mm, with corresponding detection accuracies of 88%, 86%, 93.33%, and 94%. Registration quality had a significant impact. The targetless scans showed slight misalignment, whereas spherical targets provided precise, repeatable outputs. …

Assessing The Influence Of Exercise Types On The Quality Of Life For Cardiac Rehab Patients, Joshua Alston

Doctorate in Kinesiology

In the realm of cardiac rehabilitation, understanding the specific impacts of aerobic and anaerobic exercise was of great importance for optimizing patient outcomes. As individuals embarked on the journey of recovering from cardiac events, tailored exercise programs became essential components of their rehabilitation plans. This study utilized a mixed-methods action research design to evaluate the effects of aerobic and anaerobic exercise on the quality of life (QOL) for cardiac rehabilitation patients. The research was driven by the question: “How do individual aerobic and anaerobic exercise program interventions impact on the holistic improvement in the Quality of Life (QOL) for Cardiac …

Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, Tuesday, January 27, 2026, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Committee Meeting Minutes 1-27-26, Unk Student Government

Committee Meeting Minutes

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Surviving Staten Island: Black Women’S Narratives Of Resilience, Motherwork, And Embodied Trauma, Jazmin Rivera

Student Theses

This oral history dissertation centers the experiences of six Black women who had formative experiences navigating hostile school and community-based settings on Staten Island during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s. Guided by a conceptual framework that draws on Black orality, Black feminist thought, and endarkened feminist epistemology, this study demonstrates how Black women were required to cross geographic and social boundaries to survive hostile conditions in Staten Island communities and schools. Findings from this study highlight Black women’s use of community cultural wealth to inform their survival strategies and resilience. At the same time, their experiences indicate the potential …

Pandemic Mask Mandates And Closures Were Linked To Increased Gun Violence, Douglas A. Wolf, Emily W. Wiemers, Iliya Gutin, Jennifer Karas Montez, Shannon M. Monnat

Population Health Research Brief Series

Gun violence worsened substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief summarizes findings from a study using weekly gun violence casualty data from 2016-2021 for 304 U.S. counties from the Gun Violence Archive and COVID-19 policy data from county-level measures of activity restrictions and masking requirements. The authors find that policies requiring masking and activity restrictions were associated with significant increases in gun violence. Indoor masking requirements were linked to a 28% increase in gun violence, while activity restrictions were associated with a 4.2% increase.

Shoreline Energy, Steven Gellman

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Atlanta '96: The Games And The South, Beau Bowden

ETDs from 2020-2029

The Centennial Olympiad, hosted by Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, demonstrated key principles of the postsouthern mindset, a movement typically associated with literary criticism that, if applied to historiographic methods, offers valuable insights into how Atlantans confronted competing identities of being a modern international city hailed as the Black Mecca, and a city forever linked to the Lost Cause, Ku Klux Klan, and racial inequality. During the Opening Ceremonies, specifically, Olympic organizers curated a celebration touting the city’s and region’s multiculturalism and corporate might, as described by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympics (ACOG), the body responsible for organizing the games, …

Expanding Access To Live Donation Opportunities: Implementing Telehealth Solutions To Enhance The Living Donor Navigator Program, Alexis Carter

ETDs from 2020-2029

Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the most effective treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease; however, living donation rates have remained suboptimal over the past two decades. As a result, many interventions have been developed and tailored to increase living donation. The Living Donor Navigator (LDN) Program is one effort designed to help transplant candidates identify potential living donors and guide them through the donation process, using a combination of advocacy and systems training. The LDN Program is a lay-navigator-based intervention that equips participants with the knowledge, communication skills, and confidence needed to identify and engage potential living donors. …

Bright Eyes And The Kinfolk, Ariel Aileen Cochran

ETDs from 2020-2029

BRIGHT EYES AND THE KINFOLK ARIEL COCHRAN MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH – CREATIVE WRITING ABSTRACT Bright Eyes and The Kinfolk is a historical fiction set in the pre-Civil War South that pays homage to Western media including, but not limited to, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, The Rifleman, Two Mules For Sister Sara, and Tombstone. The story follows the enslaved Dahomey (modern Benin) African Tina Jones who is in search of Uyi, her younger brother that was recently sold off from the Jones plantation in Mobile, Alabama. With a lead pointing to the state of Texas, Tina sets out west and …

Novel Retinal Biomarker Development In Early Alzheimer’S Disease, Swetha Ravichandran

ETDs from 2020-2029

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that causes damage to the neurons that are present in the brain. Progress in the management and treatment of AD is limited by lack of early diagnostics, which are critical to the development of effective therapies. It is therefore critical to develop non-invasive/cost efficient biomarkers to aid in early diagnosis and interventions to prevent or delay dementia onset. While Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and cerebrospinal fluid assessment have greatest utility, they are not routinely used because they are expensive and invasive, respectively. Retinal imaging offers a promising, low-cost, and non-invasive avenue for detecting …

Early Life Stress Mediates Cardiovascular Disease Risk Through Csf1r And Increases Risk Of Lupus Through Mature B-Cells, Cailin Elizabeth Kellum

ETDs from 2020-2029

The term Early Life Stress (ELS) encompasses traumatic events occurring before the age of 18 such as physical abuse, verbal abuse, household dysfunctions, sexual abuse, childhood neglect, child maltreatment, and adverse childhood experiences. The traumatic psychological and physical experiences in early life are widely known to cause enduring effects on mental and physical health in adulthood. Of note, individuals with ELS have adverse health outcomes earlier in adulthood and with more severity such as in the case of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE), an autoimmune disease. The risk for autoimmunity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases with ELS exposure and CVD is …

Awareness And Knowledge Of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Among Orthodontic And Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Specialties In The United States., Kavita Nayar

ETDs from 2020-2029

Introduction: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic pediatric arthritis, frequently involving the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and resulting in facial growth disturbances, functional impairment, and complex multidisciplinary treatment needs. Despite its clinical relevance, limited awareness and inconsistent management strategies exist among specialists who are involved in the care of these patients including orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and rheumatologists. This study aimed to evaluate the understanding, knowledge and interdisciplinary management practices between board-certified orthodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMSs) across the United States regarding JIA. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed electronically via Qualtrics to …

Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev, And The End Of The Cold War, Joshua Caleb Teasley

ETDs from 2020-2029

This work addresses key questions relating to the end of the Cold War. Contemporary wisdom suggests that Ronald Reagan’s policies beat the Soviet Union into submission, but this is not the case. Reagan’s initial policies were antagonistic towards the Soviet Union and his devotion to SDI later harmed his ability to establish relations with Michail Gorbachev later on. This thesis argues that it was George H.W. Bush, rather than Reagan, who was the more influential and effective President when dealing with the Soviet Union. Bush’s diplomacy was less idealized and more realistic than Reagan’s. Additionally, Bush was able to successfully …

Relationship Between Corneal Biomechanics In Sjögren’S Disease And Risk Factors For Glaucoma Development, Isabella Grace Simmons

ETDs from 2020-2029

Both Sjögren’s disease and glaucoma are known to have abnormal corneal biomechanics that impact their disease progression. The pathophysiology of Sjögren’s disease may also increase the likelihood of developing glaucoma. However, we do not yet know whether the prevalence of risk factors associated with glaucoma in Sjögren’s patients is due to underlying weakened corneal biomechanics. Oculus Corvis ST will be used to evaluate the corneal biomechanics in Sjögren’s patients in relation to the inflammatory mediators in the tear film. These properties will then be correlated with retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell layer thickness. Evaluating these findings will provide …

Lmod1 Modulates Neointimal Lesion Size After Vessel Injury And Stabilizes Smooth Muscle Cell Gene Regulatory Networks During Atherogenic Stress, Sara Wennersten

ETDs from 2020-2029

Phenotypic switching of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from a contractile to a synthetic state underlies the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular disease (CVD) pathologies, including restenosis and atherosclerosis. Leiomodin 1 (LMOD1), an SMC-enriched actin-binding protein, has been previously found to regulate SMC phenotypic modulation in vitro. However, its contribution to CVD development and progression, along with its influence on gene regulatory networks (GRNs) that inform underlying responses to stress, remains incompletely defined. Here, I combine a mouse injury model, bulk RNA sequencing, and GRN inference to define how reduced LMOD1 expression perturbs SMC physiology during vascular wall remodeling and lipid stress. …

David Cruz Perez V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

William Richter V. Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Letter To The Editor From Dr. Gellman, The Stimulus Team

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Knowledge (Ilm) And Experience (Selfactualization), Mahdi Dezham Dds

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Autumn’S Embrace, Sarah C. Le

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Stimulus Team, The Stimulus Team

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

The Beauty Of Music, Anna Nguyen

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

In All The Ways You Are Gone And Still Here__A Poem In The Perspective Of A Loved One, Somotochi Alozie

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Snipped Away, Jennifer Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

A Collection Of Unheard Voices In Medicine, Ibukunoluwa F. Oyeyemi, Opeoluwa L. Oyeyemi, Oreoluwa H. Oyeyemi

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

The Greatest Fortune, Puja Ankitha Ivaturi

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.