Quantum Leap Sound Bites: Recent Episodes
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Quantum Leap Sound Bites is brought to you by Indiana Humanities and sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase.
This series is part of Indiana Humanities’ Quantum Leap initiative which invites Hoosiers to explore and celebrate the spirit of possibility and problem-solving that occurs when we bridge the humanities with science, technology, engineering, and math.
How did Fort Wayne, Ind., become a hotbed for inventions that have changed the way the entire world communicates?
How are the innovations of a young drone entrepreneur built upon on Indiana’s legacy of aviation and aerospace innovation?
What drove the daughter of a swamp engineer from Valparaiso, Ind., to invent the first dishwasher?
How is the South Bend Code School using a new language--computer coding—to help children develop solutions to make the world a better place?
How did Indiana women in the sixties come together to convince lawmakers to pass a landmark piece of legislation to ban phosphates?
How did a campus dance and a roomful of bunnies in Bloomington, Indiana, lead to one of the 20th century’s greatest breakthroughs in genetics?
How is one young entrepreneur harvesting data and honey from beehives to better protect these vital pollinators?
How are civil engineers eliminating Indianapolis's sewage overflow problem and what effect will it have on the White River?
What happened when a modern-day Hoosier archaeologist uncovered evidence of a long-overlooked woman’s contributions to the field?
How is one Hoosier professor bringing the ancient world to life with the most cutting edge technology available?
Where do whooping cranes, shorebirds, and Hoosier scientist and educator George Sly converge?
How did a farm girl from Hazleton, IN use her small town Hoosier values when she became a world-class scientist and educator?
How did a beloved Catholic monk and civil rights activist help Indiana become a leader in the treatment of a rare blood disorder?
How is one organization's commitment to collaboration across industries change the way Hoosiers solve big problems?
Sound Bites is going on a holiday break! Check out Season 3 beginning in early 2018!
What is space medicine and how did Hoosier Serena Aunon-Chancellor beat the odds to become an astronaut doctor?
How did two Hoosiers, Judy and Dave Elliott, innovate in an industry that barely changed over hundreds of years?
How did a Belgian immigrant turned Hoosier solve one of the greatest problems of the 1900s, lack of access to rubber?
Why did Dr. Erich Klinghammer bring wolves back to the Hoosier state? How has his work made an impact on Indiana and the world?
How did a swamp in northeastern Indiana inspire Gene Stratton-Porter to become an innovative photographer, best-selling author and self-taught scientist?
We're going on a short break! In the meantime, tell a friend (or five) about us! Tales of Hoosier innovation begin again on August 22nd.
How did a boy from Evansville, Ind. grow up to become the nation’s first African American doctor of mathematics?
How did one Hoosier company use a naturally occurring bacteria to combat pests on cotton farms?
How did Indiana women in the sixties come together to convince lawmakers to pass a landmark piece of legislation to ban phosphates?
What’s a resilient community and how are innovative nurses looking beyond medical solutions to solve health crises?
How did 500 pioneering women, like Ruth Gardiner from Indianapolis, save more than a million lives during World War II?
What kinds of engineering and automotive innovations have originated at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? This special episode of Quantum Leap Sound Bites is part of the festivities surrounding the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 28, 2017.
How are cities like Fishers, Ind., using co-working spaces to build ecosystems for entrepreneurs that nurture creativity, innovation and collaboration?
What obstacles did Lannie H. Smith Jr. overcome on his way to becoming an oil tycoon and one of Indiana’s leading black entrepreneurs?
How did a woman economist in Bloomington, Ind., finally solve “the tragedy of the commons”?
Did engineers in Crawfordsville, Ind., really figure out how to make jails more humane?
How does a kid from South Bend, Ind., design lunar vehicles if he’s never been to the moon?
What does a contemporary entrepreneur raised in Fort Wayne, Ind., have in common with a turn-of-the-century cosmetics tycoon from Indianapolis?
How did a black doctor in Indianapolis, forbidden from working at most hospitals, become one of the nation’s most expert cardiologists?
How did a campus dance and a roomful of bunnies in Bloomington, Indiana, lead to one of the 20th century’s greatest breakthroughs in genetics?