Public and Environmental Affairs
In response to news this afternoon, Feb. 8, that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana plans to invest $131 million to consolidate its Highlander mid-size SUV production and create up to 400 jobs at its Princeton plant by 2013, here is information from experts at Indiana University Bloomington who can offer additional perspective. Arrangements can be made for live in-studio television interviews.
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Civic Quotes, a new resource from the Center on Congress at Indiana University that uses notable quotations and images to teach about American government and citizenship in an engaging, interactive way, is now available as a free app for the iPad tablet computer and on the Web.
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Indiana University faculty experts address issues related to upcoming state primary elections, including the importance of paying attention to early contests, the possible role of poverty as an issue in several states, the likely impact of the Citizens United court decision and the rough-and-tumble fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
A year of pitched partisan battles in Congress earned the institution a C-minus for its performance in 2011, according to political scientists asked by the Center on Congress to grade the national legislature.
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New research from Indiana University concludes that businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy. Donating products to charities helps corporate bottom lines, reduces waste in landfills and provides relief for people in need. The study provides the first detailed examination of the return on investment for donating merchandise as opposed to liquidating or destroying it.
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The Indiana University Foundation has received a $6.6 million grant from Lilly Endowment to support the work of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. "This generous funding is a vote of confidence in the institute's ability to continue its good work in the future, which Lilly Endowment has supported for 20 years," said John L. Krauss, director of PPI.
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