Public and Environmental Affairs
Four faculty members in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington have received Trustees' Teaching Awards. They are: Barry Rubin, Beth Cate, Justin Ross and Cheryl Hughes.
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Burnell C. Fischer, a faculty member in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation for his contribution to tree planting, conservation and stewardship.
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A survey shows a majority of Indiana local government officials want some nonprofit organizations to offer payments or services in lieu of property taxes. More than one in four believe churches should make payments. The survey results come as local governments face decreasing revenues and growing budgetary pressures.
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The U.S. should adopt mileage-based road user fees to raise revenue to build and maintain roads and bridges, faculty members at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs write in a recently published journal article. Denvil R. Duncan, assistant professor, and John D. Graham, the dean of the school, advocate implementing a mileage tax system using "simple, low-tech" methods.
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Indiana University Bloomington's 2012-13 Outstanding Junior Faculty awards will support the creation of innovative textile art and research on public investments in energy, the worldwide loss of coastal mangrove forests, the development of anti-malarial drugs, the relationship between vision and balance, and the appropriateness of cancer screenings.
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Beth Gazley says that when her students volunteer with the United Way, it's always a great learning experience. So she wanted to send the organization a valentine, and she's found two ways to do it.
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