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Indiana University experts comment on court decision striking down clean-air rule

Indiana University faculty experts A. James Barnes and Philip S. Stevens are available to comment on a recent federal appeals court decision that struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule. The rule required 28 mostly Eastern states to reduce emissions of smog-forming and soot-producing emissions.   Full Story >>

Elinor Ostrom inducted to American Academy of Political and Social Science

Elinor Ostrom, the Arthur F. Bentley professor of political science and professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, has been installed as Robert A. Dahl Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.   Full Story >>

IU SPEA Executive Education Program to sponsor homeland security seminar

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host the first of six major national conferences on homeland security and emergency management from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at the University Place Conference Center, located at 850 W. Michigan St. on the IUPUI campus.   Full Story >>

Indiana University launches Public Policy Institute

Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs announced it has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Located near the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, the new Institute will serve as an umbrella organization for SPEA-affiliated centers that conduct research and provide expertise on urban and environmental policy, health policy and criminal justice.   Full Story >>

IU launches Center for Criminal Justice Research to provide research on crime, public safety

Government policymakers and nonprofit agencies focused on criminal justice and public safety now have a new resource at their disposal: The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs today (April 24) announced the creation of the IU Center for Criminal Justice Research.   Full Story >>

John Graham to lead IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs

John D. Graham, a former Harvard faculty member and top official with the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The appointment takes effect Aug. 1. Graham has since March 2006 been dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, Calif.   Full Story >>



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