An IU expert who has traveled extensively in Iran is available to discuss next week's inauguration of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term in office and the country's worst political turmoil since 1979.

A panel of Indiana University faculty and students this Saturday (July 18) will present a forum on the recent elections and protests in Iran.

As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators continue to take to the streets of Tehran, an Indiana University professor who has traveled throughout Iran continues to get reports from colleagues within the country, who indicate that Arabic-speaking militias are arriving in the country.

Indiana University Professor Jamsheed Choksy, a specialist on Iranian history and religions, who has traveled throughout Iran, is available for comments.

Kubat Tabaldiev of Kyrgyzstan traveled six thousand miles from one of the most culturally diverse sites on earth to watch members of the Ojibwe tribe perform Native American dances in Michigan. He loved the experience so much that he couldn't wait to get back home and share what he learned.

National Public Radio national correspondent Jamie Tarabay will keynote a half-day workshop about Islam and Muslim practices for journalists and media professionals on March 27 in Bloomington, presented by Voices and Visions -- a consortium of six Title VI National Resource Centers at IU, funded by the Social Science Research Council.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has awarded emeriti faculty members Denis Sinor and Harvey Phillips with the President's Medal for Excellence. The awards are among the highest honors an IU president can bestow.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today (May 22) that two Indiana University professors are among six members who have joined the National Council on the Humanities, the Endowment's 26-member advisory council. They began their official duties today at the Council's quarterly meeting in Washington.

President George W. Bush has nominated two Indiana University professors to the National Council on the Humanities for a six-year period beginning Jan. 27. Both teach in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

Natsagiin Bagabandi, former president of Mongolia, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Indiana University on Saturday (Dec. 17) in recognition of a decades-long relationship between the central Asian nation and the university.

This tipsheet includes information about Indiana University Bloomington faculty members who can offer their insights on the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.

We are providing information about IU professors who can offer insights on the transfer of power in Iraq, as well as homeland security, ethics, media coverage and other impacts of the war on Americans.

Four Indiana University Bloomington professors have been awarded Guggenheim fellowships, the Guggenheim Foundation announced today (April 8). Professor of Central Eurasian Studies Christopher Beckwith, Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Mary Ellen Brown, Professor of Biology Ellen Ketterson and Distinguished Professor of Biology Loren Rieseberg are among the 2004 fellowship winners.

Shashi Tharoor, United Nations undersecretary general for communications and public information and an award-winning author, will present a lecture at Indiana University Bloomington on March 25.

Indiana University will present Professor Thubten Norbu with its Distinguished International Service Award during dedication ceremonies for the Tibetan Cultural Center's Chamtse Ling Temple on Sept. 7. Norbu is the older brother of the Dalai Lama, who will visit Bloomington that day to lead the dedication.

Two Indiana University Bloomington faculty members, Devin DeWeese, associate professor of Central Eurasian Studies and director of the Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, and Kevin Young, the Ruth Lilly Professor of Poetry, have been awarded Guggenheim fellowships for 2003.