Sociology Department
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Oct. 31) extended congratulations to Michael D. Higgins, an IU alumnus who will become Ireland's ninth president.
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Indiana University faculty members will discuss their research, including studies of the relationship between alcohol sales and violent crime and the effects of 1990s welfare reform on poor women during the recent recession, at the American Sociological Association's 2011 Annual Meeting on Aug. 20-23 in Las Vegas.
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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (May 24) announced that he has chosen David Zaret to be vice president for international affairs. The appointment, which is to be effective July 1, is subject to approval of the IU Board of Trustees. Zaret will succeed Patrick O'Meara, who served as dean and then vice president for international affairs for the last two decades.
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Two research centers at Indiana University Bloomington have organized a delegation of IU scholars, state business executives and journalists, who will leave for southeast China on Friday (March 11) for an eight-day visit.
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A joint study by Indiana University and Columbia University researchers found no change in prejudice and discrimination toward people with serious mental illness or substance abuse problems despite a greater embrace by the public of neurobiological explanations for these illnesses.
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A federal judge in California ruled that the controversial ban on same-sex marriages violated the Constitution's equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment. Indiana University Sociology Professor Brian Powell said the legal ruling claimed that public opinion is not sufficient to deny people certain rights. Public opinion, however, also is changing, according to his research that involves interviews with more than 2,000 adults nationwide about their attitudes toward same-sex marriage.
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