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In this Olympics-themed media tip sheet, Indiana University experts discuss the controversial bodysuit in swimming, Tibetan independence, endangered wildlife protection efforts in China, a starting system that could cost U.S. track and field athletes medals, and sports law at the Olympics.
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A new project at Indiana University, funded with a $96,600 grant from the Social Science Research Council, hopes to break down some of the misconceptions about Islam and increase intercultural dialogue and understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.
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Indiana University's Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide language and culture training to 70 senior U.S. military and State Department officials who will command and participate in 12 U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan.
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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.
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Four Indiana University scholars will participate Saturday in a roundtable discussion, "The Crisis in Tibet." The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. in room 003 of Ballantine Hall on the IU Bloomington campus. The public is invited. The IU experts will lead a wide-ranging discussion of the events, their causes and their implications for China, Tibet and the international community.
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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.
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