Faculty
Indiana University's Meredith West, graduate adviser, ombudsman and professor of psychological and brain sciences, and Eliot R. Smith, professor of psychology and cognitive science in the College of Arts and Sciences, along with John Mikesell, director of the Master of Public Affairs Program and professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, have been named Chancellor's Professors.
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Four Indiana University Bloomington faculty members have been awarded an $80,000 foundation grant for a three-year project to document and improve student learning in history. The grant comes from the Spencer and Teagle Foundations' initiative for Systematic Improvement of Undergraduate Education in Research Universities.
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Debbie Melloan, a counselor for the sexual assault crisis service at the Indiana University Student Health Center, and Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, professor of music theory at the Jacobs School of Music, received the 2008 OWA Outstanding Staff Award and the 2008 OWA Distinguished Scholar Award, respectively, at a ceremony and reception last week. The awards are given by the IU Office of Women's Affairs.
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Chancellor's Professor of History, Michael Bess, will speak about "The Virtues of Selfishness as a Teacher" in the first lecture of the new Indiana University Chancellor's Professors' Distinguished Masters Invited Lecture Series on Monday, (April 7) at 4 p.m. in the Moot Court Room of the IU Law School. There will be a reception following the lecture in the Federal Room at the Indiana Memorial Union.
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Upsetting and sometimes tragic events that occur locally, nationally and internationally can leave educators to cope not only with their own emotions, but also those of their students. A workshop to prepare them for managing the emotional aftermath of such events, when day-to-day teaching and learning is put aside, is being offered at IU Bloomington.
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Faculty awards for outstanding teaching, research and service to Indiana University will be presented on 2008 Founders Day, Sunday (March 30) at 4:30 p.m. during an invitation-only event for the award recipients and their family and friends, in Alumni Hall, Indiana Memorial Union.
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