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National Student Clearinghouse appoints Hossler as executive director

Don Hossler

The National Student Clearinghouse has appointed Indiana University School of Education Professor Donald Hossler as executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC), the non-profit organization that maintains a comprehensive registry of higher education student data.   Full Story >>

MacArthur grant funds School of Education researchers' study of "systems thinking"

Melissa Gresalfi

The MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $727,000 for a project examining the development of systems thinking in middle school students and developing new curriculum for teachers across disciplines.   Full Story >>

IU community shocked, saddened by professor's death

Indiana University is saddened by the loss of an IU professor. Don Belton was an assistant professor in the IU Bloomington Department of English, and he was a member of the Creative Writing Program faculty.   Full Story >>

IU History Learning Project featured in Chronicle of Higher Education

History Learning project

The History Learning Project, a project developed by Indiana University faculty members to document and improve student learning in the discipline of history, is the subject of a feature article this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education.   Full Story >>

Peebles recognized as distinguished scholar, IT leader

Peebles Award

Christopher S. Peebles, Indiana University professor emeritus of anthropology, has been awarded the Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion by IU President Michael McRobbie. Recognized for his prominent achievement and dedicated service, Peebles is a distinguished expert on the ancient past whose contributions to IU's high tech present and future also are recognized with this honor.   Full Story >>

Research explores social behavioral dimensions of national security

Department of Defense

Indiana University sociologist Stephen Benard is co-recipient of a new National Science Foundation award to study how dominant members of groups behave when a group is facing threats. The grant, which Benard shares with principal investigator Patrick Barclay of the University of Guelph, is part of a joint NSF/Department of Defense program supporting research that explores the social and behavioral dimensions of national security, conflict and cooperation.   Full Story >>