Indiana University's 2009 Ethics Bowl team placed third last week in the Central States Ethics Bowl Regional competition, ensuring its place in upcoming national competition. The team is comprised of five undergraduate students and is sponsored by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University.

Indiana University Bloomington holds more than 560,000 audio and video recordings and film reels, many of which are historically significant, all of which are actively deteriorating. And the window of time to save these materials is closing fast.

John Louis Lucaites, professor of rhetoric and public culture and adjunct professor of American studies at Indiana University, is the co-recipient of the 2008 James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, as well the Diamond Anniversary Book Award.

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.

Religious, cultural and legal experts from Indiana University Bloomington and Indianapolis will discuss religious faith, politics and the 2004 presidential election during a panel discussion at Indiana University Bloomington on April 1.

Professor LeRoy Walters from Georgetown University will be the speaker for the Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture on March 11 at 4 p.m. on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. Walters will speak on "Five Policy Options for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An International Perspective."

Five different topics in ethics will be discussed in an upcoming series of seminars sponsored by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University Bloomington.