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Enjoy the June 2009 issue of IU Home Pages online. Read about the Sisters of the Flying Fountain Pen and see what IUPUI's Archaeology Field School uncovered in Madam Walker's backyard.
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Herron's summer exhibition is a unique experience
Now-Aug. 8, Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI -- The exhibit, 3X3, is a unique experience. Three regional curators were invited to select one artist from their city. Treated as three solo shows within the galleries, interesting intersections of contemporary art practice will be explored through three exceptional displays.
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SPEA grad student spans globe, leads in electronic waste recycling
"I never imagined upon entering SPEA that the following year I would be shaking hands with the President of the EU Council in Prague," says graduate student Laura Knudsen. As an extension of her 2008 summer internship, Knudsen authored a grant proposal that won an Energy Globe Award, one of today's most prominent environmental prizes.
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IUPUI faculty members from the nonprofit management program in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Fund Raising School of the IU Center on Philanthropy traveled to Beijing in May to help lead a 10-day "green leadership" seminar for leaders of the budding Chinese environmental movement.
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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass health care reform legislation by August, and citizen, political and interest groups are battling over principles and details. Indiana University experts from the fields of medicine, public health, law, public policy and economics share their perspectives on the topic.
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Despite skyrocketing unemployment in the surrounding community, Indiana University Kokomo has remained a stable economic force with an impressive "economic footprint" on the north-central Indiana region of more than $22 million. This figure includes compensation for faculty and staff and payments for goods and services.
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Family homelessness in Indianapolis increased by 78 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to an alarming new study. Additionally, the study found 1,454 homeless persons in Marion County on the night of the study: Jan. 29, 2009. The Indiana University Center for Health Policy partnered with the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention to perform the count and survey of the homeless.
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Indiana University Press has just published the first book on an IU partnership that is Kenya's most comprehensive initiative to combat HIV. The book, Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership is Winning the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, chronicles the historic partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
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According to new published research by professors in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, many organizations fail to implement evidence-based policies that encourage whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing internally and suffer the consequences.
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The June 9, 2009, issue of Perspectives on Policy featured a story about an energy-policy conference that the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs sponsored in Washington, D.C. It also included stories about Indiana soldiers teaching about agriculture in Afghanistan, a professor's book on "Distrust, American style," an IU School of Social Work partnership with an Indianapolis church, a comparison of U.S., Mexican and Canadian health care systems, a course that took IU students to South Korea, and a commentary on H1N1 flu and the Mexican economy.
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The IU Bloomington Web site has debuted a new look. In addition to favorite components of the current site -- such as the A-Z Big List, news and events sections, and both topical and audience navigation -- the new site includes more photography, video as a regular feature, and a new and improved campus photo tour.
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