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The Nov. 7, 2008, edition of IU Home Pages focuses on Indiana University's international programs, and the new connections IU has made with universities around the world.
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The Grand Tour: Art and Travel on display now at the IU Art Museum
Now -Dec. 21,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., IU Art Museum, Special Exhibitions, Bloomington -- This exhibition examines the phenomenon of the Grand Tour, an extended period of travel that was popular with artists and wealthy tourists from the mid-18th to the early-20th century. Works are drawn from the permanent collections of the IU Art Museum and the Lilly Library. A complimentary brochure accompanies this exhibition.
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Innovative SPEA class practices what it teaches: reducing the carbon footprint
Indiana University students and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service professionals are learning together this semester in an IU course on conservation and global climate change. And, through the use of innovative technology, they are doing so in a way that doesn't contribute to climate change. The IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs course meets in Bloomington, but USFWS personnel from eight states participate via telephone connection and desktop sharing computer software.
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When Monica Dignam needed to research volunteer motivation, she sought out the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs' top-ranked nonprofit management program. There she found Beth Gazley, an assistant professor who researches voluntarism and volunteer management, inter-sectoral relations and collaboration. Their joint research has now been developed into a landmark book, The Decision to Volunteer: Why People Give Their Time and How You Can Engage Them.
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Two new Indiana University research efforts are focused on the production and use of energy and its impact on the economy and the environment, including climate change. The Center for Research in Energy and the Environment is based at IU Bloomington and administered by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The Indiana Consortium for Research in Energy Systems and Policy is a partnership of IU Bloomington, IUPUI and Purdue.
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In the first study to look at the effect of neighborhood greenness on inner city children's weight over time, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the University of Washington report that higher neighborhood greenness is associated with slower increases in children's body mass over a two-year period, regardless of residential density.
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Indiana University Kokomo stands at the forefront of accountability by participating in a newly-launched Web site that features an assessment of colleges and universities across the country. College Portrait, a voluntary program, compares student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes.
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Mayors of 39 Indiana cities took part in specialized training, Nov. 6-7, as the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns launched the first Mayors Institute in Indianapolis.
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As 2008 draws to an end, economists at Indiana University and its Kelley School of Business hope that the nation and Indiana can escape 2009 with only a moderate recession -- similar in severity to those in 1990 and in 2001. The Kelley School's Business Outlook Panel presented a forecast for 2009 predicting that national output (Gross Domestic Product) will decline through the first half of 2009 -- dropping more than 1 percent during the recession -- before growing in the second half.
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The Oct. 14, 2008, edition of Perspectives in Policy featured analysis by Indiana University experts of policy issues in the 2008 presidential election. Included were articles on health policy, energy policy, Iraq, government management, education and the historic nature of the campaign, with an African-American candidate for president on one ticket and a woman candidate for vice president on the other.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie delivered his first State of the University address on Oct. 14, 2008, in the University Place Conference Center Auditorium on the IUPUI campus. In the address, McRobbie, who became IU's 18th president in July 2007, provided an update on the strategic priorities he announced during his 2007 inaugural address. McRobbie reviewed faculty and staff accomplishments and laid out a course for achieving continued and growing excellence in IU's two core missions, education and research. The speech is now available on the Internet in text and video formats.
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