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Drs. Jennifer Bute and Maria Brann, along with a team of researchers from across the country, recently published a novel screening tool, Reproductive Grief Screen, to identify patients who may be experiencing ongoing, complicated grief following a pregnancy loss.  Click here for the press release highlighting the critical importance of this new tool and read …

Dr. Kelly Hayes, Dept. of Religious Studies newly published work, Spirits of the Space Age: The Imagined World of Brazil’s Valley of the Dawn, details the historical emergence of The Valley of the Dawn, a highly eclectic new religious movement known for its spectacular material culture and all-encompassing aesthetics. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Kelly …

Dr. Rachel Wheeler, Chair of the Department of Religous Studies at IU Indianapolis published and excellent and timely opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed, titled: A Cure for Humanities Deficiency Syndrome. She eloquently lays out a strong argument against the logic that has led to many universities across the country cutting Humanities programs. To help …

Dr. Andrew Whitehead, co-directs the Association of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA) at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture; they were awarded a $1.6 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to use the ARDA to Strengthen the Religion Research Community, 2023-2026.  Click here to read more about this important project …

Assistant Professor of English Sarah Layden‘s new book of short stories, Imagine Your Life Like This, was reviewed by Kathryn Ludwig for the Indiana Authors Awards book reviews, which makes the reviews available to newspapers across the state. Layden was interviewed about the book by Indiana Humanities/Indiana Authors Awards. Click here to Watch the interview:  …

Congratulations Dr. Aniruddha (Rudy) Banerjee, Geography at IU Indianapolis, for being awarded a US Patent for Methods And Systems Providing Aerial Transport Network Infrastructures For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Click here to learn more! Abstract: SKYDOS creates a comprehensive retail delivery ecosystem with security protocols imitating a century old, reality-tested and fine-tuned robust model, the current …

Congratulations to Dr. Carrie Foote for receviing the HIV Advocacy Award from the Indianapolis Urban League for her community based HIV criminal law reform advocacy and scholarship as  Chair and co-founder of the HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana (HMM) and a national expert on HIV criminal law reform! She is a long-term HIV-thriver who was once homeless, …