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Professor Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, team member of the Indy Toxic Heritage: Pollution, Place, and Power exhibit, invites you to view the exhibit at the Riverside Park Family Center through September 28th. There will also be a public conversation on Thursday, September 26th, 5-7pm with photographer Wildstyle Paschall and journalist Enrique Saenz. They will be sharing their …

In 2022, Writing Program Director Andy Buchenot and Associate Director Jennifer Price Mahoney began exploring the possibilities of developing open educational resources (OER) for W131, IU Indianapolis’s required first-year writing course. OER are teaching materials that use an open license, permitting “no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others” (UNESCO). They made this project …

Professor Edward Curtis, newly-appointed director of Arabic Studies program, has announced his three-year plan for the future of the program. Curtis’ goals include the following: Community Engagement. The program will rely on a soon-to-be-announced Community Advisory Board to identify opportunities for mutually-beneficial research, teaching, and service both on and off campus with members of the …

On April 25, 2024, Edward Curtis, Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts (Indiana University Indianapolis), led the official ceremony to dedicate Indiana Historical Bureau’s Syrian Quarter marker at Lucas Oil Stadium, where immigrants from the Eastern Mediterranean developed the first Arabic-speaking neighborhood in Indianapolis. Speakers included Curtis, who is also President of Arab Indianapolis Foundation, …

Professor Chris Lamb with the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at IU Indianapolis, teaches a course called Fake News. The course name was inspired by President Donald Trump, who falsely claimed to have invented the term. Trump’s lies and misstatements are well chronicled. As he explains, “I wanted to chronicle his failure as a …

To an audience representing 30 states and 5 countries, Dr. Kelsey Binion, recent graduate from the Health Communication PhD Program, and Dr. Maria Brann, professor of Communication Studies, presented a plenary session titled, “Exploring the Use of Theatre to Inform and Shape Behaviors About Infertility” at the annual Institute of Reproductive Grief Care symposium. They …

Associate Professor of Sociology Andrew Whitehead appears as a featured voice in a new documentary on Christian nationalism titled GOD & COUNTRY. The film opens in theaters nationwide–including Indianapolis–on Friday, February 16. GOD & COUNTRY takes a closer look at the dangerous implications and explores how a base of Christians has radically stoked a movement …

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 …

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 Professor Richard Steinberg for receiving a life time achievement award, granted annually by ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action). The Distinguished Achievement and Leadership Award is given for significant and sustained contributions to the field through leadership as a researcher or practitioner. Nominees must have demonstrated outstanding achievement(s) as …