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Smoking during pregnancy, which causes maternal, fetal, and infant morbidity and mortality, is a major public health concern. Many countries around the world have recently tightened age-based purchase restriction policies as a tobacco control measure. In December 2019, the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products in the United States was raised from 18 to 21 …

Dr. Marianne Wokeck, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of History in the IU School of Liberal Arts, has won the 2022 William F. Eagan Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors. The award is given “In Recognition of a Lifetime of Service.” Dr. Wokeck became a member of AAUP when …

On Monday, December 5, 2022, Dr. Laura Holzman, SLA faculty member in Museum Studies, gave a presentation in the Engaged Art History Event Series on the process of developing and leading a project-based course involving multiple types of partners. In fall 2022, the Museum Studies Program at Indiana University IUPUI launched a collaboration with the …

Dr. Edward Curtis is one of eight Indiana University faculty members who have been awarded the inaugural IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship in 2022. The program aims to accelerate and amplify the work of outstanding IU faculty poised to become national and international leaders in their fields. Each recipient will receive $50,000 in funding …

Dr. David Craig, Professor of Religious Studies, at the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has been selected to participate in one of the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF)  leadership programs. These ground breaking programs connect changemakers across the country—from every profession and field—to learn from and work with one another in creating …

Join Dr Carrie Foote, Sociology this Wednesday, November 9 for a very special Trail Talk at the Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis as part of the Spirit & Place Festival. The event is free to the public. Registration is encouraged. A visual art show featuring Indy-based artist Contonnia Turner, Jr. and photographer/digital artist Todd Fuqua will provide …

On Oct 4, The Indiana General Assembly interim legislative study committee declared unanimous support for modernizing Indiana’s HIV criminal Laws. Dr. Carrie Foote, a national expert on HIV stigma and criminal law reform, from the IUPUI  Sociology Department and chair of the HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana was among key experts testifying in favor of reform. The …

Dr Carrie Foote in Sociology was interviewed for this article about the first ever Indiana General Assembly summer study session on the state’s criminal laws concerning HIV.  “Current scientific knowledge has resulted in existing laws being outdated, Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, was first officially reported in the United States in the early 1980s. The …

So how much influence does Christian nationalism have on American politics? And how big a threat does it pose to democracy?  Click here to tune into this recent NPR show featuring Sociology Professor Dr. Andrew Whitehead as one of three national experts on the topic.

“Arab Indianapolis: A Hidden History” premiered June 16th on WFYI. Dean Eitle attended the in-person premiere last week. The film will likely air around the state on various PBS affiliates (so far, Michiana and Muncie have signed on). It will also stream for years on the national PBS app:https://www.pbs.org/video/arab-indianapolis-a-hidden-history-i8qegh/ The appearance of the documentary is …