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IUPUI is always looking for ways to move beyond the walls of campus and engage with the surrounding community, the city, and the state. In fact, IUPUI was recently recognized by Washington Monthly as a “Best College for Student Voting 2020.” Let’s keep it up! The IUPUI office of Community Engagement has a great resource …

Congratulations to our colleagues Dr. Amanda Friesen (Political Science) and Dr. Joseph Tucker Edmonds (Africana Studies and Religious Studies) for being selected to receive a Racial Justice Research Fund grant! Their work is titled, “The Black/Body Positive: Black Women, Faith, and Well-Being.” We’ll follow the progress of this research with great interest!

The Department of Political Science offers the traditional major in Political Science (which has consistently been one of the largest majors in the School of Liberal Arts) and added the Law in Liberal Arts major just a few years ago. Since its introduction, the Law in Liberal Arts major has been a wonderful success story, …

Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Pegg on his recent appointment to the advisory board of the new NGO called Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). CAPPA “…works to advance human rights, challenge corporate abuse of our natural resources and build community power for inclusive development and participatory governance. CAPPA is a Pan – African …

Don’t miss any of the important voting deadlines coming up here in Indiana! Here is a helpful checklist from the League of Women Voters of Indianapolis:

Be sure and check out Dr. Pegg’s recent publication over at the De Facto States Research Unit titled “The Somaliland-Taiwan Partnership: A New Frontier in De Facto State Diplomacy.” Spoiler Alert: Barbara Streisand makes a surprise guest appearance! Check it out here