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Holly Cusack-McVeigh honored with 2023 Bantz-Petronio Translating Research into Practice Award

Tue, Jul 11, 2023

Congratulations to Holly Cusack-McVeigh, PhD, this year’s recipient of the 2023 Bantz-Petronio Translating Research into Practice Faculty Award at IUPUI. Dr. Cusack-McVeigh is an associate professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies and Public Scholar of Collections and Community Curation in the IU School of Liberal Arts with an appointment in the Native American & Indigenous Studies Program. Dr. Cusack-McVeigh received this award in recognition of her scholarly research that is deeply grounded in social justice and centered in an interdisciplinary, community-based collaborative approach to address real-world issues.

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Museum Studies masters student honored with prestigious William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion

Fri, Jun 30, 2023

Congratulations to Alyssa Pier, MA student in the IU School of Liberal Arts Museum Studies program, who was honored this spring with the prestigious William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion at IUPUI. Alyssa was one of 22 students recognized for demonstrating exemplary commitment to their communities during their years as an IUPUI student.

The William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion, named in honor of IUPUI’s former Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties (1988 to 2006), was established in 2006 to honor IUPUI graduates who have excelled in their commitment to the community through activities such as service learning, volunteerism, community/social issue advocacy, community work-study, and political engagement. 

See the full list of 2023 Plater Medallion Recipients »

Learn more about the William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion »

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Liberal Arts professor featured in New Yorker

Fri, Jun 30, 2023

Dr. Elizabeth Nelson, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities & Health Studies and Adjunct Assistant Professor of History in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI has co-edited, along with Michelle Daniel Jones, a first-of-its-kind book titled Who Would Believe a Prisoner?: Indiana Women’s Carceral Institutions, 1848-1920. It brings together a group of incarcerated women at the Indiana Women’s Prison to provide a chronicle of what was originally known as the Indiana Reformatory Institute for Women and Girls, founded in 1873 as the first totally separate prison for women in the United States.

In May, the book grabbed national attention of The New Yorker magazine with a featured article titled “A History of Incarceration by Women Who Have Lived Through It”.

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Service-learning is unifying people and cultures all over the world

Tue, Jun 13, 2023

English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers from 24 countries, including Ukraine, Fiji, Senegal, Honduras, and Thailand, traveled to Indianapolis for two weeks earlier this spring to experience first-hand how to use service-learning techniques to teach the English language in their own regions.

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IUPUI Freedom School readies for summer session

Tue, Apr 25, 2023

For six weeks this summer, interns from IUPUI will serve as instructors and organizers to host a Freedom School, a free literacy-based summer program to immerse children in the enjoyment of reading and learning, in/for the Indianapolis community. This high-energy, interactive academic and mentoring program is designed to nurture the development of positive Black and Brown identities in students while enhancing children’s reading skills and strengthening their academic performance.

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