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Congratulations to IU School of Liberal Arts Communication Studies graduate, Myra Kivett, who will celebrate the highest achievement for a graduate when she addresses the Class of 2023 at this year’s undergraduate IUPUI Commencement on May 13. Kivett is a talented, creative artist in the truest sense of the word. She is a singer, songwriter, musician, photographer, and now, orator. We look forward to her inspirational words at graduation!

INDIANAPOLIS-The Office of Alumni Relations honors IUPUI’s Top 100 students for excellence as the top juniors and seniors for the 2022-2023 academic year. IUPUI’s Top 100 students show strength in scholastic achievement, collegiate and co-curricular activities, and civic/community service.

IUPUI has named five IU School of Liberal Arts students as 2023 Elite 50. This honor is presented annually to 50 graduate and professional students who demonstrate excellence beyond the classroom in areas such as campus leadership, scholarly work, and community engagement. These IUPUI Elite 50 represent the best of the best among IUPUI’s graduate and professional students and capture everything that makes IUPUI exceptional.

When two local filmmakers set out to create a cinematic history of Sephardic Jewish traditions in Indianapolis, it was only natural that they sought out Dr. Susan Hyatt, Anthropology professor, for her expertise and narrative approach to bringing customs and culture to life.

In 2020, Dr. Hyatt led a collaborative research project, “The Neighborhood of Saturdays”, that included Department of Anthropology along with community-based organizations, the Concord Neighborhood Center, Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation, South Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, the Southside Picnic Committee, the Old Southside Neighborhood Association and the Stadium Village Business Association to update and digitize their archival research into a digital oral history of a near Southside Indianapolis neighborhood, focusing on the experiences of two communities― Sephardic Jews and African Americans.

While conducting research for their new documentary, “Who We Are”, Sarah and Aaron Margolis-Greenbaum found Dr. Hyatt’s publication The Neighborhood of Saturdays:  Memories of a Multi-Ethnic Community on Indianapolis' South Side and they couldn’t wait to meet her.

The IU School of Liberal Arts International Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) is proud to welcome 25 English as foreign language teachers and administrators from 24 different countries to Indianapolis for a two-week exchange program beginning March 3 to learn the potential of service-learning for promoting both strong 21st century skills (critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity), global awareness, and digital literacy, along with increasing English language skills. The exchange program is sponsored by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Office of English Language Programs through the English Access Microscholarship Program. The program is administered by FHI 360 and hosted by Indianapolis.

University research can have a huge impact in the life of a student and the IU School of Liberal Arts Museum Studies Program is excelling in providing research opportunities that are greatly enriching its undergraduate and graduate students. Several Museum Studies students are taking part in a new academic challenge and discovering their passion for community-engaged research.

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 to support their research or creative project, participate in professional development and collaborate with other faculty. Curtis’ fellowship will support his work in Arab American and Muslim American history.

Significant thermal disparities exist among predominantly white, Black, Hispanic and Asian communities in America’s 200 most populous cities, according to new research from Daniel Johnson, associate professor of geography, at the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

In the study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Johnson examined surface urban heat islands, areas within a city that experience much warmer temperatures than their surrounding landscapes. The research will expand understanding of the dynamic nature of inequitable urban heat exposure and provide new insight into actions cities can take to improve the lives of residents. 

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