Senior statesman shares insights with teens
Nearly 450 high schoolers from throughout the state gathered Saturday at UIndy for the 39th annual Richard G. Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders, which opened in Ransburg Auditorium with an address...
View ArticleAlum to discuss role in major fossil discovery
Zachary Throckmorton, part of team that identified new hominin species Homo naledi, will return to campus Nov. 19 for a public presentation The University of Indianapolis will welcome back one of its...
View ArticleActivist doctor takes aim at global health care
Physician and international health activist Paul Farmer addresses the audience Tuesday at UIndy’s Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. His talk was presented by the University Series and the Blanche E....
View ArticleGlobal health activist Farmer to speak Oct. 6
Dr. Paul Farmer discusses the condition of Eunice Newa, 12, during clinical rounds at Neno District Hospital in Malawi. Newa was treated for malaria as well as anemia. (Photo by Rebecca E....
View ArticleService conference aims for global impact
International Symposium on Service-Learning runs next week at UIndy BACKGROUND: What is service-learning? Nearly 200 participants from eight nations will attend the sixth biennial International...
View ArticleFaculty Forum: Rehabilitating a Belizean prison
Whiteacre For this month’s installment of the Faculty Forum lunchtime lecture series on Thursday, two faculty members from the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice will share the results of...
View ArticleFlag celebration features nearly 80 nations
Sophomore marketing major Sultan Salamh of Saudi Arabia offered to carry the Jamaican flag in Thursday’s Celebration of the Flags opening procession. Thursday was cool, wet and gray outside, but the...
View ArticleAnthropologists to discuss migrants’ plight
A UIndy anthropologist and a colleague will speak Oct. 16 on campus about their research and humanitarian work on the plight of undocumented migrants. “Essential Collaborations: Bringing Together...
View ArticleIn the news: lacrosse, first family, forensics
Willey The first season is more than a year away, but the UIndy men’s and women’s lacrosse program leads a story in this week’s Indianapolis Business Journal. Sports business reporter Anthony Schoettle...
View ArticleForensic team resuming Texas migrant project
University of Indianapolis students (clockwise from left) Erica Christensen, Jessica Campbell, Justin Maiers and Ryan Strand exhume unidentified remains from a Texas grave in 2013. Follow their story...
View ArticleStudents enjoy quality time with Prof. Lugar
Associate Professor Ted Frantz, left, moderates a discussion on the Ukraine situation Tuesday at UIndy with faculty colleague Richard Lugar. The value of being able to posing direct questions to a...
View ArticleStudents raising funds for Ghana school project
On previous trips to Ghana led by Dr. Jodie Ferise, students have assisted in building and stocking libraries in rural villages. A Zumba dance fitness session Friday at UIndy will support an effort to...
View ArticleUniversity connects with international alumni in China
The University of Indianapolis has connections in China, Brazil, Turkey and beyond that allow for the exchange of faculty members and students and other collaborative activities. Through accredited...
View ArticleConversation Circles become cultural exchange opportunity
It’s Monday evening at the Writing Lab at Krannert Memorial Library, and somehow the conversation has wandered into the topic of raw baby octopus and pickled crickets. Whether the talk is about food,...
View ArticleFormer, future Greyhounds go for the gold
Swimming World magazine conducted this interview with Dalton Herendeen just before he secured a spot on the U.S. swim team for the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil. Two UIndy-connected swimmers — one a...
View ArticleHistorian: Surprise ‘Brexit’ vote is perfect storm
UK voters’ discontent echoes unusual election year in the US, he says WIBC-FM report IndyPolitics.org interview (audio) A specialist in modern British history, Dr. Chad Martin knew the so-called...
View ArticleProfs’ project shows issues facing refugees
UIndy researchers spent nine months working with local Congolese women McMorrow UPDATE: Read NUVO Newsweekly story Today has been declared World Refugee Day by the United Nations, and two UIndy...
View ArticleForensics team continues Texas migrant project
UIndy Human Biology master’s degree candidates Amanda Khan (left) and Helen Brandt analyze skeletal remains in a laboratory at Texas State University. Associate Professor Krista Latham and the graduate...
View ArticleForeign journalists receive UIndy education
History & Political Science faculty members Laura Albright and Edward Frantz speak this morning to foreign journalists on a State Department press tour. A group of 24 foreign journalists came to...
View ArticleUIndy undergrad lands Fulbright scholarship
Sociology/philosophy major will study pro-democracy movement in Morocco Mitiche UIndy senior Ahmed “Zak” Mitiche was getting a sandwich Wednesday in Schwitzer Student Center when he checked his email....
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