Business students launch international loan fund
This week, faculty and students in UIndy’s School of Business are launching a unique program that puts their expertise to work in the cause of international service. The HELIO Loan Fund is a nonprofit...
View ArticleIndian students to share traditional dance
If you’ve never celebrated Navratri before, Monday night is your chance. Thirty members of UIndy’s Indian Student Association, some in colorful homeland dress, will perform and teach traditional dances...
View ArticleProf opens window on obscure academic world
Every few years, the world’s leading scholars of medieval Arabic mathematics gather on Africa’s northern coast to discuss their passion. As one might imagine, it’s a small and somewhat eccentric club....
View ArticleStage is set for athletics center dome inflation
The domed area of UIndy’s new Athletics & Recreation Center will be similar in size and purpose to this facility at Pennsylvania’s Edinboro University, constructed by the same firm, Arizon...
View ArticleCountdown under way for UIndy dome inflation
The northeast corner of the University of Indianapolis campus is bustling this week as a crew prepares to inflate a 90,200-square-foot air-supported dome for the university’s new Athletics &...
View ArticleDespite rain, UIndy rec center dome takes shape
AFTER, AND BEFORE: Erecting an air-supported structure requires a back-and-forth process of inflation and deflation. The work at UIndy began around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and continued to mid-afternoon....
View ArticleFast-forward video shows UIndy dome inflation
Braving hours of rain and cold weather Tuesday, student staffers from UIndy TV huddled on the roof of East Hall to create this high-speed, time-lapse recap as the air-supported section of the...
View ArticleProf: U.S. must support democracy in Egypt
The United States should have been more decisive in calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, says an international relations expert at the University of Indianapolis. But the...
View ArticleIndian students plan evening of color and flavor
UIndy’s Indian Student Association will present an evening of Southeast Asian food and entertainment on Wednesday, March 2. “Colors of India” includes a program from 6 to 8 p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium,...
View ArticleIn the news: Finance prof on Japan crisis impact
Dr. Matt Will, associate professor of finance at UIndy, was called in to the Inside Indiana Business TV studio last week to discuss the impact of Japan’s earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis on the...
View ArticleOn the air: International Relations prof on Libya
Douglas Woodwell, assistant professor of International Relations, offered his views on Libya’s internal conflict this morning on the nationally syndicated Insana Quotient radio talk show, hosted by...
View ArticleHistorian: Royal wedding is study in contrasts
UPDATE: Read Dr. Martin’s remarks in the Christian Science Monitor, here and here. As Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton prepare for their Friday nuptials, the extravagant wedding plans and...
View ArticleDeath of Bin Laden cause for celebration, but terror threat remains, UIndy...
Watch Dr. Woodwell’s WISH-TV interview Read his comments at Discovery News The death of extremist leader Osama bin Laden is certainly a victory for the United States as the 10-year anniversary of the...
View ArticleIn the news: UIndy profs on Bin Laden’s death
The death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has led many news organizations to UIndy’s Department of History, Political Science & International Relations, seeking perspective on the event and its...
View ArticleUIndy group prepares for service trip to Greece
Assistant Professor Michael Poulakis, a native of Greece, offers a quick lesson on his home culture to a group of UIndy volunteers preparing for an upcoming summer service trip to Athens. More than 30...
View ArticleCuban health system worth studying, prof says
Touring Cuba earlier this month, UIndy Assistant Professor Anne Mejia Downs saw much of what Americans might expect in a poor country still clinging to a communist system, including crumbling...
View ArticleUIndy students take healthcare skills to Ecuador
UIndy nursing majors Madeleine Hacker (left) and Alissa Stewart examine a small child during a Spring Term service trip to Ecuador. In a hot and humid but ultimately rewarding experience, a contingent...
View ArticleAlum is expert witness in high-profile murder trial
A 1998 UIndy grad was in the national spotlight today as he offered expert testimony in a high-profile Florida murder trial. John Schultz, now an assistant professor at the University of Central...
View ArticleOn the air: Prof on Afghanistan troop withdrawal
ALSO: UIndy student-veteran offers his take The U.S. troop withdrawal announced this week by President Obama carries some risk, but it will not prompt a sudden Taliban takeover of Afghanistan,...
View ArticleIn the news: Student’s service work in Belize
UIndy senior Anna Elzer is the subject of a story in her hometown newspaper, The Times of Ottawa, Ill. The elementary education major just returned from four weeks of teaching and volunteer work in...
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