Lugar and Nunn share international insights
NPR’s Steve Inskeep enjoys a laugh with Sens. Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn at the close of their public conversation Tuesday in UIndy’s Ransburg Auditorium. See photo gallery below. The future of Ukraine...
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 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 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 ArticleTexas update: Heat, cameras and desperation
On the job at Sacred Heart Burial Park NEWS UPDATES: WISH-TV, Indianapolis WGBT-TV, Harlingen, TX As their blog makes clear, UIndy’s Dr. Krista Latham and her student team of forensic scientists are...
View ArticleProf’s writing probes politics of language
You’ve probably never heard of the pidgin language Camfranglais, but it is gradually changing cultural and political life in the west central African Republic of Cameroon, ruled for more than three...
View ArticleVideo: Texas migrant project has deep impact
A compelling, self-produced video illustrates the human impact of the work performed by a UIndy student-faculty forensic science team earlier this month in southern Texas. Assistant Professor of...
View ArticleHistorian: WWI tensions echo in today’s world
Sondhaus Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the spark that ignited the first truly global military conflict, and despite the passage of time, many current international crises can be linked to the...
View ArticleIR prof is featured speaker for elite D.C. event
Woodwell Associate Professor of International Relations Douglas Woodwell is heading to Washington, D.C., this weekend, and not just to watch fireworks on the National Mall. Dr. Woodwell is the featured...
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 ArticleIn the news: History, Int’l Relations, Sociology
Frantz Associate Professor of History Edward Frantz — who also directs UIndy’s Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives — was interviewed for two recent stories in the Indianapolis Star....
View ArticleBiology graduate featured on national podcast
Cheneta Morrison, right, at work in Texas UIndy alumna Cheneta Morrison is the latest subject of The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Say Something podcast, which focuses on interesting activities among...
View ArticlePublic Health prof: Don’t lose sleep over Ebola
McMorrow See WIBC news report The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is rightfully a concern for the international community, but it’s not a health threat for the vast majority of Americans, says UIndy’s...
View ArticleProfessor honored among ‘Living Legends’
UIndy Professor Phylis Lan Lin, second from left, poses with fellow honorees at the 10th anniversary gala of the Indy Asian American Times newspaper. Professor of Sociology Phylis Lan Lin was honored...
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 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 Article5 questions: Obama’s immigration action
President Barack Obama’s new executive action on immigration, announced Thursday night, is neither the overreach his opponents have criticized nor the sweeping move some supporters have hailed, says a...
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 ArticleService-Learning Symposium set for May 28-30
Sixth international event, to be hosted at UIndy, carries global theme Academics, students and professionals from around the world will gather May 28-30 at the University of Indianapolis for the sixth...
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...
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