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IU Office of Sustainability announces summer 2012 interns
The Indiana University Office of Sustainability has named 17 interns (several SPEA students) to continue efforts toward a more sustainable IU Bloomington during the summer of 2012.
5/17/12Indiana University Grad Launches Career Fighting for Justice
2012 SPEA graduate Cari Morales accepted into the DART Organizers Institute
5/15/12Funding awarded for multidisciplinary projects at IU Bloomington
Ashlyn Nelson receives one of the seven initiatives developed by faculty members at Indiana University Bloomington, funding from the Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund, administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
5/4/12IU's Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis renamed for Elinor and Vincent Ostrom
Indiana University has renamed the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis to honor Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom, who founded the interdisciplinary research center in 1973. The name change was approved today by the IU Board of Trustees.
4/25/12Lugar-Mourdock contest: IU experts available to discuss Indiana's GOP Senate primary
Experts discuss the following topics related to the Indiana Republican Senate primary race: Incumbent Lugar still favored; What are the points of debate?; Moderation a virtue for 'courageous minds'; The influence of money.
4/23/12IU Bloomington ranked a top Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows graduate school
Parker said SPEA's dedication to the Peace Corps Fellows program was a large part of his decision to apply to and attend Indiana University.
4/18/12IU professor Elinor Ostrom named to Time’s list of 100 most influential people
Ostrom, a 2009 Nobel Prize laureate, is Distinguished Professor and Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. She is also a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and senior research director at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
4/17/12Phil Stevens appointed Rudy Professor
Phil Stevens, a preeminent scholar on air quality and climate change, has been appointed as the Rudy Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
4/17/12McGuire, Agranoff Win Best Article Award
Michael McGuire and Bob Agranoff have been honored for “cutting edge” scholarship that will help other researchers go “beyond the hype” as they study the way governments function.
4/13/12The Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service-Learning
Professor Beth Gazley is awarded The Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service-Learning.
4/5/12Scientist Michael Mann to speak at IU Bloomington on ‘Climate Wars’
Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will speak on “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars” at 8 p.m. on April 17 in the Georgian Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. The lecture is free and open to the public.
3/26/12Alice Rivlin, economist and former U.S. Cabinet official, speaking at IU on April 5
Rivlin's lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1050 of the Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center of the IU Kelley School of Business, 1275 E. 10th St. Also hosting Rivlin is the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
3/18/12National Service’s Fight for the Future
While many national-service advocates are disappointed by the slowdown of the Serve America Act, others say it may have headed off real problems. David Reingold who worked at the corporation from 2002 to 2004, says the nonprofit world was not ready for a huge influx of new cash—and some groups may have ended up mishandling it. “Rapid, rapid growth is very dangerous.
3/13/12Governor Mitch Daniels’ statement on rankings
3/13/12IU graduate programs again ranked highly by U.S. News
SPEA continues to be Indiana University’s top ranked graduate school and is first among all state university public affairs programs.
3/6/12The Policy Challenge
In response to the Startup America Policy Challenge, SPEA is partnering with a network of schools and organizations to mobilize students, scholars, practitioners, and concerned public citizens from across the country to participate in The Policy Challenge.
3/5/12Indiana University named a 2011 Tree Campus USA by Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation has named Indiana University Bloomington a Tree Campus USA in honor of its commitment to effective community forestry management. This is the fourth year of recognition for Indiana University.
3/5/12Scholars from China and around the world will convene at IU for global governance conference
More than 30 scholars on Chinese business and politics from around the world will come to Indiana University Bloomington on March 22 to 24 to present research at the Conference on China and Global Governance.
2/28/12Report examines what U.S. can learn from EU chemicals law
A new report from Indiana University supplies a close examination of the European Union's reformed chemicals law REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals), which went into effect in 2006.
2/27/12Former treasury secretary takes active role at Indiana University and makes large donation
O'Neill designated his gift for the Lynton Keith Caldwell Professorship in International Environmental Studies.