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Grace Wolf-Chase’s primary research efforts focus on the earliest stages of star formation, from the formation of low-mass stars similar to our Sun, to the formation of massive stars in rich clusters. Grace served on a task force to develop a Social Statement on Education for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The statement was adopted at the Church-wide Assembly in Chicago in August 2007.
Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary Wake Up follows this fascinating story of an average guy who inexplicably developed the ability to access other dimensions.
Abigail Kuzma is Director and Chief Counsel of Consumer Protection of the Indiana Attorney General’s office; Co-Chair of Indiana’s IPATH, anti-human trafficking task force, and former NAGTRI International Fellow studying human trafficking in 2011. She will provide information specific to Indiana on the issue of human trafficking. Learn more about this serious issue that affects us both globally—and right here in Indiana.
IU’s Kelley School of Business lecturer Sheri Fella talks at this event organized by IU’s African Studies Program and Center for International Business Education and Research (ASP & CIBER) and the World Trade Club of …
Since its founding in the 1960s, more than half a million students have graduated from IUPUI. How has IUPUI shaped Indianapolis and vice versa? The 2012 Joseph T. Taylor Symposium considers the connections between the university and city and how they have created a campus for the community.
With Sen. Richard Lugar scrambling rightward to deal with his Tea Party chellenge in the Republican primary, Lee Hamilton remains as the leading statesman in Indiana politics. His take on the world and the nation should not be missed.
“I have loved Linda Gregg’s poems since I first read them. They are original in the way that really matters: they speak clearly of their source. They are inseparable from the surprising, unrolling, eventful, pure current of their language, and they convey at once the pain of individual loss, a steady and utterly personal radiance. —W. S. Merwin
Social entrepreneurship is a concept that has sprung from IUPUI and is rapidly taking root throughout Indy. Find out what the buzz is all about.
Ten years after September 11, 2001, the U.S. is winding down its military commitment in Iraq and slowly pulling out of Afghanistan. What exit strategy will help Afghanistan and Iraq build stable democratic nations? How can the U.S. continue to achieve its counterterrorism goals? What is the role of the U.S. in the future of the Middle East?
The popular revolts and upheaval of the Arab Spring have radically changed the face of the Middle East. What lies ahead for the Middle East’s transition to democracy? What are the prospects for the governments that have held out in this new order? With many longtime U.S. allies ousted, how will the U.S. recalibrate its relations with the new regimes?