Matthew Baggetta, an assistant professor in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, won a national award for publishing an article on leadership.
Summer orientation is the largest of four New Student Orientation programs for students and their parents, according to the Office of First Year Experience’s website. It is attended by most students who enter IU in the fall. It is a two-day experience designed to help incoming freshmen navigate campus and learn what resources are available to them.
On June 3, the Obama administration welcomed a National Conference on Mental Health to the White House. Pescosolido said she believed part of the conference was to correct the misinformed image that people involved in mass shootings suffer from mental illness.
Summer orientation takes place in June and July during the six weeks FYE offers.
Two studies, one published online in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research and one published in the journal of Social Science and Medicine, highlighted the negative impact workplace and financial stress can have on health behaviors, according to a press release.
On June 7, IU announced IU administrator and education professor Barbara A. Bichelmeyer has been named interim chancellor at IU Southeast, according to a press release. Her new position will take effect July 1.
IU’s Center for Constitutional Democracy has been asked to aid the government of Liberia in designing proposed amendments to the country’s constitution.
Tuition and fee rate increases for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic year were approved by the IU Board of Trustees after a public forum held at IUPUI June 5.
More than 20 IU Bloomington faculty members are participating in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity's Faculty Success Program, a summer “boot camp” that helps faculty launch and maintain successful academic careers, according to the release.
Not only does June 7 mark the beginning of Cream and Crimson Alumni Weekend and the Alumni Leaders Conference, but five individuals will also be awarded that evening for their volunteer and service leadership to the IU Alumni Association.
On Friday, May 24, IU President Michael McRobbie recommended that the University’s Board of Trustees increase tuition and fee rates for Indiana resident undergraduate students by an average of 1.75 percent each of the next two academic years, according to a press release.
This past spring, United Way of Monroe County and the Financial Stability Alliance for South Central Indiana helped area residents file a record number of tax returns.
On May 21, the Office of the Provost unveiled a new teaching space in the Student Building.
Ian McIntosh, director of international partnerships at IUPUI, has recently found his name in the news on a global scale.
Vice Provost Tom Gieryn named Shannon E. Martin, professor in the IU School of Journalism, associate vice provost for faculty and academic affairs at IU Wednesday, according to a press release.
Indiana University bid farewell to yet another leader in higher education May 20 in the IMU. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Sonya Stephens, who served since January 2009, has been selected to become the next vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty for Mount Holyoke College. She will assume her new role July 1.
Following the departure of Vice Provost Sonya Stephens, Dennis Groth has been named interim vice provost for undergraduate education, IU announced Monday afternoon.
Dr. Jay L. Hess has recently been selected as the new vice president for university clinical affairs and dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine, pending approval of the IU Board of Trustees at its June meeting, according to a press release.
IU was recently recognized as a 2013 Laureate by IDG Enterprise’s Computerworld Honors Program, according to a press release. The annual award program honors visionary information technology applications that encourage positive social, economic and educational change. IU earned the distinction for the eTexts initiative and recent wireless network upgrade to ensure reliable, secure access to digital materials, according to the release.
The Kinsey Institute and the School of Informatics and Computing have joined together to create a mobile app, now available for Apple and Android mobile platforms, for collecting and reporting anonymous data regarding sexual activity, public displays of affection, female hormonal birth control use and effects, sexual fetishes, flirting and other intimate behaviors.
