Nobel laureate visiting campus
Dr. Oscar Arias, 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and former Costa Rican president, will arrive at IU Sunday afternoon to deliver two Patten lectures and spend time with students on the campus for the week. Dr. Arias strove to institute his peace plan in Central America during a time of strife and civil war. For these efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987. With the funds he was awarded, Dr. Arias established an organization called the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress. This foundation, geared to "promote just and peaceful societies in Central America and other regions," is split up into three divisions: the Center for Human Progress, the Center for Peace and Reconciliation and the Center for Organized Participation.

