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Liberal Arts in the News

News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Books by Faculty | Economics | English | Geography | History | Philanthropic Studies | Religious Studies | Research

Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.

Professor dismayed by drop in geography know-how
The Associated Press, July 30, 2009
News of a study by Geography professor F.L. Bein that shows students are not very knowledgeable about geography is picked up by the Associated Press and run in the Chicago Tribune’s online outlet. [Article]

War movies a mirror of society’s attitudes
Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel Online, July 25, 2009
Monroe H. Little, Jr., associate professor of history and director of Africana Studies, discusses war movies and how viewers respond to them in this newspaper story about a new movie about the Iraq war. [Article]

Dig finds a thriving cultural mecca in Indianapolis
NPR, July 23, 2009
Anthropology professor Paul Mullins is leading a dig along Indiana Avenue near the IUPUI campus, unearthing what the once thriving African-American neighborhood was like in its heyday. [Article]

Former IUPUI professor appointed to a top position in China
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, July 22, 2009
Yi Gang, who was an associate professor of economics at IUPUI from 1986 to 1994, has been named chief of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange. [Article]

Freshmen getting a jump start at IUPUI
WISH-TV.com Channel 8, July 21, 2009
Mary Sauer, Senior Lecturer in English and Associate Director of Writing, talks about the challenges incoming freshmen face at IUPUI and other universities and what IUPUI is doing to increase retention. [Article]

Need for Chinese language teachers growing, IU responding
IU News Room, June 30, 2009
A summer institute offered by the Confucius Institute helped prepare Chinese language teachers. [Article]

Predestination reviewed by several outlets
Predestination : The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine, by Religious Studies Professor and Chair Peter Thuesen, was reviewed in Christianity Today [Article] on June 10, The Wall Street Journal on June 26 [Article], and the Indianapolis Star‘s religion reporter, Robert King, blogged about the book here.

Study: Living near fast food not associated with weight gain
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, June 16, 2009
A study by IUPUI researchers including Economics Professor Robert Sandy and Geographer Jeff Wilson explored the effects of living near fast-food restaurants and was highlighted on InsideIndianaBusiness. [Article] Also, stories about the report ran in at least two other media outlets: Indiana Daily Student, IU’s student-run newspaper, June 24, 2009 [Article], and Examiner.com, June 29, 2009 [Article]. A variety of television outlets also featured the research findings.

IU to offer undergraduate degree in philanthropy
Indianapolis Business Journal, June 13, 2009
A feature story about the new philanthropic bachelor’s degree ran in the print edition of Indianapolis Business Journal.
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Published on: August 06, 2009