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The IUPUI Mock Trial Team traveled last weekend to the Golden Dome Invitational – hosted by Notre Dame – alongside 16 other teams that are made up of varying universities around the Midwest. IUPUI started the tournament with rocky footing on Saturday, with a record of 0-4. Sunday, however, was a new day and a …

by Scott Pegg In 2017, I travelled to the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland as an international election observer for their presidential elections. In May 2021, I again had the chance to return to Somaliland as an international election observer for their parliamentary and local council elections held on May 31, 2021. This time, I was …

Congratulations to Political Science Alumnus Travis Endicott for landing his new position as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Wartburg College! Travis is also now Dr. Endicott after defending his Ph.D. dissertation (University of Mississippi) last week too! Wonderful news all around!

  Congratulations to our majors Elisabeth Huls and Riley Smith for being named to IUPUI’s Top 100! Both have been wonderful contributors to our department and classes for years! The Top 100 recognizes student excellence by honoring 100 outstanding undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in three categories: (1) academic excellence, (2) campus leadership, and (3) …

By Professor Erin M. Engels, JD, IUPUI Pre-Law Advisor Are you considering law school?  The Law School Admission Council (LSAT) collects data on law school applicants and admissions.  An analysis of the 2020 data about IUPUI students provides some helpful guidance for those applying in the future. Last year 87 IUPUI students applied to attend …

    The Department of Political Science is happy to announce our new Fall Washington D.C. Internship initiative. Now you have the opportunity to live and work in Washington D.C. during the fall semester, while earning at least 12 credits toward your degree. Turbo charge your resume and career with another one of the great …

By Alex Workman As a child, I would watch out the car window as we passed the Harding Street power station spew out smoke from its huge stacks. The ominous clouds of pollution scared me since I knew that the dangerous smoke was being put into the same air that we all breathe. As a …

Check out Dr. Friesen’s great presentation on her recent work: “Slimy worms or sticky kids: How caregiving tasks and gender identity attenuate disgust response”

The success of former vice-president Joe Biden in the recent US presidential election has been met with relief by most Europeans and their political leaders. After four years of Trumpian idiosyncrasies and uncertainties, during which tensions in the transatlantic relationship reached unprecedented levels, most now expect a return to some kind of normality. Just what …

Dr. Friesen, along with her co-author Dr. Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), recently published an article titled, “Slimy worms or sticky kids: How caregiving tasks and gender identity attenuate disgust response,” in the journal Politics and the Life Sciences. You can find Dr. Ksiazkiewicz’s twitter thread discussing the piece here. It has some …