Public and Environmental Affairs

Elinor Ostrom, the Arthur F. Bentley professor of political science and professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, has been installed as Robert A. Dahl Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host the first of six major national conferences on homeland security and emergency management from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at the University Place Conference Center, located at 850 W. Michigan St. on the IUPUI campus.
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Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs announced it has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Located near the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, the new Institute will serve as an umbrella organization for SPEA-affiliated centers that conduct research and provide expertise on urban and environmental policy, health policy and criminal justice.
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Government policymakers and nonprofit agencies focused on criminal justice and public safety now have a new resource at their disposal: The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs today (April 24) announced the creation of the IU Center for Criminal Justice Research.
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John D. Graham, a former Harvard faculty member and top official with the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The appointment takes effect Aug. 1. Graham has since March 2006 been dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Inmates and college students learn together in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, a collaboration of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana's Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility. Wednesday morning, the Plainfield facility will host a ceremony for the 17 students who completed the semester-long course.
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