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[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

[ ; ] Research on prehistoric populations has often been founded on the counting of lesions on bones and teeth as proxy measures of health, adaptability, and success. This perspective has been challenged in recent years as scholars have re-theorized the nature of skeletal samples and introduced new analytical and quantitative methods. Dr. Jeremy Wilson will present [...]

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[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

[ ; ] This is cool.  To learn more about Wikipedia Saves Public Art, check out these links:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Saves_Public_Art
http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Use-Wikipedia-to-Save/64929/ 
http://www.herron.iupui.edu/node/3924
http://publicartweb.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/wsavespublicart
http://www.facebook.com/WSavesPublicArt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsavespublicart/

When: Monday April 19 1:30 PM
Where: IUPUI Basile Auditorium, Herron School of Art and Design

Free and open to the public.

For info contact Jenny Mikulay jmikulay@iupui.edu

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[9 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

[ ; ] Dr. Dahlia Wasfi is an internationally known speaker and activist. Born in the United States to an American Jewish mother and an Iraqi Muslim father, she lived in Iraq as a child, returning to the United States at age five. After graduating from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in biology in 1993, she earned her [...]

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[11 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

[ ; ] Mona Simpson is the author of four novels: Off Keck Road (2000), A Regular Guy (1996), The Lost Father (1992) and Anywhere but Here (1986). Excerpts from her new novel, My Hollywood, have appeared in Harper’s magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Best American Short Stories and on “This American Life.” Simpson is also a contributor to [...]

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[11 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]

[ ; ] Indiana Congressman Andre Carson in lecture on

When: Monday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m

Whewre: Madame Walker Theatre.

Tickets to the lecture are $40 per person and may be charged by phone at the Walker Box Office (317.236.2099) or online. There is a $2 service change at the Box Office. Group rates are available. The speaker series is [...]