
Making a more sustainable world
Experience a day in the life of SPEA student Corben Andrews, a 2020 Sustainability Scholar through IU's Office of Sustainability and campus garden intern.
Full storyDuring construction, the best way to enter SPEA is through the Hodge Hall Undergraduate Center, then up the ramp into the SPEA building.
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Experience a day in the life of SPEA student Corben Andrews, a 2020 Sustainability Scholar through IU's Office of Sustainability and campus garden intern.
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SPEA IUB is No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools rankings and is also ranked No. 1 in three specialties – environmental policy and management, nonprofit management and public finance and budgeting – and third in public management and administration.
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Read the August 2016 edition of SPEA Advance, a quarterly publication focusing on research and scholarship on the range of topics that SPEA covers.
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SPEA 2015-16, the third report in our annual series, highlights our scholarship and research and profiles SPEA faculty.
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Follow the expansion and renovation project slated for completion in 2017, including links to news releases and our building blog. NOTE: As of August 8, 2016, enter SPEA by going through Hodge Hall, then up the interior ramp. See a map and details.
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John D. Graham's book, Obama on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks, considers lessons from the Obama presidency about how presidents can best implement their agendas when Congress is evenly divided and builds on Graham’s well-received analysis in Bush on the Home Front.
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Brad Fulton reveals the percentage of politically active churches is decreasing in his article "Trends in Addressing Social Needs: A Longitudinal Study of Congregation-Based Service Provision and Political Participation" in the journal Religions.
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A gateway for community stakeholders to work with SPEA for faculty consulting, student internships, Capstones, and other partnerships.
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IU profiles Joanna Woronkowicz and her path from professional performer to assistant professor of cultural policy at SPEA.
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Authors Sanya Carley, Denvil Duncan, John D. Graham, Nikolaos Zirogiannis and grad student Dan Esposito of SPEA IUB and Saba Siddiki of SPEA IUPUI released "Rethinking Auto Fuel Economy Policy: Technical and Policy Suggestions for the 2016-17 Midterm Reviews" in February 2016.
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The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Read his accolades in President Barack Obama’s remarks.
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MPA/MSES student Ellie Symes and career advisor and career development instructor Julie James keep hives to make a difference on behalf of bees.
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SPEA will name a 34,000 square foot building expansion for Paul O’Neill, MPA’66. His $3 million gift—the school’s largest—will partially fund the $12 million project, slated for completion in 2017.
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As California's drought draws national headlines, SPEA's Shahzeen Attari discusses her research on water habits in America—and her recommendations for better methods of conservation—on NPR’s Morning Edition.
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