News Releases for Philanthropic Studies

IU Press Publishes First Book on IU-Kenya Partnership

June 29, 2009 — Indiana University Press has just published the first book on the IU-Kenya Partnership, author Fran Quigley announced last week.

  Full story

Patrick Rooney to Lead Center on Philanthropy

Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.DJune 3, 2009 — Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., has been selected as the next executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University following a nationwide search, Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), announced today.

  Full story

US Chamber Releases IU Center on Philanthropy Study

December 11, 2008 — A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) survey of business executives identified high taxes and the lack of qualified labor as the most significant local factors that hinder long-term economic development and competitiveness. 

  Full story

Women & Philanthropy To be Topic of Center on Philanthropy’s 20th Annual Symposium

September 25, 2008 — "Moving Women's Philanthropy Forward: Influences, Intent, Impact" will be the theme of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University's 20th annual symposium to be held November 13-14 in Indianapolis. The event will bring together leading nonprofit and for-profit professionals, scholars, and leaders to reflect on the roles and engagement of women in the nonprofit sector.

Full story

IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban research university. The campus enrolls more than 30,000 students in 21 schools and academic units.