IU in Africa: Leveraging longtime engagement to expand our global reach
AMPATH Kenya: IU and partners create visionary global health model
Indiana University formed a partnership with a medical school in Kenya nearly 35 years ago and created a model of global health collaboration that was visionary in its emphasis on equitable partnerships and long-term sustainability.
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Collaborations in Africa foster leadership, research, entrepreneurship
The IU Office of International Development has played a key role in many projects fostering research activity, youth leadership and entrepreneurship in Africa in advance of the university’s grand opening of the IU Ghana Gateway.
IU professor leads study abroad program to advance inclusive education in Ghana
Education professor Tina O’Neal is leading the inaugural program that will offer professional development opportunities in inclusive education to Ghanaian educators while broadening IU students’ perspectives on urban education in a global context.
International HIV strategies and care aided by data from IU-led cohort in East Africa
IU researchers are informing evidence-based decision-making about long-term HIV care and treatment strategies as part of an international consortium of data centers.
As Fulbright Specialist, School of Education professor helps Angola transform education model
Roberto Swazo was the first Fulbright Specialist to go to Angola, spending five weeks in the African country in fall 2023. At Óscar Ribas University, he introduced the concepts of socio-emotional learning, student-centered teaching and school counseling as part of the graduate learning experience.
What can elephants tell us about human aging? IU public health researcher wants to find out
Since humans and elephants have similar lifespans, Indiana University researcher Daniella Chusyd wants to determine how different elephant species live so long without the benefit of medicine and science.
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African Languages Festival demonstrates language teaching excellence
Indiana University teaches more languages than any university in the country, and faculty are leaders in teaching less commonly taught languages. IU attracts more than 600 students each year who study African languages.
Professor’s fellowship with USAID makes lasting impact on global agricultural policy, practices
An expert in soils and agriculture, Pierre-André Jacinthe was selected and assigned to a yearlong appointment with the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
National African Language Resource Center hosts conference to inspire African language educators
As a U.S. Department of Education Title VI funded program dedicated to the support of African language educators and learners across the U.S., the center sponsors a wide range of educational and professional activities designed to improve the accessibility and quality of African language instruction.
Black Film Center & Archive awarded NEH grant to archive, digitize Vieyra collection
A processing archivist and a graduate student will be hired for three years to process, digitize and make available the collection of Paulin S. Vieyra, a filmmaker, producer and scholar whose career is central to West African film history.
$1.5 million grant will apply innovative global health approaches to benefit Hoosier communities
IU to improve the health of Hoosiers with grant from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
IU will improve the health of Hoosiers by applying innovations and expertise built through its decades-long partnership in Kenya to rural and urban communities throughout Indiana.
AMPATH’s success and growth illustrated in professor’s new book
A partnership between Indiana University and Kenyan communities that has become a model for successful global health collaboration has been captured in a new book by IU professor James D. Kelly.
African language summer institute empowers educators from across U.S.
The National African Language Resource Center Summer Institute at the Hamilton Lugar School is helping meet the increased demand for African language educators, as Africa experiences the most population growth of any continent.