Thomas Woodruff’s “Freak Parade” to be Exhibited at Herron

Aug. 1, 2008 — Herron School of Art and Design is pleased to announce that "Freak Parade," 32 works of art by renowned artist Thomas Woodruff, will be on exhibit at the Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries from Aug. 8 through Oct. 4, 2008.   Full Story

National Art Museum of Sport Exhibit Features Olympians

July 31, 2008 — The National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) at University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus is focusing on the Olympics in a new exhibit of work from its permanent collection.   Full Story

Glazed America: IUPUI Anthropologist Examines Doughnut as Symbol of Consumer Culture

July 21, 2008 — Few things say as much about our culture as the food we eat. A new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, Ph.D., an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis anthropologist, explores the development of America's consumer culture through our relationship with the doughnut, beloved by many, a symbol of temptation and unhealthiness to others.   Full Story

Herron’s Spectrum Group Exhibits at the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration

July 16, 2008 — Herron School of Art and Design is proud to announce that our diversity-based student group Spectrum will participate in the 38th annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. This is Spectrum's fifth consecutive exhibition as part of IBE's Cultural Arts Pavilion. Herron students and alumni will exhibit alongside institutions such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis Art Center, and others.   Full Story

Judith Shea’s Job sculpture to be permanently installed at Herron

June 20, 2008 — Job (2005) by artist Judith Shea (b. 1948) will be permanently installed at Herron School of Art and Design in June. The 75" x 38" x 30" bronze sculpture will be on display in the Allen Whitehill Clowes Pavilion at Herron's main entrance on New York Street.   Full Story

Kenneth Crews

Professor Crews joined the faculty of the School of Law in 1994 was made full professor in 2000. He holds a unique position at the university, with a joint appointment in the School of Library and Information Science and an administrative post as director of the university's Copyright Management Center.

Before joining the IU faculty, he practiced law in Los Angeles, co-founded a nonprofit business association, and taught business law at a campus of the California State University. Much of his work today focuses on copyright law, and he is involved in many efforts to develop national policy, especially as applied to teaching and research in higher education.

He spent the academic year 2000-2001 on sabbatical and in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright, and Competition Law in Munich, Germany. He teaches every year in The Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (see www.miplc.de)

Among his publications are numerous articles and reports and two recent books on copyright law. For more information about Prof. Crews and a list of his recent publications, see http://copyright.iupui.edu/director.htm.