http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/ Through the Solution Center, IUPUI will share its expertise in research, from unraveling the mysteries of Genomics to economic and community development. The Solution Center identifies and strengthens campus connections that allow industry representatives and businesses to access resesearch, resources, and technology available at IUPUI. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=227 The Center\'s goal is to have all Indiana schools meet or exceed the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics so that all students will leave school with a basic understanding of economics and the problem solving skills needed to become prosperous workers, consumers, and citizens in the next century. To meet these goals the IUPUI Center for Economic Education and the Indiana Council for Economic Education strive to increase the economic understanding and decision making skills of students by providing educators with a basic understanding of economics, teaching strategies, and curriculum materials which are objective and consistent with state and national educational guidelines. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=237 The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture is a research and public outreach institute devoted to the promotion of the understanding of the relation between religion and other features of American culture. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=241 The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University increases the understanding of philanthropy, improves its practice, and enhances participation in philanthropy through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs. The Center on Philanthropy collaborates extensively with local and state nonprofit organizations and provides them with fundraising, board governance and other training through its programs such as The Fund Raising School, the Women\\\'s Philanthropy Institute, and other professional development offerings. It assists citizens, policymakers, nonprofit professionals and others in understanding and assessing the vital role Indiana\\\'s nonprofits play in Hoosier\\\'s daily lives by conducting research on critical issues. For example, the Indiana Nonprofit Scope and Community Dimensions project examines nonprofits\\\' impact on the state\\\'s employment and economy, and the demographics, management, and accountability of local nonprofits. The Indiana Gives report details how and how much Hoosiers give and volunteer for charitable causes. Nonprofit and other organizations contract with the Center to analyze the dynamics of changes taking place, assess the philanthropic environment and evaluate their programs. The Center on Philanthropy offers Central Indiana nonprofits additional resources in the form of talented students versed in the latest research and professional nonprofit techniques. Internships and graduate assistantships strengthen local nonprofits while giving students hands-on experience. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=387 The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis is an apolitical, non-profit organization. It was established at IUPUI in 2007 to promote the teaching of Chinese language and culture in central Indiana and to facilitate mutual understanding between the peoples of China and United States. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=255 The Frederick Douglass Papers Project collects and publishes the writings of the great nineteenth-century, African American, anti-slavery and human rights activist Frederick Douglass. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=257 Promotes the value and importance of geography in Indiana Schools. Provides a forum where teachers can exchange ideas. Encourages an excellence in the teaching of geography through classroom techniques. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=267 The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, ICIC, is a university-based research and service organization created to facilitate the expanding global linkages of the city of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana by developing and extending expertise in Intercultural Communication and Language for Specific Purposes. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=282 The Institute for American Thought (a research unit of the IU School of Liberal Arts) is home to four resident centers and laboratory-centered editorial projects, all housed in the same complex. These include: The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies The Peirce Edition Project The Santayana Edition The Frederick Douglass Papers http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=444 The SLA Institute for Research on Social Issues is an IUPUI Signature Center. It seeks to advance research on social issues through interdisciplinary, collaborative inquiries. The Institute serves as a platform from which to generate and apply knowledge addressing social issues locally, nationally, and internationally; topics such as health, economics, human ecology, race and ethnic studies, family and gender studies, marketing and communications, and religion, to name a few. The IRSI is meant to provide the intellectual stimulation and support intrinsic to groupings of like-minded scholars. It brings together a core group of researchers in the Liberal Arts with affiliates from across campus, including both established centers and individuals organized within working groups with shared interests and complementary methodologies. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=459 Signature Center since 07/2008. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=289 Affiliated with the Institute for American Thought, the mission of the Center is to support German American Studies through research, teaching, and service. German-American Studies is generally defined as the study of the German diaspora to America and its effect on American culture and society. The study of German-American relations in general also falls under the purview of the Center\'s activities. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=298 The National Council on Public History is a not-for-profit professional association devoted to the study and practice of public history. It works to serve the growing community of public historians, to promote the study of public history at the college/university level, and to enhance the public\'s awareness of the value and uses of history in daily life. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=304 The Peirce Project is producing the definitive critical edition of the writings of philosopher and scientist Charles Peirce. It boasts a world-renowned collection of resources in American philosophy, including a vast quantity of Peirce-related materials, the papers of Max Fisch and Charles Morris, and a substantial library of American thought. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=306 The Polis Center is an academic research center with a practical and applied orientation that focuses on urban-related issues, primarily in Indianapolis and other Indiana cities. Our goal is to develop knowledge that will serve the common good and invigorate the sense of community in this city and beyond. The Polis Center also specializes in community information systems, advanced spatial technologies, Geographic Information Systems, and related Web services. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=318 The volumes of The Works of George Santayana are unmodernized, critical editions of George Santayana\\\'s published and unpublished writings. The goal of the editors is to produce texts that accurately represent Santayana\\\'s final intentions regarding his works, and to record all evidence (textual apparatus listing variants and emandations) on which editorial decisions have been based. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=311 The Survey Research Center at IUPUI (SRC) is an interdisciplinary survey research center that provides survey research services to a wide variety of private, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations. The SRC also serves the entire IUPUI campus by conducting research for faculty members, university departments, and students. The majority of the research conducted by the SRC is applied work in the fields of public opinion, epidemiology, health care, and marketing. http://www.iupui.edu/~solctr/research/details.php?id=448 The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies has two ongoing projects, both published by Kent State University Press: 1) A yearbook, called *The New Ray Bradbury Review* (first issue recently published (see http://upress.kent.edu/books/Touponce_W.htm) and devoted to studying the impact of his writings on American culture. Edited by William F. Touponce. 2) *The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition.* The goal of the editors (Dr. Touponce and Dr. Jon Eller) is to produce texts that accurately represent the historical development of Bradbury\'s career as a short story writer, and to record all evidence (textual appartaus listing variants and emendations) on which editorial decisions have been based. The edition plans to publish Bradbury\'s stories in the chronological order of composition, not publication, starting in 2010.