The Provost partners with the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs to support our renowned faculty with career development, enhancing productivity, recognizing achievements, cultivating academic leadership, and defining faculty rights and responsibilities on the IU Bloomington campus. If you have questions about these topics, you can find all the tools and resources you need as a faculty member by choosing from these categories:
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Faculty in the news
IU Professor Jason Baird Jackson elected president of the American Folklore Society
Jason Baird Jackson, the Ruth N. Halls Professor of Folklore and Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, has been elected President of the American Folkl... Read more about IU Professor Jason Baird Jackson elected president of the American Folklore Society
Art history professor explores Nordic art through YouTube channel
When Michelle Facos, a professor in the Department of Art History within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, was hired to co-curate a Scandinavian art exhibition, she began post... Read more about Art history professor explores Nordic art through YouTube channel
Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
After 47 years of studying mudstones — which are exactly what they sound like: rocks made up of what used to be mud — Juergen Schieber wanted to see something he hadn't seen before. Thanks to a Fu... Read more about Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
Indiana University environmental anthropologist Eduardo Brondizio was awarded the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work on human-environment interaction in the Amazon and global-... Read more about Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
Author and Professor Samrat Upadhyay publishes dystopian novel
Author of Arresting God in Kathmandu and The City Son, Professor of English Samrat Upadhyay published his latest novel, Darkmotherland, in January. The novel follows intertwining plots set in the c... Read more about Author and Professor Samrat Upadhyay publishes dystopian novel
Emeriti resources
In partnership with the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, the Office of the Provost is dedicated to providing Emeriti faculty with information and resources to assist in maintaining connections with the university community, accessing benefits and services, and staying informed about ongoing opportunities and events to support an ongoing connection with IU.