Notes of Distinction: News from around IU Northwest

Angeles Investors Impact Awardee

IU Northwest Chief of Staff and interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and Academic Affairs accepts the Angeles Investors' 2024 HSI Impact Award.Indiana University Northwest was selected as an Angeles Investors’ 2024 HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Impact awardee. Angeles Investors honorees exemplify the outstanding contributions and endowments of HSIs, showcasing leadership in enabling more Hispanic startups and growing the startup ecosystem. The award was accepted by Amy Diaz, Chief of Staff and interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and External Affairs.

Indiana Arts Commission Grant Awarded

The Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) has been selected to receive Arts Project Support funding from the Indiana Arts Commission. With the support of South Shore Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts, CURE will offer Preserving History through Multimedia Art to the 55+ community.

Anja Matwijkiw invited to The Hague

Caption: Federico Freydell (on the far left), Juan Antonio Yáñez Barnuevo and Dr. Bronik Matwijkiw are sitting at the forefront, whereas Dr. Anja Matwijkiw (on the far left), Kenya Ebosogo and Dr. Ryan Long are standing.As the 2024-25 IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellow and Professor of Philosophy, Anja Matwijkiw represented IU at The 11th Ibero-American Week of International Justice at The Hague.

The event was organized by The Ibero-American Institute of the Hague for Peace, Human Rights and International Justice (IHH) at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands.

Matwijkiw was asked to present on some of the work she did in her capacity as Chair of the U.S. Working Group for an international and interdisciplinary research program that examined crime as associated with corruption in the context of foreign policy. In her talk, she outlined some of the obstacles for progress.

International criminal law is one of the research areas that Matwijkiw explores as the IU Presidential Fellow. Her global engagement at The Hague was also supported by an International Mobility Grant from IU.

“I saw a direct link between The 11^th Ibero-American Week of International Justice at The Hague and my own current research activities,” expressed Matwijkiw. “What I witnessed and observed not only underscored my own idea about international law, philosophy, and ethics. I also realized just how timely my research for a special issue on Crime and Corruption for International Criminal Law Review (Brill Publishers) really is. In this, I examine the role of ethics and amoralism through a market (crime and corruption) lens and this is an approach I believe can help to move the field forward.”

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