Directory - Research at IUP

Follow the links below for in-depth information about IUP’s centers and institutes or download a PDF version of the 2009 Centers and Institutes Directory

Administration and Leadership Studies (ALS) Research and Training Center: The ALS-RTC supports grant-funded research, program evaluation, policy analysis, and more.
American Language Institute: The ALI offers intensive English for international students and visitors.
Applied Research Lab: The ARL assists IUP and the outside community with research projects.
Archaeological Services: Archaeological Services helps evaluate projects’ potential impact on archaeological and historical resources.
Biotechnology Research Institute: The Biotechnology Research Institute prepares students for careers in applied sciences.
Center for Applied Psychology: The CAP provides professional training in psychology as well as services for the community.
Center for Career and Technical Personnel Preparation: This center prepares and upgrades teachers and administrators of career and technical education.
Center for Civic Engagement and Student Leadership: The CCESL's mission is to sensitive IUP students to the value of citizenship and leadership.
Center for Counselor Training and Services: The CCTS creates and promotes trainings for students and mental health professionals.
Center for Digital Humanities and Culture: The DHC supports scholarship, proof-of-concept explorations, and project applications of digital technologies in Humanistic inquiry.
Center for E-Commerce and Technology Support: This center offers support and training in e-commerce and information technology.
Center for Educational and Program Evaluation: The CEPE serves school districts, human service agencies, educational consultants, and other groups.
Center for Family Business: The Center for Family Business serves area business owners and their families through educational programs.
Center for Film Studies: This center strives to increase understanding of film and enhance community culture.
Center for Health Promotion and Cardiac Disease Prevention: Providing lifestyle interventions, the center serves IUP, local school districts, and other community entities.
Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Promoting dialogue between civilizations, this center strives to increase understanding and appreciation of all Middle Eastern cultures.
Center for Music Teaching and Learning: The center supports and enhances music education locally, regionally, and nationally while enhancing the music culture of the region.
Center for Northern Appalachian Studies: Provides a locus for the enhanced understanding and appreciation of the richness of our region’s diverse cultural heritage.
Center for Research in Criminology: The CRC facilitates research and provides information resources for IUP and for area criminal justice organizations.
Center for Rural Gifted Education: Training, referral, and resources are the focus of this center, which serves those interested in education of the gifted.
Center for Statistics Education in Pennsylvania: The center bring quantitative literacy and the hands-on use of mathematics' manipulatives to K-12 teachers.
Center for Teaching Excellence: The center provides faculty members with opportunities for professional and personal growth.
Center for Turning and Furniture Design: The first in the nation to offer a studio emphasis in both turning and furniture design as part of undergraduate and graduate degrees in fine art, the center strives to develop entrepreneurs whose output is marked by artistic designs and fine craftsmanship.
Center for Videoconferencing: The center is a distance education, video-based resource center for IUP and the regional community.
Child Study Center: The Child Study Center provides pre-service practicum experience and training in psycho-educational assessment and intervention to school psychology graduate students.

Community Nutrition Services: CNS provides professional training in nutrition intervention to postgraduate dietitians and counseling to the community.
Criminal Justice Training Center: The center boasts a full-time police training academy on the IUP main campus and eight regional part-time academy sites located in western and central Pennsylvania.
Digital Media Institute: Students receive real-world experiences in pre-production, production, and post-production of digital media through this institute.
Excellence in Entrepreneurial Leadership (ExcEL) Center: The ExcEL Center enhances the culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and new venture creation throughout the University and local community.
First Commonwealth Center for Economic Education at IUP: This center educates teachers, students, and other community members in basic economic concepts.
Frederick Douglass Institute: The Frederick Douglass Institute works to honor and deepen the intellectual heritage of the former slave, distinguished orator, journalist, author, and statesman.
Government Contracting Assistance Program: The program provides procurement technical assistance to firms interested in selling their goods or services to government agencies.
Highway Safety Center: The center concentrates on driver and traffic safety but also facilitates emergency training programs.
Institute for Information Assurance: An interdisciplinary program, the institute promotes and encourages information assurance through teaching, research, and service activities that enhance people's knowledge of this important field.
Institute for Mine Mapping, Archival Procedures, and Safety: The institute is a central resource of the state’s mine maps and strives to provide mine-safety and emergency-response procedures based on availability of high quality and accessible mine mapping data and information.
Intercollegiate Athletic Institute for Sports Camps: This institute helps to organize sports camps for students and to train camp counselors, coaches, and others.
John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security: IUP's John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security leads a unified effort to provide high-quality educational programs, conduct significant research, and provide effective community outreach in the areas of homeland security and homeland defense.
Literacy Center: Assessment and instruction for children and adolescents needing assistance with reading and writing.
Management Services Group: The MSG is a confederation of consulting units instituted in 1991 by the Eberly College of Business that supports ongoing and start-up businesses in the Indiana County region.
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute (MARTI): MARTI is a consortium of academic and professional experts in the field of alcohol abuse treatment, domestic violence intervention, and related mental health issues.
National Emergency and Disaster Information Center: NEDIC's mission is to promote research, education and outreach surrounding emergency and disaster information, as well as to facilitate multi-disciplinary communication and collaboration on a local, state, and national level
Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations: The Center for the Study of Labor Relations strives to meet the immediate needs of Pennsylvania unionists.
Pennsylvania/OSHA Consultation Program: IUP's Safety Sciences Department has been the officially designated agency in Pennsylvania to occupational and health consultative services made available through federal regulations (29 CFR 1908) via the Pennsylvania/OSHA Consultation Program.
Small Business Development Center: The Small Business Development Center links resources of the federal, state, and local governments with those of the university and the private sector to assist businesses.
Small Business Incubator: The incubator contributes to the economic vitality of Indiana County by providing facilities and expertise to start-up businesses.
Small Business Institute: The institute provides business support services to local businesses and other organizations.
Software Development Center: The Software Development Center provides IUP students with real-world experience in designing and developing quality software and by building software systems for clients and by improving the software development expertise of the region.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic: The clinic provides evaluation and treatment services for the many communication disorders.

Directory of IUP Centers and Institutes