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May 9,
2008 — The National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) at University Place - IUPUI is the only art museum participating in the new Sports Museum of America (SmA) which opened May 7, 2008, at 26 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
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May 9,
2008 — The IUPUI community will gather at 4:30 p.m. May 19 in the courtyard in front of University College to honor the memory of one of its founders, Dr. Joseph T. Taylor.
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May 9,
2008 — On a recent trip to Brazil led by Labor Studies Assistant Professor Bill Mello, Katina West became a firm believer in a tonic that could improve the world. It's called hope.
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May 7,
2008 — IUPUI Professor Eric M. Meslin, director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, was named a Chevalier de L'Ordre National du Merite - Knight of the National Order of Merit - by the President of France.
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May 7,
2008 — The IUPUI Police Department on May 5 swore in three police officers and one police sergeant, bringing the number of the department's sworn officers to 33
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May 6,
2008 — Pixar, the creator of the wildly successful Toy Storyfranchise and other animated blockbuster films, has hired IUPUI new media student Frank Tai to be a technical director for the studio's newly established in-residence internship program.
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May 6,
2008 — Herron School of Art and Design will install New York Artist Jill Viney's "Barrow" at the northeast entrance to Eskenazi Hall. The piece will be on display at Herron School of Art and Design for two years.
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May 2,
2008 — More than 5,600 students are eligible to receive degrees at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis's main commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at the Indiana Convention Center. On Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11 at the Convention Center, graduating students will also attend school-level recognition ceremonies, some of which feature special guest speakers.
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May 2,
2008 — Greg Lindsey, Professor and Associate Dean with the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, is resigning his positions and joining the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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May 1,
2008 — The little girl was insistent. Nobody was going to convince her she had to return to her classroom. Period.
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May 1,
2008 — The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties is pleased to announce the appointment of Bessie House-Soremekun and Lisa Riolo as Faculty Fellows in the Office of Academic Affairs.
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May 1,
2008 — IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz today announced the selection of Kim D. Kirkland as the campus's Director of Equal Opportunity. Kirkland is currently the Affirmative Action Officer and Senior Investigator responsible for monitoring compliance with federal and state equal opportunity and nondiscrimination laws and regulations at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio.
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April 30,
2008 — IUPUI is among the first group of organizations and businesses that have joined a City of Indianapolis initiative to improve the environment and air quality in Central Indiana.
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April 28,
2008 — The IU School of Nursing (IUSON) is hosting its third annual "Celebration of Nursing" Luncheon on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the new IUPUI Campus Center, 4th Floor, Multipurpose Room from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The purpose of this event is to recognize nurses who make an invaluable difference in the delivery of healthcare as well as to honor the individuals who teach them.
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April 25,
2008 — The success of criminal justice research projects conducted by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at IUPUI and directed by IUPUI Professor Samuel Nunn has lead to a spin-off center dedicated to such projects.
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April 25,
2008 — Like any mother, Sondra Julian worried when she learned her 22-year-old son was heading to Iraq last December. But Julian, who lives in Chesterton and was studying to earn a Master's of Social Work degree at IU Northwest, decided to do more than just worry. She created the Military Heros Foundation.
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April 24,
2008 — An IUPUI professor will spend the next academic year building an oral history of the 1950s African youth who, influenced by western movies, created a subculture that reflected Hollywood's version of the old American west.
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April 24,
2008 — The grounds of the recently restored home of Hamilton County, Adams Township's first white settler - a 19th century Virginia abolitionist with a $1,000 bounty on his head - will be the site of this summer's IUPUI archeological dig.
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April 23,
2008 — The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Central Indiana's premier Institute for teaching Chinese language and culture, will celebrate its grand opening at IUPUI on Friday, April 25.
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April 23,
2008 — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced today that it will begin using the federal Direct Loan Program as its source for federally backed student loans, beginning in the fall of 2008.
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April 22,
2008 — IUPUI will host on April 27 a live debate among four candidates vying for the 7th Congressional District Democratic nomination in the May 6 primary. The debate will be shown on MyNDY Channel 23.
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April 22,
2008 — Poems written by eight central Indiana poets who were inspired by paintings in the National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) are now on exhibit with the art.
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April 21,
2008 — The two IUPUI Motorsports Club entries stunned the thirty-one West Lafayette campus entries in the 51st running of the Purdue Grand Prix on April 19, 2008. Jon Laski, an IUPUI Mechanical Engineering Technology major, led much of the race on his way to winning the race in the No. 25 kart.
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April 21,
2008 — Environmental advisors to U.S. Senator Barack Obama will participate in an environmental and energy policy roundtable on Wednesday (April 23) at IUPUI.
April 21,
2008 — I
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April 21,
2008 — An IUPUI psychology professor's research on close relationships and jealousy has earned him a place among his alma mater's "100 Points of Light."
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April 21,
2008 — IU School of Law - Indianapolis' legal writing program, known as Legal Analysis, Research and Communications (LARC), was ranked 11th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2008.
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April 18,
2008 — When the 2008 Purdue Grand Prix starts at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (April 16, 2008), two IUPUI cars and their drivers, will take to the track along with 31 cars from the Purdue West Lafayette campus.
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April 18,
2008 — Four Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis faculty members are among the 17 faculty from throughout the Indiana University system who are recipients of 2008 Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) awards.
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April 18,
2008 — Dozens of circles - some of wood, some Plexiglas and others of resin-covered photographs - along a wall in the Campus Center form a timeline of pictures and text that tell the IUPUI story.
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April 18,
2008 — John D. Graham, a former Harvard faculty member and top official with the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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April 18,
2008 — Michelle Kellogg knew she was about to set off on a trip she had dreamed about for months as she settled into her seat on the plane.
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April 18,
2008 — The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Central Indiana's premier Institute for teaching Chinese language and culture, will celebrate its grand opening on Friday, April 25 at 10:00 a.m. in Cavanaugh Hall Room 129. An opening ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 102. Guest speakers include IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz, Sun Yat-Sen University President Daren Huang, Mayor Greg Ballard, and IU Vice-President and Dean of the IU School of Medicine Indianapolis Craig Brater. The opening ceremony will be followed by a symposium on China's significance in the twenty-first century at 1:30 p.m.
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April 17,
2008 — Donors and volunteers who have contributed to excellence in a school or program at IUPUI were honored today (April 17, 2008) at the 20th annual IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Luncheon and Awards ceremony
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April 14,
2008 — Inmates and college students learn together in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, a collaboration of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana's Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility. On April 16, they will graduate together during a ceremony at The Indiana Department of Correction's Plainfield facility.
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April 14,
2008 — Hosted by the Department of Political Science in the School of Liberal Arts on the IUPUI campus from April 17-19, the intercollegiate mock-European Union (EU) will include 14 different universities from six Midwestern states.
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April 14,
2008 — The office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary L. Fisher, Professor in the School of Nursing, and Chair of the Department of Environments for Health, to succeed Sharon J. Hamilton as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
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April 11,
2008 — During the week of April 21-25, 2008, IUPUI students will participate in the Second National Empty Holster protest here on campus. These students are members of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) and will attend classes wearing EMPTY holsters. This symbolic protest is a result of state laws and campus policies that prohibit concealed weapons on college campuses in the hands of law - abiding citizens, and more specifically, concealed weapons permit holders.
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April 10,
2008 — Calling the IUPUI campus "a crown jewel," of Indianapolis and the new Campus Center, a shining "beacon," Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis alumni and student leaders enthusiastically heralded the opening of the building during its dedication.
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April 10,
2008 — Dr. Michael J. Austin, a nationally recognized expert on nonprofit management, will be the keynote speaker for the 12th annual Indiana University School of Social Work's PhD Spring Symposium on April 24th.
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April 10,
2008 — IU School of Dentistry dental assisting faculty member Patricia A. Capps will be installed as president of the Indiana Dental Assistants Association (IDAA) during the organization's annual session this month.
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April 9,
2008 — A total of 5,667 students will be eligible to receive degrees at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis's (IUPUI) commencement exercises on May 11, 2008.
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April 9,
2008 — Nonprofit Solutions Initiative, a networking resource for the Central Indiana nonprofit community, will hold its annual conference on April 16th, 2008, at IUPUI's new Campus Center. This year Nonprofit Solutions, an initiative of the IUPUI Solutions Center, is pleased to welcome Mayor Greg Ballard as a special guest at the afternoon reception. "Mayor Ballard will be there to meet with nonprofit leaders and will provide remarks on the importance of the nonprofit community to the vitality of Indianapolis," said Ms. Keisha Nickolson, Nonprofit Solutions Program Manager.
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April 8,
2008 — The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named IUPUI professor Edward Curtis a Carnegie Scholar. The Corporation will provide Curtis with a grant of approximately $100,000 to study African American Muslim connections to foreign Muslims and Islamic institutions in Muslim countries.
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April 4,
2008 — One in ten middle school students in the US is considered a chronic truant. If there is any hope to see a fall in chronic truancy numbers, public schools must be creative in developing opportunities for students to feel as if they are a part of their schools, suggested a study conducted by an Indiana University School of Social Work doctoral candidate, Carolyn Gentle-Genitty.
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April 3,
2008 — Dr. Paul G. Schervish, a nationally recognized expert on wealth, spirituality and giving, will be the speaker for the Fifth Annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture in Indianapolis April 10th and 11th. The program is presented by the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
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April 3,
2008 — The Indiana Student Access and Success Conference, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation for Education, will be held April 4, 2008 at IUPUI's new Campus Center.
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April 3,
2008 — The fourth annual IUPUI International Festival offers the opportunity to experience the vibrant and growing international identity of the campus. The International Festival will be held Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center, Room 450. It is free and open to the public.
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April 3,
2008 — In observation of Women's History Month, the Office for Women, and Campus and Community Life, respectively, presented the 2008 IUPUI Outstanding Women Leader awards and the 2008 Outstanding Women Student Leader awards.
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April 3,
2008 — The building housing IUPUI's University College will be named for Joseph T. Taylor, announced IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz, who proposed the commemorative renaming in honor of the man who served as dean of the Indianapolis Regional Campus from 1967 to 1970 (pre-IUPUI) and as the first dean of the newly established IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI (1970-1978).
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April 3,
2008 — Christopher Hardin, a senior in the IU School of Informatics, and Rachel Meyer, a senior from the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, have been named the top female and male students at IUPUI for 2008.
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April 2,
2008 — All IUPUI administrators, faculty, staff and students are invited to meet the two finalists for the IUPUI Director of Equal Opportunity position during open sessions on April 3 and April 4, 2008.
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April 1,
2008 — Given some number of occupants, what is the probability that two people in the same room have the same birthday? You might take a guess, using your life experiences. Or, better yet, you might write a computer program to deliver a more exact answer. That's exactly what area students who competed in the IUPUI High School Computer Programming Contest did.
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April 1,
2008 — Dr. Brian H. Clarkson, newly elected president of the American Association for Dental Research, will deliver the keynote address at the School of Dentistry's 16th annual Research Day, to be held on the first floor of the school on Wednesday, April 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.
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March 31,
2008 — Six Tourism, Conventions & Event Management Department [TCEM] faculty members will move their offices to the 1200 Waterway Building at the start of June 2008—a 1.27 mile 'trip' north from current offices in the IUPUI Physical Education/Natatorium Building. The 'space crunch' on the IUPUI campus and continued growth in student enrollment and faculty positions in the School of Physical Education and Tourism Management led to the move.
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March 31,
2008 — The activist and college professor who has been called the "Father of Environmental Justice" will speak on justice in public transportation during a half-day seminar at IUPUI on April 11
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March 28,
2008 — Residents throughout the Indianapolis metro area can clear the clutter from their closets and garages, make a little money and help a local charity by joining forces with the Rotaract Club of IUPUI
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March 27,
2008 — The Fourth Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit will take place Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, 2008, at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
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March 27,
2008 — IUPUI will host an open house April 3 to give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to engage in the early stages of creating a comprehensive Campus Master Plan to guide future campus growth and development.
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March 27,
2008 — Indiana University School of Nursing researchers present key findings on behavioral research, or the individual's response to disease and chronic illness, at the 2008 MNRS Research Conference - Nursing Research: At the Crossroads of Global Health hosted jointly by the Indiana and Purdue University School's of Nursing. Close to 1,000 nurses will convene at the Marriott Indianapolis Downtown, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 28 - 31.
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March 26,
2008 — Climate change and its impact on public health will be the focus of the 1st Annual National Public Health Week Conference to be presented by Department of Public Health at IUPUI and the Indiana Mid-America Public Health Training Center.
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March 26,
2008 — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will host an official dedication ceremony for the new IUPUI Campus Center at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at the center, 420 University Blvd.
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March 24,
2008 — Gerard Magliocca, professor of law at Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, will hold the Fulbright-Dow Distinguished Chair at the Roosevelt Center for American Studies in the Netherlands in the fall of 2008.
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March 24,
2008 — In September 2007 Chancellor Charles Bantz charged a steering committee of faculty, staff, students, and community representatives with the task of developing a self study that will enable IUPUI to maintain its certification by the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification. All Division I athletics programs must undergo certification periodically. IUPUI received its initial certification for a full ten years in 1999. A peer review team will visit IUPUI September 24-26, 2008 to meet with a broad cross-section of the campus community and then provide recommendations to the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification regarding IUPUI's certification.
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March 19,
2008 — IUPUI will host Frank Turek, co-author of "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist," on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Turek will present a two-part talk beginning at 11 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room (CE450) of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.
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March 19,
2008 — More than 90 companies seeking potential employees will participate in the 2008 Indiana Collegiate Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis.
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March 18,
2008 — Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Purdue School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have created the first three-dimensional image of how a well-established chemotherapy agent targets and binds to DNA. The study, which publishes online the week of March 17 in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may help scientists develop better chemotherapy drugs to treat a wide range of cancers.
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March 18,
2008 — Throughout the religion's 177-year history, issues of race, gender, marriage and missionary work have figured prominently into church life among Mormons. A group of leading American history scholars will discuss how Mormons have dealt with these issues during a one-day seminar next month at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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March 17,
2008 — As long as there has been chemistry, women have made contributions that affect everyday life—from providing farmers with products designed to help them protect crops to inventing a fabric that can stop a bullet. The history of women chemists is a story of great discoverers. Meet the women who dared in a new exhibit at IUPUI.
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March 17,
2008 — Over forty faculty and students from three local universities will present new research in the life and health sciences at next week's 2008 IUPUI Solutions Conference and Consortium for Urban Education Life and Health Sciences Research Showcase.
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March 14,
2008 — The Center for Leadership Development (CLD) presented Khaula Murtadha, a faculty member with the IU School of Education at IUPUI, with its 2008 Madame C. J. Walker (Outstanding Woman of the Year) Award.
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March 14,
2008 — Victims of bullies are no longer free from attacks even at home because those age-old nemeses of students everywhere have extended their reach through cyber-age tools like e-mail and text messages, James Brown, a PhD student at the Indiana University School of Social Work, points out.
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March 14,
2008 — The Law Clinic at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis today (March 14, 2008) announced an upcoming post-conviction proceeding on behalf of a Lake County man asserting he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1993. Law Clinic attorneys representing the man are seeking the public's help in exonerating their client.
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March 13,
2008 — WCTY Channel 16, available over Comcast 28 and Bright House Networks 17, is broadcasting taped coverage of the 19th annual Joseph Taylor Symposium.
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March 11,
2008 — The IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce its Cutting Edge Lecture Series for spring of 2008. This series will give the opportunity for the community to engage in dialogues with top university professors.
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March 10,
2008 — IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Uday Sukhatme is pleased to announce the selection of Prof. Pratibha Varma-Nelson as the Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Chemistry, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. Varma-Nelson is a Professor of Chemistry at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Chicago. For the past two years, she has been on academic leave from NEIU in order to serve as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation.
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March 10,
2008 — IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz today announced the selection of Dr. Augustine (Austin) Agho as the Dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. Agho is currently the founding Dean of the School of Health Professions and Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, a position he has held since 2001.
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March 7,
2008 — A dean at IUPUI, a Marion County Superior Court judge, and a vice president of My Health Care Manager have been awarded the prestigious IUPUI Maynard K. Hine Medallion.
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March 7,
2008 — There is a special incentive for students in Preston Ray's design technology class at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). They know their work will help a New Orleans neighborhood get back on its feet.
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March 7,
2008 — The work of Indiana University School of Social Work faculty will be front and center at international conferences this spring and summer.
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March 6,
2008 — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Professor Gary R. Bond is among the nation's most productive scholarly writers in the field of clinical psychology, according to a recent study
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March 6,
2008 — History Associate Professor Monroe H. Little Jr. and ophthalmology Associate Professor David A. Suzuki are the recipients of the 2008 Joseph Taylor Excellence in Diversity Awards at IUPUI.
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March 6,
2008 — Sean P. Clarke, RN, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, will be the distinguished lecturer at the Eighth Annual Sonna Ehrlich Merk Distinguished Lectureship on Friday, March 7, 2008. A luncheon and lecture, hosted jointly by the state's largest nursing school, IU School of Nursing and Indiana's largest healthcare network, Clarian Health, Inc. will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Ballroom of the University Place Conference Center & Hotel on the IUPUI campus. Dr. Clarke's presentation is entitled "Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing in the Pay-for-Performance Movement."
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March 5,
2008 — Carmen Luca Sugawara, an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work, has been awarded the Frank Turner Prize by the publishers of International Social Work.
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March 4,
2008 — Diane Mack worries a lot. In fact, she is a professional class worrier.
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Feb. 28,
2008 — The Indiana Law Review, a legal periodical edited and managed by students at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, will host a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal law designed to eliminate housing discrimination and segregation.
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Feb. 28,
2008 — IUPUI Assistant Professor Jason T. Eberl loves a good, special-effects-laden space battle as much as the next science fiction fan, but he also knows a good thinking man's plot when he sees one.
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Feb. 27,
2008 — What may be the final debate among three candidates vying to fill the 7th Congressional District seat that was held by the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson will be held at IUPUI on March 6. Portions of the debate will be broadcast live on 24-Hour News 8 and WTLC-AM. 1310.
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Feb. 27,
2008 — IUPUI's approach to improving learning can be summed up in three words: data, data, data.
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Feb. 26,
2008 — IUPUI's Office of Communication & Marketing is a big winner in this year's 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, earning five awards - a "Best of Show," two Gold awards, one Bronze and a Merit award - in the nation's largest educational advertising competition.
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Feb. 22,
2008 — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Charles R. Bantz today (Feb. 22, 2008) announced the appointment of Kenneth B. Durgans as assistant chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion, pending approval by the Indiana University Board of Trustees.
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Feb. 22,
2008 — Medical Humanities has announced its spring 2008 schedule of health studies seminars. These events are free of charge and open to the public but seating is limited.
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Feb. 22,
2008 — Join Michael K. Corbin as he lectures about the connection between art collecting, life and emerging artists. He will share advice for art enthusiasts and emerging artists, as well as photographs of art from his own collection. Also, Corbin will talk about his new book, "The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector's Journal," at the Herron School of Art & Design on Tuesday, February 26 at 11:30am in the Basile Auditorium, 735 West New York Street, Indianapolis. An informal Q & A will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
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Feb. 22,
2008 — As her lunchtime audience settled into a room on the third floor of the Campus Center Thursday, Dr. Lorraine Blackman began a conversation she hopes will lead to changes that could affect the lives of not only students, but the community that surrounds the IUPUI campus.
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Feb. 21,
2008 — The juvenile justice system's traditional method of dealing with juvenile delinquents is beginning to undergo a transformation, a study by Indiana University School of Social Work Professor Bill Barton has found.
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Feb. 21,
2008 — Dr. L. Jack Windsor, associate professor of oral biology at the IU School of Dentistry, has been accepted into the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute's class of 2009.
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Feb. 21,
2008 — In a speech today at the Economic Club of Indiana, United Way of America President Brian Gallagher will announce that United Way of America and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, located on the campus of IUPUI, will develop a new partnership made possible by a $6 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to United Way.
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Feb. 15,
2008 — The IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will welcome the American Shakespeare Center's Piercing Eloquence Tour to Indianapolis February 25, 2008, through March 2, 2008. During a residency that includes performances for the general public and high school students as well as workshops for area students and actors, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) will present three of William Shakespeare's most controversial plays: The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and Henry V.
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Feb. 14,
2008 — Crystal Gold has recently become an Accredited Media Manager through Communications Media Management Association. Gold, Assistant Director, Multimedia Development Service at IUPUI University College, is the youngest CMMA member to earn this prestigious accreditation. Of the approximately 200 members in the CMMA, only 17 percent are accredited. She is now on equal ground with the elite in her field and is positioned to help shape the future of the profession and media management programs at IUPUI.
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Feb. 14,
2008 — For all practical purposes, Buddy Stapleton had been swallowed up by the prison system and forgotten.
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Feb. 14,
2008 — The Indiana University School of Dentistry will use a $5,000 grant from the Delta Dental Foundation to provide additional treatment to some of the children who participated in Give Kids a Smile day at the dental school on February 1.
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Feb. 13,
2008 — Nominations are now open for the Annual IUPUI Women's History Month Leadership Awards for faculty, staff and students.
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Feb. 13,
2008 — This year's Joseph Taylor Symposium at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will observe a moment of silence in memory of the late U.S. Congresswoman Julia Carson, organizers announced recently.
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Feb. 12,
2008 — IUPUI Police Chief Paul E Norris Jr., was recently elected to the position of Sergeant - at - Arms for the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police. (IACP) This group represents all of the chiefs of police in the State of Indiana. Under the current bylaws Chief Norris will eventually rise to the Presidency of the IACP which will make him the first African American to serve as the President of the Indiana Chiefs.
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Feb. 11,
2008 — IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz announced today the selection of Bart Ng as Acting Dean of the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI.
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Feb. 11,
2008 — The popular IUPUI Summer Day Camp and Sport Camps have introduced a brand new Summer Camps website. The site details all information regarding Summer Day Camp and each of the 5 Sport Camps. This great site will also feature a new online registration system, which will make registration quicker and easier than ever before.
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Feb. 11,
2008 — Researchers led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, report that hostility and depression appear to act together in a complex way to elevate inflammatory proteins in the human body, possibly putting hostility plus depression on the list of risk factors for heart disease along with high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and smoking.
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Feb. 8,
2008 — Kim Stewart-Brinston will serve as Interim Director of the IUPUI Multicultural Center, IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz announced today.
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Feb. 8,
2008 — The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the formation of the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship (CLS), a strategic alliance among three key campus centers: (a) the Center for Research and Learning, (b) the Center for Service and Learning, and (c) the Center for Teaching and Learning.
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Feb. 8,
2008 — A law and education expert; and the great-great-granddaughter and biographer of Madam C. J. Walker are the first two speakers in a lecture series being held in conjunction with an IUPUI exhibit on race, constitutional law, and the fight for civil rights.
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Feb. 8,
2008 — The Purdue University board of trustees on Friday (Feb. 8) ratified a bachelor's degree program in motorsports engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Feb. 7,
2008 — "Thank you," was the resounding message Indiana legislators presented to hundreds of social work students, faculty and other professionals during the annual advocacy day at the Indiana State House.
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Feb. 6,
2008 — A research proposal submitted by Gunther Schadow, associate professor, IU School of Informatics, is one of five projects selected recently for funding by the Intercampus Applied Research Program (IARP) Awards. IARP is a joint initiative between Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Purdue University-West Lafayette to support practical, world-class research. Dr. Schadow is also a Regenstrief Institute investigator, and co-director of the Signature Center for Computational Diagnostics.
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Feb. 6,
2008 — Malika Mahoui and Josette Jones, both assistant professors with the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI, know that medical discoveries and health care improvements lay buried in the mountains of digital data generated daily by hospitals, clinics, doctors and nurses. Thanks to a funding grant from the National Institutes of Health, Mahoui and Jones are helping Dr. Patrick Jamieson, Logical Semantics, Inc., build computer tools to mine those data.
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Feb. 6,
2008 — After being closed for 25 years, IPS Wendell Phillips Elementary School 63 reopened in 2006 to the Haughville Community to help educate over 500 K-6 grade students on the Near Westside. The renovated school is a valuable asset in the community and continues to grow. However, the elementary school's current library resources do not adequately support the library media program that is integral to the School 63's curriculum. To address the lack of library resources at School 63, IUPUI University Library will be collaborating with IUPUI campus partners to host its annual Scholastic Book Fair fundraiser in support of Wendell Phillips Elementary School- IPS School 63.
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Feb. 6,
2008 — Lorraine Blackman, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, will give the first TRIP lectures and will discuss research in family life planning that could help reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
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Feb. 1,
2008 — Many may have been surprised by an Indiana Black Expo report detailing how nearly eight in 10 black children in Indiana are born to unwed parents. The untold story is that white children born to unwed moms face challenges similar to those of black children of unwed mothers, IUPUI Professor Lorraine Blackman says.
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