IUPUI to Host Second Emergency Management Seminar, Disaster Medicine and Mass Casualties Are Focus

Oct. 2, 2008 — Best practices and lessons learned for dealing with a surge of mass casualties will be the topic for discussion during a symposium from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, at the University Place Conference Center on the IUPUI campus, 850 W. Michigan St.   Full Story

Chronic Lead Poisoning From Urban Soils: Could Water Cure A Public Health Menace in the U.S.?

Aug. 19, 2008 — Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could treating contaminated soil with water prevent this public health scourge?   Full Story

Helicopters, Robots and Police Vehicles Featured at IUPUI Public Safety Career Day

July 31, 2008 — Blackhawk and Bell Jet Ranger helicopters, bomb-dismantling robots, police SWAT vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks will be among the attractions when Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis observes its second annual Public Safety Career Day on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.   Full Story

Making Decisions About The Water We Drink

June 30, 2008 — The politics of managing the watersheds and river basins which provide water for the millions of inhabitants of New York City, Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest and other increasingly thirsty areas of the country are explored in Embracing Watershed Politics, a new book which asks whether and how politics are getting in the way as Americans try to better manage and protect the natural re¬sources of our watersheds.   Full Story

IUPUI Among First to Join Clean Air Initiative

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.   Full Story

Greg Lindsey

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Environmental and land use planning, decision making, and management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, SPEA; Director, 6/02 - 12/03; Associate Director, 10/92 - 5/02

• Office of International Affairs, Acting Associate Dean for International Programs, 7/01-12/01

• Maryland Dept. of Environment, Sediment and Stormwater Administration, Baltimore MD, Chief - Policy, Planning, and Regulation Development Division (Natural Resources Planner): 2/87 8/91

• McHenry County Defenders, Crystal Lake IL. Executive Director: 9/81 - 9/85

• WAPORA, Inc., Chicago IL. Environmental Planner: 2/80 - 7/81

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• IUPUI School of Liberal Arts, Department of Geography, Adjunct Faculty, 2001 - present

• IUPUI School of Science, Adjunct Faculty, 1996 - present

• American Planning Association

• Indiana Planning Association

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Lindsey, G., Y. Han, J. Wilson, and J. Yang. (2006). Neighborhood Correlates of Urban Trail

Traffic, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Vol. 1, p. S134-S152.

Wilson, J. and G. Lindsey. 2005. "Remote Sensing of Land Cover Dynamics in Central Indiana." Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 131, No. 3, p. 159-169.

Lindsey, P. and G. Lindsey. 2004. "Using Pedestrian Count Models to Estimate Urban Trail Traffic." Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Vol. 34, p. 1-18.

Gabriel Filippelli

Gabriel M. Filippelli - Chair and Professor of Earth Sciences; Associate Director, IU Center for Environmental Health. Filippelli is an expert in environmental health, including links between lead contamination and blood lead levels of children who live in urban areas. His research looks for ties between the environment and health—and how better understanding of those ties can improve our quality of life. Nationally, Indiana had the seventh highest volume of air and water pollution from industrial sites for the second year in a row.

Lenore Tedesco

Lenore P. Tedesco - Associate Professor of Earth Sciences; Director, IUPUI Center for Earth and Environmental Science. Tedesco is an expert in environmental science, water quality, water resources, wetland and stream restoration and K-12 STEM education. She has developed an autonomous environmental monitoring network that measures water quality throughout central Indiana. Additionally, Tedesco's team has implemented an environmental science education program based on restoration research and environmental monitoring.