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Schools of Science and Medicine Launch $2.9 Million National Science Foundation GK-12 Science Education Program at IUPUI

May 16, 2008 — Take a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant, mix with research graduate students at IUPUI and pour into Indianapolis Public Schools middle and high school science classrooms and outdoor learning laboratories.   Full Story

IUPUI’s Newest Ph.D. Program at the Interface between Statistics and the Life Sciences

May 16, 2008 — The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved a Ph.D. degree program in biostatistics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The program, which is unique to Indiana and leads to a degree from Indiana University, is a collaboration of the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the School of Science and the Division of Biostatistics in the IU School of Medicine.   Full Story

Would You Finish Your Math Homework for $2,500?

May 16, 2008 — The IUPUI High School Mathematics Contest awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to 16 central Indiana high school students who completed problems created by college professors.   Full Story

IUPUI Psychology Professor Earns “100 Points of Light” Award

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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."   Full Story

2008 Outstanding IUPUI Students Named

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.   Full Story

High School Students Get Creative in IUPUI Computer Programming Contest

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.   Full Story


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Yuanshun Dai

Yuanshun S. Dai - Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science. Dai is an expert in cybersecurity and medical information systems. Dai and Xukai Zou, also an assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, have developed an Internet-based medical information system, which they believe can help propel health care into the hi-tech age, save lives and cut costs. The "Secure and Reliable Health Information System" has been tested by a veterans' administration hospital and solves the critical problems of security, reliability and data integration that have stymied previous attempts to develop an electronic health information system.

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Kathleen Marrs

Kathleen A. Marrs - Associate Professor of Biology. Marrs is an expert in biology and science education. She is developing ways to reinforce the content to which students are exposed during lecture, to help students develop the intellectual skills needed to understand the scientific process and to establish connections concerning the relationship of biology to society. She is implementing a web-based, interactive method for teaching known as the "Just-in-Time" biology curriculum.

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Jeffrey Watt

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