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February 2, 2009

IUPUI, Crispus Attucks Museum Partnership Puts Local Black History Online

Crispus Attucks Museum
Crispus Attucks Museum

The Crispus Attucks Museum, located on the campus now called the Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet School, professionally showcases treasures from that campus's days as Indiana's first all-black high school. The museum's collections tell the story of the high school, part of the Indianapolis Public Schools district, and the African American community that produced such legends as basketball great Oscar Robertson, Grammy Awards winner Kenneth "Baby Face" Edmond, jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and opera star Angela Brown.

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Thousands of Balloons, Swarming Flies Are Mediums of Choice in Herron Exhibit

Exhibition: David Bowen and Jason Hackenwerth
Exhibition: David Bowen and Jason Hackenwerth

Thousands of balloons and a swarm of flies are the unique mediums in a new exhibit at the Herron School of Art and Design, located on the IUPUI campus.

"Exhibition: David Bowen and Jason Hackenwerth" runs through Saturday, March 7, 2009, in the Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries at Herron, 735 W. New York Street. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

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Second Indiana Mayors Institute to Take Place at IUPUI

Mayors of Indiana cities will learn best practices for controlling health care costs, making creative use of technology and developing sustainability initiatives at the second Mayors Institute, Feb. 5-6 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

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Ron Hunter Reception Invitation

Ron Hunter Reception Invitation

IU School of Social Work Researcher To Examine Anti-Bullying Law

James R. Brown
James R. Brown

Does Indiana's anti-bullying law help parents keep their children safe in school or is it a paper tiger that does little to assist victims?

That's the question James R. Brown, a researcher in the Ph.D program at the Indiana School of Social Work, hopes to better understand through a study focusing on the parents of Indiana middle school students.

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Three IUPUI Diversity Programs Funded by IU President's Initiative

Three IUPUI diversity programs funded under Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie’s $1 million diversity initiative will build upon campus efforts to retain under-represented undergraduate students and faculty and build upon its Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives.

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New Book on Civil Rights Memorials Explores Politics of Cultural Legacies

The first book to critically explore memorials to the American Civil Rights Movement opens with a discussion of a 1981 "street fight in Chattanooga, Tennessee."

At issue in this confrontation was a petition by African American ministers to rename a street in the southern city after slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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Call for Nominations: The Africana Studies Distinguished Public Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award

As one of the signature events to celebrate Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' (IUPUI) 40th anniversary, the Public Scholars in Africana Studies (formerly AAADS) at IUPUI cordially invite nominations for its’ first Distinguished Public Scholar Lifetime Achievement Awards.

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Informatics researcher's digital image selected for cover of leading science journal

A computer-generated image of neurons inside a microscopic worm – digitally drawn by Albert William, research associate, Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI – is on the cover of the most recent issue of Molecular Interventions. The journal, published by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), is among the most respected in the field of medical research.

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IUPUI, Campus Management to Co-Present at EDUCAUSE Midwest Conference
KMTV Action 3 News (Omaha, Neb), Jan. 29, 2009

IUPUI Professor is Elected Board of Law Examiners Officer
The Indiana Lawyer, Jan. 29, 2009

Samaritan's Feet Has the Right Idea
NWItimes.com, Jan. 29, 2009

E & T Officer to Speak Before Regional Fund-raisers
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, West Lafayette, Ind.), Jan. 29, 2009

Group Seeks Congressional Support for Great Lakes Shipping
NWITIMES.com, Jan. 28, 2009

IUPUI to Host Second Indiana Mayors Conference
Inside Indiana Business, Jan. 28, 2009

IUPUI Among Nine Campuses Recognized for Outstanding International Initiatives
Ascribe Newswire, Jan. 26, 2009

Student Journalists Capture Obama Inauguration
WRTV News at 6, Jan. 21, 2009

An Election That Tells Of Hope
Indianapolis Star, Jan. 20, 2009

Governor To Go Barefoot For Charity
Indianapolis Star, Jan 13, 2009

Pipe Bomb Blasts Have Purpose
WRTV, Jan. 8, 2009

IUPUI's Hunter inspires other coaches to go shoeless
Associated Press, Jan. 8, 2009

Local Newspapers Changes Get Mixed Reviews
Indianapolis Star, Jan. 5, 2009

Move Over Maize – IUPUI Startup Could Make Switchgrass Viable Player in Ethanol Game
Indianapolis Business Journal, Jan. 3, 2009

Local Charities Hard Hit by Recession
WTHR.com, Eyewitness News, Jan. 2, 2009

IUPUI Working on Master Plan
WISH-TV, Dec. 18, 2008

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