Halter Selected for Vice Chairman Post of National Committee of Regional Minority Supplier Development Council Chairpersons

Robert Halter, Director of Purchasing for IUPUI has been selected to serve as Vice Chairman of the National Committee of Regional Minority Supplier Development Council Chairpersons. With this appointment Halter will also serve on the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Board of Directors.

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Getting to the Art of the Matter: Herron Students "Screen" IU's Dental Patients

Soon after renovations to the IU School of Dentistry's Patient Admissions division were completed, the Clinical Affairs faculty and staff decided that the remodeled area could benefit from an additional element of privacy to further separate the bank of patient registration desks from the nearby reception seating. They went looking for a solution – and found it in the creative vision of two students from the Herron School of Art and Design.

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Brown to Receive Educator Award from National Press Photographers Association

James W. Brown, executive associate dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism at IUPUI will receive the Robin F. Garland Educator Award from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) at its national convention June 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nev. The award is given for outstanding service as a photojournalism educator.

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MSW Students Help Launch New Community Partnership

Graduate students from the Indiana University School of Social Work are part of a new community partnership to help meet the needs of the growing Hispanic parish at St. Anthony's Catholic Church on Westside of Indianapolis.

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Author of Doughnut History Judges Dunkin' Donuts Bake-off

Billed as the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, Dunkin' Donuts sells 52 varieties of doughnuts at more than 8,800 franchises worldwide.

On May 28, 2009, IUPUI anthropology Professor Paul Mullins, author of "Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut" helped the international company select a new Dunkin' doughnut for production.

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IU Alumni Weekends Bring Hundreds of Former Students to IUPUI

More than 825 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends participated recently in IU Alumni weekend reunions at IUPUI, with some alumni travelling as far away as Hawaii, Texas, California, Maryland, Arizona, and Florida to visit campus. IU Law-Indianapolis and the Schools of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, and Nursing held the alumni events.

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Sotfball Camps Scheduled for Late June

$1 Mondays at Caribou Coffee, Summer Menu for Spotz Grille

IUPUI Diversity Committee to Meet

Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Needed

Sustainability Expert to Share His Experiences in Developing, Implementing Sustainability Programs

A sustainability expert will discuss implementing sustainable programs and improving the built environment during a lecture at IUPUI that is open to the public. The lecture will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 3 in Room 450A of the Campus Center.

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SPEA Professor Publishes Book on Trust in Social and Governing Institutions

In "Distrust, American Style: Diversity and the Crisis of Public Confidence," Indiana University faculty member Sheila Suess Kennedy discusses recent research suggesting that Americans have become less trusting of each other -- and the resulting implications for public organizations.

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Doctors Explore Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies about Health

"Don't Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health"

Fact or fiction? Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years. Cold weather makes you sick. You should never wake a sleepwalker. A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's.

Riley Hospital for Children physicians Aaron Carroll, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Rachel Vreeman, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, both at the Indiana University School of Medicine, tackle these and other commonly held medical beliefs in a new book, laying out the science which proves or disproves them.

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