From the Office of the IU President

From the Desk of the Chancellor

This morning in Philadelphia, at the 15th annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Dr. Evan Dobelle reported IUPUI took 5th place in his survey of the "Best College and University Civic Partnerships."

Dobelle described IUPUI this way:

This state university, in the heart of Indianapolis, claims that, "Civic engagement isn't just what our students, faculty, and staff do; it's at the heart of who we are..." The institution lives up to this commitment through entities such as the IU Emerging Technologies Center, which has helped to create myriad high‐tech companies and jobs in the area, and the Signature Center Service Learning Research Collaborative which "has enabled the campus to emerge as a center for research and scholarship on civic engagement and service learning." The university's own service learning course offerings are outstanding and IUPUI makes available a wealth of information to other institutions in regards to constructing service learning curricula. Thus, its engagement effect is not only positive for its own students, faculty, and community, but for others as well.

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"Urban Education Excellence" Project for School of Education at IUPUI Earns Federal Grant

The Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI has received from the U.S. Department of Education a five-year, $2.7 million Teacher Quality Partnership grant for a new teacher residency program.

The grant expands the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship program and will lead to a master's degree in education with graduates licensed to teach both general and special education. It is one of only 28 grants the federal government is awarding to improve instruction in struggling schools.

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IU Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Reunion in Indianapolis to Feature Tavis Smiley

Nearly 30 years after its founding, an alumni organization that helps to steward Indiana University's African American legacy has planned a major celebration and reunion Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Indianapolis.

Among the highlights of the 19th reunion of the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club will be an empowerment workshop with popular radio and television personality, author and IU alumnus Tavis Smiley, and a gospel concert by IU alumnus Dr. Leonard Scott and fellow Tyscot recording artists Nu Tradition.

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Counter-terrorism Simulation Planned

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Attacking Emerging Health Risks Through Innovative Health Information Technology

Shaun Grannis, M.D.

Researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute, with its world-renowned medical informatics research group and regional health information exchange, have been awarded a $4.8 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics, one of only four such centers in the nation.

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IU School of Informatics at IUPUI Launches New Interactive Web Site

The Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI has launched a new interactive Web site developed to better serve students, faculty, staff and others, and to foster a clearer definition of informatics and its implications for the future.

The Web site [http://informatics.iupui.edu] prominently features the school's undergraduate and graduate programs, including the nation's first Ph.D. program in Informatics. Academic programs include Informatics, Bioinformatics, Health Informatics, Health Information Administration, Human-Computer Interaction, and Media Arts & Science.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Gives Keynote Semler Lecture

Billy Mills

Olympic gold medalist and national inspiration Billy Mills was the keynote speaker for the Oct. 6, 2009, leadership lecture presented by the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence.

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