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May 10, 2002
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 IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko joined others, including IU President Myles Brand and Mayor Bart Peterson, at a news conference May 8 at IUPUI to urge the Indiana General Assembly to act now on budget and tax challenges confronting Indiana. ALLIANCE FOR INDIANA'S FUTURE CALLS ON LOCAL LEGISLATORS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR INDIANA Local members of the Alliance for Indiana's Future met at IUPUI to send a simple message to area legislators: the Indiana General Assembly must take action in the upcoming special session to solve the looming problems of property tax reassessment, the state's anti-competitive tax structure, and the budget deficit. [Complete Details] STATE BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES NEW HOUSING FOR IUPUI Plans to build a new housing complex at IUPUI got the green light May 9 from the State Budget Committee. "It's about time," said a student. [Complete Details]
IU DENTAL SCHOOL PROFESSOR APPOINTED TO POSITION NAMED FOR HIS LONGTIME MENTOR From the time he enrolled in dental school, IU School of Dentistry Professor David R. Avery has looked up to one man as his mentor. Now 40 years later, in the greatest honor of his professional life, the school has announced the appointment of Avery to the first faculty position named in tribute to that man -- Ralph E. McDonald. [Complete Details]
DENTAL PROFESSOR HONORED FOR SMOKING CESSATION WORK The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County recently honored dental Professor Arden Christen for his work to help people stop smoking. He received the Health Professional Star Award at the organization's annual dinner last month. Other honorees included School of Medicine Clinical Professor Emeritus George Rawls and Mayor Bart Peterson. Proceeds of the dinner support tuition assistance for minority School of Medicine students. IUPUI GRADUATE STUDENTS TAKE HOME AWARDS AT ANNUAL RESEARCH COMPETITION The IU Medical Center Chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society held its annual Graduate Student Research Competition on April 15 and 16 at the Daly Student Center on campus. The three students selected for outstanding oral research presentations, as well as the six students selected for honorable mention, will receive awards at a formal reception on May 20 at 2 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building Atrium. The overall winner will be presented with the David M. Gibson Award, sponsored annually by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to honor its former chair. |
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Private support through the Campaign for IUPUI is critical for the campus to recruit and retain top faculty, attract the best students, and maintain and update our learning environments to remain a leading urban campus. To find out more about the Campaign for IUPUI, go to http://www.campaign.iupui.edu/. COMPUTER SAVVY IUPUI VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT TO HELP PROTECT NON-PROFITS FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES IUPUI is seeking 100 faculty, staff and students for a volunteer project to help non-profits protect themselves against the loss of time and resources caused by the proliferation of computer viruses. [Complete Details] NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE AT IUPUI COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES Hugh Price, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, will receive an honorary degree during IUPUI's commencement ceremonies. Commencement ceremonies are at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 12, in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. IU will award 3,768 degrees and Purdue University will award 939 degrees. [Complete Details] HERRON SUMMER PROGRAM ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO STUDY ART Herron School of Art will offer high school students the opportunity to study art this summer as part of the school's annual Summer Honors Art Program. [Complete Details] MASSAGE CLASS TEACHES COUPLES THE BASICS OF BACK AND FOOT RUBS For the husband who has ever tried to give his wife a relaxing back rub and just couldn't seem to hit the spot, IUPUI's Couple Massage class is just what the therapist ordered. [Complete Details] IUPUI "PERKS" Being an employee or student at IUPUI has its "perks." Faculty, staff and students can see movies, visit museums, join gyms and much more at discounted rates. To check out the latest list of IUPUI "perks," please log on to http://www.iupui.edu/~extaff/perks.htm.  Announcements ... Siblings Earn $300 Each for Alcohol Research [Details] Creating a DVD [Details] GREAT Expectations! Seminar [Details] Summer 2002 IT Training & Education Catalog now available! [Details] Lunch 'N Learn Workshop [Details] |
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