IUPUI STUDENT, VOLLEYBALL PLAYER FIGHTS CANCER
Laura Culp concentrates on her dreams, not the cancer she is battling. Read about the 20-year-old aspiring teacher and volleyball player in a Louisville Courier-Journal story that includes information about how to contribute to a fund established to help pay her mounting medical bills.
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HERRON OPEN HOUSE OFFERS TASTE OF COLLEGE LIFE
Learn what life is like at Indiana's only professional art school during Herron School of Art's annual Open House on November 15 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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This year's Spirit & Place celebration provided an opportunity for community residents to listen in on a "public conversation" between Harvard professor Cornel West, (left to right), moderator SallyAnne Murphey, Rabbi Harold Kusher, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley at the Murat Center Sunday, Nov. 4. The sixth annual Spirit & Place Civic Festival featuring a tapestry of events sponsored by 110 local organizations continues through Nov. 13. For a complete listing of events, log on to the Web at www.spiritandplace.org.

Faculty and staff from the School of Dentistry load boxes of their donations onto the Jaguars bus.

JAM THE JAGUARS BUS FOOD DRIVE TO HELP MEET INCREASING NEED FOR DONATIONS
With the slowed economy and the drop in donations after September 11, holiday food drives are more important than ever this year.
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Patrick Nolan (second from right) instructs Ivory Coast students studying English and computer skills at IUPUI as part of the ICIC program.

WEST AFRICAN STUDENTS COME TO IUPUI TO POLISH ENGLISH, COMPUTER SKILLS
Twenty-two seniors from a West African university are polishing their professional English and computer skills at IUPUI, a move that will translate into business success in their home country.
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CONFERENCE TO SHOWCASE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT IUPUI
IUPUI will support Indiana in its quest to become the Midwest leader in technology, as it brings together its faculty and researchers with local business during the campus's first ConnectTech 2001 Conference on December 6.
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COMMUNITY ACTIVIST EARNS ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
An IU graduate whose work helped significantly reduce the homicide rate in an east Indianapolis neighborhood has earned one of the social work alumni association's highest honors.
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SOCIAL WORK EDUCATOR EARNS TOP ALUMNI AWARD
An IU graduate who has developed and nurtured sociology and social work programs at seven universities across the United States will receive the social work alumni association's highest honor.
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MITCH DANIELS TO PRESENT OPENING REMARKS AT BULEN SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN POLITICS AT IUPUI
A high ranking Bush administration official who is one of the founders of the annual Bulen Symposium on American Politics at IUPUI will participate in this year's symposium that focuses on redistricting issues.
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IUPUI CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK WITH INFORMATIVE EVENTS
In honor of International Education Week, IUPUI will host a variety of events to educate the campus about the importance of engaging the global community.
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