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  December 1, 2006
$40 Million Lilly Grant to Help Support Center on Philanthropy, Largest Grant in Center’s 20-Year History Will Benefit Nonprofits Nationwide

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University will receive a $40 million endowment grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help underwrite permanently a portion of its future operating expenses, Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert and Lilly Endowment President N. Clay Robbins announced November 21 at a press conference in Indianapolis.

“We are deeply grateful for this extraordinary gift. This is the largest grant...
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Dr. Joan Haase
Oncology Researchers of the Indiana University Schools of Nursing and Medicine Present in Venice, Italy

A contingent of oncology researchers from the Indiana University Schools of Nursing and Medicine, led by Dr. Joan Haase, PhD, RN, Holmquist Professor in Pediatric Oncology Nursing at the IU School of Nursing (pictured above), presented two different symposia in Venice, Italy at the 8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, October 18-21, 2006. The IU oncology researchers focused on what Indiana University is doing in oncology research and the impact their efforts have made on the healthcare of citizens of Indiana and beyond...
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Traffic Safety Research Grant Awarded to the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment

The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment announced that it has been awarded a $320,000 grant from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) for a one-year study of traffic safety in Indiana.

The grant will support analysis of data about motor vehicle accidents in the state of Indiana to identify traffic safety problems, recommend and design effective policies, and help the state...
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First Annual Interfaith Symposium to be Held at IUPUI

As an extension of IUPUI's dedication to civic engagement and educational partnerships, the International Interfaith Initiative (III), a collaborative effort between the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education (CUME), Peace Learning Center, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, and members of the Indianapolis community, is announcing its first annual Interfaith Symposium to be held at the Lilly Auditorium...
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IU School of Law-Indianapolis Expert Calls for Changes in Tissue Transplant Industry

It’s time to put limits on tissue recovery, IU School of Law-Indianapolis Professor Robert Katz said in a WTHR Channel 13 television interview that aired in late November.

Channel 13 investigative reporter Sandra Chapman interviewed Katz as part of a news series on Indiana tissue transplant patients who have received...
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IUPUI In the News

IUPUI In the News is a short review of local/national media coverage relating to IUPUI. Previously sent to a separate subscriber list as a separate newsletter, now also included in Inside IUPUI... To view the full version, or archives, visit the IUPUI In the News archive.

Lilly Endowment Awards $40 Million to Center on Philanthropy
Indystar.com (11/22/06)
WTHR, Eyewitness News at 12:30 p.m., Nov. 22, 2006
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report (11/21/06)

Simon Gives $50 Million to Cancer Center on IUPUI Campus
WTHR, Eyewitness News at Sunrise, Nov. 21, 2006
Indystar.com (11/21/06 - Swiatek)
Indystar.com (11/21/06 - Russell)

Natatorium to Host Swim Trials
WTHR, Channel 13, Eyewitness News at 6:00 (10/16/06)

In Wake of Scandals, More Donors Are Turning to Grassroots Charities
Washington Post (11/-21/06)

Cigarette Taxes Benefit Health
IndyStar.com (11/21/06)

Sites Help Organize Personal Records
WTHR Channel 13, Eyewitness News (11/10/06)

University Researchers Look at Water Quality
WIBC, Today at Noon (10/24/06)
Indystar.com (10/23/06)


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Exercise When Young May Reduce Risk of Fractures Later in Life

Running and jumping during childhood is more than child’s play; it provides lifelong benefits for future bone health and appears to reduce the risk of fractures later in life according to a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researchers. The study is now available in an advance online edition of the journal and will appear in a print edition in 2007.

“Our study demonstrates that exercise when young may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, and the old exercise adage of ‘use it or lose it’ may not be entirely applicable to the skeleton,” said the study’s principal investigator, Stuart J. Warden, assistant professor and director of research in physical therapy at the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at IUPUI...
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