Morris Receives Bepko Community Medallion

The IUPUI Senior Academy recently presented the second Gerald L. Bepko Community Medallion to James T. Morris, former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.

Named after former IUPUI Chancellor Gerald L. Bepko, the award, created in 2003, honors a person who has made a significant and ongoing commitment to strengthening the bonds between IUPUI and the community. The 3-inch Bepko medallion bears the image of Bepko on one side, and the recipient's name, date and citation on the other side. The first medallion was presented to Bepko in 2003.

Morris, an IU alumnus, has served as chairman of several corporate boards, and is a former chairman of the IU Board of Trustees...
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Ivy Tech and IU to Provide Expanded Transfer Opportunities

Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University, the state's two largest post-secondary institutions of higher education, have teamed up to provide expanded transfer of credit opportunities for Hoosiers throughout the state.

The two institutions have designated over 100 courses that will transfer from all 23 Ivy Tech campuses...
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IUPUI Web Site Wins International Honors

The IUPUI campus Web site, www.iupui.edu, recently won top honors - a silver award - in an international competition sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

IUPUI was one of two universities to receive a silver award in the Complete Institutional Web Sites category of the National/International CASE awards program. A total of 41 Web sites were entered...
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Takin' It to the Streets: School of Ed to Partner with Indianapolis Community Agencies

A dozen Indianapolis community service agencies have begun the first step toward a formal partnership with the Indiana University School of Education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Representatives have met with School of Education faculty and plan a follow-up meeting later this summer to solidify a relationship that would allow agencies to...
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Androids Have Higher Calling Than Mechanical Cousins, IUPUI Expert Says

Consider the ordinary, garden-variety service robot -- a pretty decent pinch-hitter to do the dirty, drab and dangerous jobs most of us try to avoid. Think "Tin Man" but without heart and ability to communicate and reason.

But give the robot a realistic human face and body, carefully program it to mimic our mannerisms and traits, and you'll likely have a creature that interacts more closely with us -- one that can even help us better understand our own behavior...
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Halter Appointed as IBDC Chair

The Indiana Business Diversity Council has appointed Robert J. Halter, IUPUI’s director of purchasing services, as chairman.

The primary mission of the IBDC is to educate, promote, and cultivate successful minority enterprises within the Indiana business community.

Halter is the representative for IUPUI with the IBDC. He has served as senior vice chair and secretary of the board and chairman of the certification committee.

Halter also represents IUPUI with the Indianapolis Black and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and serves on the Executive Committee of the Corporate Alliance for Historically Underutilized Small Businesses in Indiana.

Social Work, Labor Studies To Merge

The IU Division of Labor Studies will merge with the IU School of Social Work, effective July 1, 2007, announced Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.

Bantz said he concurred with a transition team's opinion that the compatible missions of the two academic units will make for unique opportunities for collaborative teaching, research and service.

The academic mission of the Division of Labor Studies, the organizational structure of the division, its operations on six IU campuses, and its possible merger into a school have been under consideration since 2005.

Under the merger, the School of Social Work will assume the fiscal and administrative authority for the Division of Labor Studies...
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Healthcare Reform Town Hall Forums Slated Across Indiana

What is to be done about rising healthcare costs?

Indiana University healthcare experts at IUPUI want to hear views about that question and other healthcare issues from Hoosiers during nine Healthcare Reform Town Hall Forums that will be held across the state.

The forums, conducted by an IU workgroup, are part of an effort to study potential reforms in healthcare delivery in Indiana. The IU workgroup conducting the healthcare reform study includes representatives from the IU Schools of Medicine, Law, and Public and Environmental Affairs. The workgroup's primary product will be a public report outlining alternative strategies to address the future of healthcare delivery in Indiana...
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IUPUI Racing Takes First Place Trophy at Inaugural Competition

In its first full-fledged competition, "IUPUI Racing" came home with the first-place trophy.

The No. 72 Jaguar race car, completely designed and built by IUPUI engineering technology students, roared to first place during the Sports Car Club of America's Spring Sprints at O'Reilly Raceway Park last month.

That win came two years to the month after engineering and technology Dean Oner Yurtseven gave Professor Peter Hylton the green light to develop IUPUI's motorsports program...
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