Calling the IUPUI campus "a crown jewel," of Indianapolis and the new Campus Center, a shining "beacon," Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis alumni and student leaders enthusiastically heralded the opening of the building during its dedication Wednesday (April 9, 2008).

The $56-million IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Boulevard, is the fulfillment of long-held dreams of generations of IUPUI students and the culmination of collaborative efforts of students, alumni, benefactors and construction crews, dedication speakers said.

Carillon (bell) concert, performed by Rosemarie Seuntiens

"It is very uplifting for me to be here today and see the remarkable progress of the IUPUI campus," said IUPUI alumnus Carey B. Lykins, now president and CEO of Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. Lykins said he was in his second year of college when undergraduate classes moved to the current IUPUI campus in 1971.

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More than a dozen of IUPUI's distinguished faculty scholars will present their translational research and illustrate how they improve people's lives at the IUPUI TRIP Community Showcase. From medicine to water quality, education to robotics, and philanthropy to manufacturing, these faculty members have translated their research into viable practices that help people in our community.

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The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named IUPUI professor Edward Curtis a Carnegie Scholar.

The Corporation will provide Curtis with a grant of approximately $100,000 to study African American Muslim connections to foreign Muslims and Islamic institutions in Muslim countries.

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During the week of April 21-25, 2008, IUPUI students will participate in the Second National Empty Holster protest here on campus. These students are members of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) and will attend classes wearing EMPTY holsters. This symbolic protest is a result of state laws and campus policies that prohibit concealed weapons on college campuses in the hands of law - abiding citizens, and more specifically, concealed weapons permit holders.

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Dr. Michael J. Austin, a nationally recognized expert on nonprofit management, will be the keynote speaker for the 12th annual Indiana University School of Social Work's PhD Spring Symposium on April 24th.

Dr. Austin, the former dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, teaches graduate students in the area of agency administration and community planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is the Milton and Florence Krenz Mack Distinguished Professor of Nonprofit Management.

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IU School of Dentistry dental assisting faculty member Patricia A. Capps will be installed as president of the Indiana Dental Assistants Association (IDAA) during the organization's annual session this month.

Capps is a clinical associate professor and former director of IUSD's Dental Assisting program. She has served on the IU faculty since 1997.

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Nonprofit Solutions Initiative, a networking resource for the Central Indiana nonprofit community, will hold its annual conference on April 16th, 2008, at IUPUI's new Campus Center. This year Nonprofit Solutions, an initiative of the IUPUI Solutions Center, is pleased to welcome Mayor Greg Ballard as a special guest at the afternoon reception.

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A total of 5,667 students will be eligible to receive degrees at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis's (IUPUI) commencement exercises on May 11, 2008.

Some 4,559 students will receive degrees from Indiana University and 963 from Purdue University. This number also includes graduates from the IUPU Columbus, where there are 104 IU graduates and 41 Purdue graduates.

IUPUI commencement ceremonies will be held Sunday, May 11 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Halls A-B-C of the Indiana Convention Center. IUPUI Chancellor Bantz will preside at both ceremonies. IU President Michael McRobbie will be on the platform for both ceremonies to confer IU degrees. Purdue President France A. Córdova will do the same, but only at the afternoon ceremony.

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