IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz today called the grand opening of The Confucius Institute, Indiana's premier institute for teaching Chinese language and culture, at IUPUI "a day of many thanks and celebrations."

That sentiment was echoed by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, who said, "This is a great day in the City of Indianapolis." The mayor said his goal is to develop a stronger, more powerful international presence in the city, and the "Confucius Institute could not be more in line with what I envision for the city."

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IUPUI will host on April 27 a live debate among four candidates vying for the 7th Congressional District Democratic nomination in the May 6 primary. The debate will be shown on MyNDY Channel 23 and broadcast live on WIBC, 93.1 FM.

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Professor Didier Gondola

An IUPUI professor will spend the next academic year building an oral history of the 1950s African youth who, influenced by western movies, created a subculture that reflected Hollywood's version of the old American west.

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Chancellor Bantz has invited Barbara Mawhiney, a consultant with 26 years of experience in equal opportunity / affirmative action programs, to IUPUI to review our EEO / AA processes.

For those interested in sharing their thoughts on this process with Ms. Mawhiney, an Open meeting will be held from 8 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in the Multipurpose Room of the Campus Center.

To share questions or comments, please send an email to chancllr@iupui.edu.

That well-worn Chinese proverb hasn't lost any of its wisdom – "One picture is worth a thousand words." It was never truer than when dozens of students from Crispus Attucks Middle School paid a visit to IUPUI and the School of Informatics.

The group of 80 or so IPS students and teachers gathered in the IT Building auditorium for a magically visual tour of the human body and its system functions. Armed (eyed!) with 3D glasses, the youngsters were awed by scenes of cells dividing; vivid descriptions of the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems; the inner workings of the human body seen at the molecular level; and strong visual messages warning against the health-related dangers of smoking tobacco.

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The grounds of the recently restored home of Hamilton County, Adams Township's first white settler - a 19th century Virginia abolitionist with a $1,000 bounty on his head - will be the site of this summer's IUPUI archeological dig.

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Poems written by eight Central Indiana poets who were inspired by paintings in the National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) are now on exhibit with the art at the museum, located in the University Place Conference Center & Hotel on the IUPUI campus.

The long-term exhibit is a follow-up to the Third National Gathering of Poets Laureate in June 2007, organized by Indiana's 2002-2007 poet laureate Joyce Brinkman with the theme of "Sporting Words."

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It has been said that jealousy is a green-eyed monster.

An IUPUI psychology professor's research work into the workings of the monster has earned him a place among his alma mater's "100 Points of Light."

Robert Bringle, the Chancellor's Professor of Psychology and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is profiled in the book, "100 Points of Light: A History of Science at Hanover College."

The book identifies the top 111 scientists among Hanover College alumnus, including Bringle who majored in psychology and mathematics at Hanover College. Author Stanley M. Totten used two criteria for selecting the entries: the alumnus must be a graduate of the college, and must have made significant contributions to science or science-related technology such as engineering.

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IU School of Law - Indianapolis' legal writing program, known as Legal Analysis, Research and Communications (LARC), was ranked 11th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2008.

Ruth Anne Robbins, clinical professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Camden and incoming president of the Legal Writing Institute, praised the program, calling it "one of the best" and a "model of excellence."

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The success of criminal justice research projects conducted by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at IUPUI and directed by IUPUI Professor Samuel Nunn has lead to a spin-off center dedicated to such projects.

Professor Nunn is now head of the newly created IU Center for Criminal Justice Research.

The new center will serve as a resource for government policymakers and nonprofit agencies and will focus on crime prevention, traffic safety, and law enforcement and policing.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced today that it will begin using the federal Direct Loan Program as its source for federally backed student loans, beginning in the fall of 2008.

The decision was announced by Rebecaa Porter, Executive Director of Enrollment Services and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Services at IUPUI, who said the action is being taken to ensure students will have a predictable and reliable source of funds during the 2008-09 academic year.

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Sondra Julian and son

Like any mother, Sondra Julian worried when she learned her 22-year-old son was heading to Iraq last December.

But Julian, who lives in Chesterton and was studying to earn a Master's of Social Work degree at IU Northwest, decided to do more than just worry. She created the Military Heros Foundation.

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