Imagine a probe that could rapidly determine from the smallest possible sample whether a bioterrorist attack had occurred, or indentify whether bacteria such as E. coli or cancer were present.

And do it by causing the detection target, if present, to glow like a firefly.

Such a detection method is under development by Sapna Deo, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the School of Science at IUPUI. That research, which she has pursued with the graduate students, undergraduate students and even high school students working in her lab, has earned Deo a National Science Foundation (NSF) award.

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Herron School of Art and Design is proud to announce that our diversity-based student group Spectrum will participate in the 38th annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. This is Spectrum's fifth consecutive exhibition as part of IBE's Cultural Arts Pavilion. Herron students and alumni will exhibit alongside institutions such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis Art Center, and others.

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Dental student Donald Helfert guides a Dental Summer Institute participant through one of the hands-on lab sessions.

One young participant, at age 14, had just finished junior high school. Another came equipped with a master's degree. In between were 20 high school, college, and college-bound students - and all had one thing in common: a keen interest in learning more about dentistry, and what it's like to be a student in this field.

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Anthony Faiola, associate professor, IU School of Informatics, has been named the School's interim executive associate dean at IUPUI, effective July 1. Faiola also serves as the School's director of the Media Arts and Science (MAS), and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) programs, and is a long-time member of the teaching faculty.

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An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) professor's early career decision to rebury Native American human remains - an act then considered academic suicide - recently earned the professor international recognition for significant contributions to world archaeology.

The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) awarded its inaugural Peter J. Ucko Memorial Award to Larry J. Zimmerman, anthropology and museum studies professor in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Zimmerman is also jointly appointed with the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art as the Public Scholar of Native American Representation.

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Every two years, peace researchers from around the world gather to exchange ideas and experiences, to initiate joint projects, and develop new avenues for research. The International Peace Research Association (IPRA) conference focuses on the most urgent challenges for peace.

This year the conference is being held in Leuven, Belgium, from July 14-19.

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"For Indiana, the direct effects of the mortgage crisis will probably be milder than for many other states. The housing boom was much less vigorous here, compared to the east or west coasts. But we will feel the effects of the national recession,” says Steven Russell, professor of economics in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, who formerly worked as an economist in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Russell shares his insight on the current mortgage banking crisis in a new video feature that will appear periodically on the IUPUI home page, Current News Videos. Click here to watch the video http://www.iupui.edu/~iuihome/podcasts/?episode=215 .