IUPUI In the News - July 20, 2006
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Job-Sharing: The Perfect Tool
WTHR, Eyewitness at Noon, July 17, 2006 Two IUPUI women employees say job-sharing is a great tool for women trying to balance family and career.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=5159615&nav=menu188_2
Car-Free Commute
WISH-TV, July 17, 2006 - John Ottensmann, IUPUI Department of Urban Policy & Planning, discusses need for local mass transportation.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5158565&nav=0Ra7
IUPUI Grad Named ACLU Chief
Indianapolis Star, July 13, 2006 Claudia Pena Porretti, a 2006 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis, has been named director of the ACLU of Indiana.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060713/NEWS01/607130441
See also: WISH-TV, July 12, 2006 –
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5141347
Getting Rich Yesterday
Indianapolis Star, July 12, 2006 Groundbreaking research of Randall Heron, professor of the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI campus, has been the major catalyst in the growing national scandal over backdating option grants.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060712/BUSINESS/607120389&SearchID=73251139161779
IUPUI Facing Building Boom
Indianapolis Star, July 3, 2006 IUPUI has more than $340 million in key construction projects in the works.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/NEWS01/607030406/1006/NEWS01
Panther U
Sports Illustrated, July 2, 2006 Panther Racing announces partnership with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to form a student-run Indy Pro Sports racing team.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/racing/more/07/02/bc.car.irlnotebook.ap/index.html
Big Donors Dont Always Follow Through
USA Today, June 28, 2006 Leslie Lenkowsky, director of Graduate Studies at the Center on Philanthropy, part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, talks about Larry Ellison withdrawing his $115 million pledge to Harvard University.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2006-06-28-ellison-harvard-gift_x.htm
Buffet Gives Bulk of Fortune to Gates
New York Times, June 26, 2006 - Gene Tempel, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy, discusses the donation by Warren Buffett to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/business/26buffett.html
See also: NBC Nightly News, June 26, 2006 –
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13561810/
A Philanthropic Powerhouse
USA Today, June 26, 2006 – Dwight Burlingame, associate executive director of the Center on Philanthropy, discusses the donation by Warren Buffett to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-06-26-foundation-cover_x.htm
See also: Los Angles Times, June 27, 2006 –
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-give27jun27,1,4028716.story?page=1
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