[UPDATED] Local Government Reform Commission Launches Website
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, August 3, 2007 – A new website will give the public and policymakers an opportunity to review the work of the Local Government Reform Commission. It also provides a way for the public and organizations to submit comments to the commission. The commission was announced last month by Governor Mitch Daniels to develop recommendations on how local government can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. The commission is chaired by former Indiana Governor Joe Kernan and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=24768

Healthy Families Indiana Day at Zoo to Bring Smiles, Help Strengthen Families
IUPUI News Center, August 2, 2007 – Parents participating in the Healthy Families Indiana program in Indianapolis will be treated to a free day at the Indianapolis Zoo, thanks to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana and the IU School of Nursing MOM Project.
http://info.iupui.edu/news/page/normal/3272.html

IUPUI Students Complete Prison Exchange Program
WISHTV, News 8 @ 5, August 1, 2007 – For six weeks some IUPUI students drove to Plainfield, went through metal detectors and a pat-down and then shared a classroom with prisoners. The students were taking part in an Inside-Out Prison Exchange program.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6870781

Biracial Sisterhood Laid Groundwork for Civil Rights Movement
IUPUI News Center, July 30, 2007 – A new book by Professor Nancy Marie Robertson of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI explores how the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), the nation's major national biracial women's organization, provided a unique venue for women to respond to American race relations during the first half of the twentieth century and laid the groundwork for the subsequent civil rights movement.
http://info.iupui.edu/news/page/normal/3270.html

IUPUI Researchers Understand Local Government
Indiana Legislative Insight, July 23, 2007 – Writer describes The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment as being “replete with top-notch researchers who understand local government in the state” in an article about the Commission of Local Government Reform. The Center will staff the commission.
http://info.iupui.edu/news/page/normal/3266.html

IUPUI Center Selected To Assist Commission on Local Government Reform
IUPUI News Center, July 19, 2007 - When Governor Mitch Daniels decided to create a commission to examine and make recommendations on reforming and restructuring local government, he determined he needed two distinguished Hoosiers to co-chair it and a group of experts to host and staff the commission. Daniels announced Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and former Governor Joe Kernan would co-chair the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Local Government Reform and it would operate under the auspices of the Center on Urban Policy and the Environment at IUPUI.
http://info.iupui.edu/news/page/normal/3266.html

Saving Gas in Indy
WTHR Channel 13, July 19, 2007 – Pete Hylton, IUPUI (MET) professor, weighs in on various strategies Hoosiers can use to save money at the pumps.
http://www.iupui.edu/~iuihome/podcasts/?episode=110

Challenges for Black Colleges’ Brightest in the Lab
New York Times, July 18, 2007 – James Lucas, a Morehouse College undergraduate, and a number of other students from historically black colleges and universities work in IUPUI and IUB research labs in first STEM Summer Institute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/education/18education.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

University Place is Site of Public Tax Forum
WTHR-TV, Eyewitness News at Sunrise, July 18, 2007 – Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson proposes a temporary fix by borrowing money, and the city-county council has an idea of limiting property tax to 2% of a home’s assessed value. A town hall meeting on property taxes is set for July 23 at University Place Conference Center.

Forensics Program Cited as Example of Life Sciences Growth in State
WFYI, PBS Show, Inside INdiana Business, July 13, 2007 – Indiana Chamber’s BizVoice Magazine editor interviews Jay Siegel, direction of the IUPUI forensics and investigative sciences degree program. Siegel discusses achievements and growth of the program.

Lugar's Comments Prompt Republican Action
WISH-TV, News 8 @ 6, July 9, 2007 – This story on Lugar’s influence among Republicans features an interview with political science professor Margaret Ferguson.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?s=6764977

At Herron, Those Who Teach, Can
Indianapolis Business Journal, July 9, 2007 - IBJ reporter Lou Harry reviews the 2007 Herron Faculty Exhibition.
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Forensic Science Program Featured
BizVoice, July/August 2007 - The IUPUI forensic science program was featured in this issue of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce publication.

Thinking Locally, Acting Globally (Going Far, Doing Good)
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 29, 2007 - Public research universities seek to make a difference, at home and abroad, by forming strategic partnerships. This article spotlights IUPUI international partnerships.
http://chronicle.com/chronicle/v53/5343guide.htm