Grant Aimed at Encouraging Science Students to be Teachers
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, Nov. 8, 2007 - IUPUI has received a grant to help fund scholarships to encourage undergraduate science students to become high school or middle school science teachers. The Noyce Scholars commit to teaching at least two years in an urban or high-need school district after graduation.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=26364

Call Him "Mr. IUPUI"
Indianapolis Star, Nov. 8, 2007 - Senior George Hill plays basketball at IUPUI, which is almost impossible not to know walking around the downtown campus..."I call him, 'Mr. IUPUI,'" says Ron Hunter, the Jaguars basketball coach. "He's the mayor of this campus."
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071108/SPORTS06/711080461/1068

Some See Peterson a Fallen Star after Election Loss
News Channel 18, Lafayette ( Associated Press) Nov. 7, 2007 - In one day, Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson has gone from being one of the biggest players in Indiana politics to someone with an uncertain future. IUPUI political science Professor Brian Vargus comments on Peterson's loss.
http://wlfi.com/Global/story.asp?S=7327691

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Peterson: A Fallen Star after Election Loss?
WIBC, News Radio 1070, Nov. 7, 2007
http://wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=78610

Star Poll Shows Tight Mayoral Race
WTHR, Channel 13, Eyewitness News, Nov. 6, 2007 - "Certainly the tax issue pushed everything else off the agenda the last few months, so people are reacting against the party in power, the mayor in power, the council," says IUPUI Professor Bill Blomquist. Anger over taxes also explains Peterson's dip in popularity, according to Blomquist.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?s=7266441

IUPUI Survey Finds Fewer Feel Safe in Downtown Indy
WISH-TV, Nov. 5, 2007 - Fewer people feel safe in downtown Indianapolis compared to two years ago, according to a new survey from IUPUI. The survey by the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management found 75 percent of people feel safe downtown during the daytime, down from 83 percent in 2005.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7315949&nav=menu188_2

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Is Downtown Indy Safe?
Channel 6 News, Nov. 5, 2007
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14520465/detail.html

Pundit Says Indy is The Marquee Race
WIBC, The Morning News, Nov. 5, 2007 - IUPUI Professor Brian Vargas says if Tuesday's (November 6) election follows the normal pattern for Mayoral races, turnout should be around 25 percent in Marion County. Vargas says odd circumstances around the state will mean stronger interest in some elections than in others but Indianapolis is the marquee race because the city implemented the legislature's recommendation of a county income tax.
http://wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=78431

Study: Downtown Indianapolis Safety Perception Drops
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, Nov. 5, 2007 - A new study shows that while downtown Indianapolis receives high marks for cleanliness, friendliness and attractions, perceptions about safety downtown at night have slipped for the third consecutive year. The study was conducted by the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=26281

Survey: City Lacks in Safety and Security
WIBC News Radio 1070, Nov. 5, 2007 - If perception is reality, how is Indianapolis perceived by its residents? IUPUI Professor Sotiris Avgoustis, who conducted the annual survey for the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management, says the results are very positive with residents viewing the city, as a growing tourist attraction that is healthy and clean.
http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=78461

Mitt Romney’s Strategies for Success
The New Yorker, Oct. 29, 2007 - IUPUI Professor Emeritus Jan Shipps, a leading non-Mormon scholar of Mormonism, said that it was useful to consider the difference between Romney and Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, who holds the highest government post of any Mormon in American history. "Reid is a Church member," Shipps said. "But he is a convert...but he was not born into the Church. He didn’t get Mormonism with his mother’s milk, as it were. But Romney is a sixth-generation Mormon" — what scholars call a DNA Mormon. "His ancestors were some of the very first converts."
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/29/071029fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=2

IU Hospital to Expand Home Dialysis Program
InsideINdianaBusiness.com, Oct. 23, 2007 - Indiana University physicians are planning a significant expansion of a program that enables kidney dialysis patients to perform their dialysis at home. Using suitcase-sized, portable dialysis units made by NxStage Medical Inc., patients perform their therapy in comparatively short daily sessions instead of the three-days-weekly routine used by patients at dialysis centers.

Dr. Kraus, professor of clinical medicine at the IU School of Medicine, was the principal investigator of a nationwide study of the NxStage System One, which received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June 2005.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=26084

County Group Envisions an Educational Campus; Plan is to Encourage Satellite Locations for Higher Education
Indianapolis Star, Oct. 19, 2007 - Michelle Krcmery enrolled in evening classes at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Carmel so she might improve her chances of advancing in her career.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710190354

In a First, IUPUI Has a Full House
Indianapolis Star, Oct. 16, 2007 - IUPUI hit a milestone this year...Every room is booked at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, marking the first time that the college's only dorm, townhouses and four-year-old apartment complex along White River have been filled to capacity. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710160396

IU Medical School to Help Develop Nationwide Medical Records System
Indianapolis Star, Oct. 12, 2007 - IU School of Medicine is getting the first crack at building a nationwide computerized medical records and information system. The federal government on Thursday awarded a $2.5 million contract to the IU School of Medicine to start work on a trial implementation of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071012/BUSINESS/710120443