IUPUI to Examine Improving Hybrid Car Fuel Mileage
Inside INdiana Business, April 25, 2008 - Scientists at IUPUI's Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy have started a project to double the fuel efficiency in some vehicles.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=29056&Image.x=20&Image.y=10

Grand Opening for Confucius Center
Inside INdiana Business, April 25, 2008 - Dedication ceremonies for the Confucius Institute at IUPUI are held April 24. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is to attend.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=29042

Sukhatme Discusses IUPUI Signature Centers
Inside INdiana Business, April (29), 2008 - IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor Uday Sukhatme says faculty members are the driving force behind the Signature Centers.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/video-player.asp?ID=7791&CategoryID=190

Inside INdiana Business, April 10, 2008 - IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor Uday Sukhatme shares his vision for the IUPUI Signature Centers.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/video-player.asp?id=7790

Chelsea Clinton Campaigns for Mother at IUPUI
WTHR, Eyewitness News, April 24, 2008 - Hillary Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, stops at IUPUI again to campaign for her mother. She answers questions at the Van Nuys Medical Science building.
http://www.wthr.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=2419380&h1=Chelsea%20Clinton%20visit
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Indiana Now at Forefront of Presidential Race
Network Indiana, WIBC, April 23, 2008 - IUPUI political analyst Brian Vargus says Indiana will be a battleground for the presidential candidates. Clinton and Obama have already been campaigning heavily in the Hoosier State.
http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=89608

Thousands Race for Breast Cancer Survivors
TheINDYChannel, 6 News on Your Side, April 20, 2008 - In spite of dreary, rainy weather, 43,000 turn out for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at IUPUI.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/15933392/detail.html

Thousands Take Part in Race for the Cure
WTHR, April 19, 2008 - It is often a family affair as thousands turn out to raise money to fund education about breast cancer as well as research to find a cure.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8197534&nav=DqSr

IUPUI Student Wins 2008 Purdue Grand Prix
WLFI.com (Channel 18, West Lafayette), April 19, 2008 - The 2008 Purdue Grand Prix winner hails from IUPUI. Senior Jon Laski crossed the finish line into first place after being in the top five during most of the race.
http://www.wlfi.com/Global/story.asp?S=8197710&nav=menu591_3

Purdue News, April 19, 2008
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080419PrixPostrace.html

Hunter Gets Two- Year Extension
WTHR, April 18, 2008 - IUPUI men's basketball head Coach Ron Hunter has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8192986&nav=menu188_5

Candidates Ads in Full Force
WTHR, April 17, 2008 (updated April 24, 2008) - The number of political commercials on television is multiplying, says Kristina Horn Sheeler, IUPUI assistant professor for communication studies, in this report analyzing political advertising.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8184302&nav=9Tai

IUPUI Student Finds Tutoring & Mentoring Gold with Her Eco-Map
PrWeb.com, April 17, 2008 - A strategy created by IUPUI social work student Amber Jones has been named April's America Learns Strategy of the Month. Jones’s strategy involves creating an "eco-map" to help her build a relationship with a young student she tutors.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/el 2008/4/prweb855624.htm

A Unique Class Aimed to Help Prisoners Re-join Society
WISH TV, April 16, 2008 - Inmates often say they didn't make it on the outside because society mistrusted them and they mistrusted society. IUPUI and The Department of Correction are trying to break down those walls with a unique class, the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?s=8178272

IUPUI Hosts Second Take-Back-the-Night
Wish-TV, News 8 Daybreak, April 16, 2008 - IUPUI hosts the second annual Take-Back-the-Night rally as part of National Sexual Awareness Month.

Low Numbers Catch up with Order, So It's Giving Up Monastery
Associated Press, April 9, 2008 - The dwindling numbers of women called to Catholic religious vocations have caught up with the Carmelite Sisters of Indianapolis. Story quotes, IUPUI sociologist Patricia Ann Wittberg.
http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=13252

Indianapolis to Host Foster Care Program
Inside INdiana Business, April 3, 2008 - The United Way of Central Indiana has received a $750,000 grant to increase community support for foster care children. Plans include using the Educational Success Program at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis to help the youth succeed in school, graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education and training opportunities.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=28691

Indianapolis Social Network hosts First Blogging "Unconference"
dBusinessNews, March 31, 2008 - IUPUI School of Informatics holds BlogIN2008, the first blogging "Unconference."
http://indianapolis.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?type_news=latest&newsid=154799