Indiana Institutions Tout National Rankings
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, August 20, 2009 - For the second year, U.S. News And World Reports lists IUPUI among 77 colleges and universities that were singled out as schools that have recently made the "most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, students, campus, or facilities." IUPUI was ranked seventh among national universities "to watch," up from 14th a year ago.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=37283

Official Unaware Of Ethics Concern
Indianapolis Star, August 20, 2009 - A Noblesville official erred in judgment when she sent out a city press release touting her personal business's expansion, according to Professor Sheila Kennedy (School of Public and Environmental Affairs), a government ethics expert.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090820/LOCAL0104/908200401/1115/Official+unaware+of+ethics+concern

IUPUI Team Doles Out 2,000 Pairs of Shoes
Indianapolis Star, August 20, 2009 - The IUPUI men's basketball team distributed about 2,000 pairs of shoes during its recent trip to Costa Rica. Coach Ron Hunter, whose barefoot coaching has started a grassroots groundswell in basketball circles toward helping impoverished children receive free shoes, organized the trip.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090820/SPORTS0607/90820052/1075/IUPUI+team+doles+out+2+000+pairs+of+shoes

School Takes Aim at 'Sexting'
Channel 6, August 19, 2009 - In a broadcast about schools addressing the growing trend among teens of sending sexually explicit messages or pictures over a cell phone, Kathleen Baldwin (Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Bloomington), who teaches human sexuality at IUPUI, said that what many teens don't realize is that once the material is out there, there's no way to get it back. "It's illegal," she said. "It's child pornography, and there have been some cases where kids have been charged with child pornography."
http://www.theindychannel.com/education/20468953/detail.html

Bus Transportation Could Be Next Victim if Voters Reject Funding Referendums
Indianapolis Star, August 17, 2009 - School districts say transportation service may be next victim if voters don't OK help for cash-strapped schools. Brian Vargus (School of Liberal Arts) said referendums, once meant mainly to pay for capital improvement projects, now may be districts' only options.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090817/LOCAL/908170343/0/SPORTS03

Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems
MedCompare.com, August 13, 2009 - Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according to a study published in online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Study author Philip Fastenau, professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, did his research in collaboration with IUPUI and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
http://www.medcompare.com/news.asp?newsid=285357&typeid=26

Gavrin Appointed Chair of IUPUI Physics Department
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, August 13, 2009 - Andrew Gavrin, one of the developers of the Bridges to Baccalaureate program, funded by the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, has been named chair of the Department of Physics at the School of Science at IUPUI. Gavrin also co-developed the active learning system for high school physics education known as the Just-in-Time Teacher method.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=37150

Americans Remain Divided on Government Involvement in Health Insurance: Survey
Physorg.com, August 10, 2009 - Article reports on Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (School of Public and Environment Affairs) finding that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same regardless of how the plan is described or how involved the government would be.
http://www.physorg.com/news169122465.html

Efforts to Reform BCS Face Tall Order in Congress
Associated Press (Washington), August 13 - IU School of Law-Indianapolis Dean Gary Roberts is quoted in this article about support for efforts to reform the BCS by establishing a playoff system.
http://www.thespread.com/ap-news-ncaaf-300/efforts-to-reform-bcs-face-tall-order-in-congress.html

Med School Gets More for Pediatric Studies
Indianapolis Star, August 13, 2009 - Indiana University School of Medicine researchers this year have attracted $14 million more for pediatrics research than in the past year, for a total of $47 million.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090813/NEWS/908130400/1001/NEWS/
Med+school+gets+more+for+pediatric+studies#pluckcomments

Senator Bayh Holds Job Fair at IUPUI
WISH-TV, August 11, 2009 - More than 60 employers participate in the job fair organized by Senator Bayh and held at the IUPUI Campus Center. About 1,600 jobs were available. Job training and employment assistance services were also provided.
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/business/Hundreds_of_jobs_available_at_job_fairs_20090811

Is the Recession Over?
Fox 59, July 27, 2009 - Jerry Conover (Kelley School of Business) interviews with Kim King of Fox 59 about how Indiana has fared during the recession.
http://www.fox59.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=615d43dc-f526-4b41-bf70-938f40ce0b99&src=front

Risking Disconnect Between Purchasing and Finance
Risk Central.org, July 23, 2009 - Mark Frohlich's (Kelley School of Business) research study on investment in risk management and supply chain is featured.
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/risky_disconnect_between_purchasing_and_finance_19595.aspx

Indianapolis Seeks Solutions to Improve Water & Wastewater Systems
Smart Brief, (PRNewswire), July 22, 2009 - Bill Blomquist, chairman on the Indianapolis mayor's Infrastructure Advisory Commission and dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, comments on the mayor's request for international feedback on the city's water and wastewater systems.

"We want to make sure we look at all possible solutions and approaches to save money on the capital and operating expenditures that impact (water and wastewater) rates," Blomquist said.
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryPR-detail.jsp?id=6267FB32-7310-4FB1-B057-FB7CB3B0300F

We're Getting Just a Little Dumber, Here and There
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, July 22, 2009 - A study in the Journal of Geography reports that despite increased support for K-12 geography education over a 15-year period, geography knowledge among Indiana college freshmen has not improved. "With the efforts we put into K-12 geography education statewide...we anticipated an increase in geography literacy, not a decline," said study author F.L. (Rick) Bein (School of Liberal Arts), professor of geography.
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090722/EDITORIAL/907220341

Business Must Protect Consumers' Privacy, or Government Will
BNET Insight, July 10, 2009 - Article references American Business Law Journal report on warnings of professors Julie Manning Magid, Mohan V. Tatikonda and Philip Cochran (Kelley School of Business) in regards to consumer privacy issues concerned with the use of such technology as radio frequency identification tags.
http://blogs.bnet.com/mba/?p=929

Fast-Acting Travelers Benefit from Airline Price Wars
WTHR, Channel 13, Eyewitness News, July 8, 2009 - Phil Powell (Kelley School of Business) featured in a story about airline fare cutbacks.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10666955&nav=9Tai