http://newscenter.iupui.edu/ News about general from Newscenter en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:47:37 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4341/Appleby-Selected-as-Charter-Fellow-of-Midwestern-Psychological-Association http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4341/Appleby-Selected-as-Charter-Fellow-of-Midwestern-Psychological-Association Dr. Drew Appleby, a psychology professor in the School of Science at IUPUI, has been selected to be a Charter Fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association, one of the largest psychological associations in the world. This year, for the first time, the Midwestern Psychological Association recognized its most distinguished members by awarding them Fellow Status in the Association. Association members recently approved a bylaws change so that it could recognize individuals who have made significant and unusual contributions to the science of psychology and/or to the Midwestern Psychological Association. “Our selection of Charter Fellows of the Midwestern Psychological Association was based on evidence of the member’s superior contribution to the field of psychology. In this initial selection, only about 100 of our members met this high standard,” said Janice R. Kelly President, Midwestern Psychological Association. Charter Fellows will be recognized immediately prior to the Presidential Address at the 2010 meeting of the Association, on April 30, 2010. With more than 1500 members, the MPA is one of the largest psychological associations in the world. Members hold positions in universities, colleges, hospitals, clinics, school systems, business and industry, government and private practice. They teach, conduct research in laboratory, field, and industrial settings, do diagnosis, therapy, and counseling, and serve as administrators and consultants. Their interests are among the most diverse in any professional association: from the physiology of vision to social stereotyping, from political psychology to medical psychology, from organizational behavior to children's language development, from memory to depression, from sex roles to drug addiction.   Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_appleby.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_appleby.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4340/IU-Dental-School-Professors-Honored-by-Indiana-Dental-Association http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4340/IU-Dental-School-Professors-Honored-by-Indiana-Dental-Association The Indiana Dental Association (IDA) recently honored an Indiana University School of Dentistry dental hygiene professor and one of the school’s former graduate directors for their contributions to education and the field of dentistry. Lorinda L. Coan, clinical assistant professor of dental hygiene, received the IDA’s “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” award in recognition of her service during the 2008-2009 academic year. Coan has worked tirelessly with others on the faculty and staff this past year to build upon the school’s new Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral Center (TCBC), one of IUPUI’s Signature Centers. In 2008 she undertook studies at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, which enabled her to become certified as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Working in recent years with members of the Oral Biology faculty, Coan developed a tobacco education program that has been successfully integrated into the IU dental school’s dental hygiene curriculum. For the past year, Coan, a trustee of the Indiana Dental Hygienists’ Association (IDHA), has participated in a collaboration between the IDHA and TCBC that offers training in team-based tobacco cessation to dental providers around Indiana. Dr. Michael A. Cochran, a professor emeritus of operative dentistry who retired from the full-time faculty this past summer, received the IDA’s “Outstanding Faculty of the Year” award in recognition of his body of work since joining the IU faculty in 1978. He continues to teach at the school part time as a member of the volunteer faculty. Cochran chaired the former Department of Operative Dentistry from 1988 to 1993, and was named director of Graduate Operative Dentistry when the department became part of the new Restorative Dentistry department. As a national leader in his field, Cochran brought honor to the IU School of Dentistry in 1999 by accepting the editorship of Operative Dentistry, an international peer-reviewed journal. Over his career he has worked closely with both predoctoral and graduate students of dentistry, and he has been cited for clinical excellence by the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators.   Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_cochran_michael.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_cochran_michael.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4338/Law-School-Mourns-Death-of-30year-Tenured-Professor-Mary-Harter-Mitchell http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4338/Law-School-Mourns-Death-of-30year-Tenured-Professor-Mary-Harter-Mitchell It is with great sadness that the IU School of Law-Indianapolis has announced the untimely passing of Professor  Mary Harter Mitchell  who died Wednesday morning (Nov. 4, 2009.) Professor Mitchell, who was named the Alan H. Cohen Professor of Law in 2004, was well loved by everyone in the law school family. Mitchell, 56, joined the school’s faculty in 1980 and taught contracts, as well as courses in elder law, law and religion, and prisoners’ rights. During her nearly 30-year tenure at the school, she served on virtually every faculty committee, including the Executive Committee. Mitchell also has served as the faculty advisor for five student organizations, including Law Students Against Capital Punishment; Women’s Caucus; Lambda Law Society; Society on Law and Conscience and the Dean’s Tutorial Society. The professor authored “Legal Reference for Older Hoosiers,” a book on legal issues of special concern to older citizens in Indiana. She was the recipient of an Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award in 2003. “Mary was a beloved member of our family who will be missed in ways that cannot be described. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers are certainly with Mary’s husband Frank and her daughters Sally and Clara,” said law school Dean Gary R. Roberts. Mitchell, a 1975 Butler University graduate, earned her law degree from Cornell Law School.       Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_mary h. mitchell dsc_1396.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_mary h. mitchell dsc_1396.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4337/Music-and-Arts-Technology-Dept-to-Present-Graduate-Student-Recital http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4337/Music-and-Arts-Technology-Dept-to-Present-Graduate-Student-Recital The Department of Music and Arts Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will hold its graduate student recital this month. The recital, titled “The Colors of Music,” will take place at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. in Room 152 of the Informatics and Communications Technology Complex, 535 W. Michigan St. Free and open to the public, the recital will include performances by 17 graduate students in the masters of music technology program on the IUPUI campus. The Department of Music and Arts Technology is part of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. The Master of Science in Music Technology curriculum provides post-baccalaureate education in areas of computer-based music technology, multimedia and interactive design and multimedia production techniques. The primary object of the program is to bring new and emerging digital arts technology to students as they relate to a new discipline defined as music technology. The curriculum establishes the creative application of multimedia technology to video, audio and graphic production of arts and educational materials.   Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_it building img_039 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_it building img_039 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4336/Ron-Hunter-on-Hometown-Sports http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4336/Ron-Hunter-on-Hometown-Sports The first of 10 Ron Hunter Shows made its 2009 debut on Hometown Sports on Oct. 28 and was scheduled to run five more times. The first episode was filmed in the IUPUI Athletics offices while the final nine episodes will be taped inside the new Campus Center, located on the southwest corner of Michigan Street and University Blvd... The first show aired on Hometown Sports at 7:30 and 11:30 p.m., Oct. 29; and at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.; and 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Hometown Sports is Channel 81 on both Comcast and Brighthouse and is carried across the state of Indiana. Episodes will also be archived as part of Comcast on Demand programming. Fans are encouraged to attend future tapings. Some lucky fans may also appear on the program. The show, hosted by Greg Rakestraw, will be taped on Mondays at 1 p.m. inside the IUPUI Campus Center on the following dates (subject to change): Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and 21; Jan 4 and 18, 2009: and Feb.1 and Feb 15; and March 1, 2009. For additional information on Hometown Sports, go to www.hometownsportsindiana.com.   Posted: 11-2-2009 Updated 11-4-2009 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_player_hunter.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_player_hunter.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4334/Swanson-named-Associate-Vice-Chancellor-for-Public-Health-at-IUPUI http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4334/Swanson-named-Associate-Vice-Chancellor-for-Public-Health-at-IUPUI Dr. G. Marie Swanson has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Health, announced IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. The title is an addition to the one Swanson already has – Chair of the Department of Public Health in the IU School of Medicine. The additional title is being conferred as Swanson prepares to lead efforts to form a School of Public Health at IUPUI. Last May, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced a plan to form two schools of public health, one at PUI and the other at Bloomington. In his announcement, McRobbie said the school at IUPUI will grow from the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine and is expected to focus on urban health issues, while the new school at IU Bloomington is expected to be based on the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and will focus more on rural health issues, general wellness and other areas that build on existing strengths. In announcing Swanson’s new title, Bantz said, “As the founding dean of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Professor Swanson is the ideal person to lead the development of the new School of Public Health at IUPUI.” Uday Sukhatme, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties at IUPUI, noted that Professor Swanson, who is a leading figure in the field of epidemiology, is “extremely knowledgeable and well qualified for obtaining appropriate accreditation from national agencies for forming a School of Public Health. She also is a past President of the American College of Epidemiology and has had continuous NIH funding for more than 35 years in the areas of cancer and chronic disease epidemiology and health disparities. She currently serves on a national Scientific Advisory Board for a 20 year Department of Defense cohort study of health promotion and disease prevention among military personnel." Swanson has a master’s in public health in the field of epidemiology from the John Hopkins University and a doctorate from Wayne State University in the field of Sociology. Swanson has been a Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health, as well as the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center on the campus of IUPUI since November 2008. From August 2007 to 2008, she was a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Public Health and Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control at the IU Simon Cancer Center.   Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_swanson3-bio.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_swanson3-bio.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4335/From-the-Desk-of-the-Chancellor-Nov-2-2009 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4335/From-the-Desk-of-the-Chancellor-Nov-2-2009 What’s going on in front of Coleman Hall? We’re building the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at the corner of Michigan and West Drive. For more than a quarter of a century, Marilyn Glick has volunteered for Prevent Blindness Indiana. In addition to Mrs. Glick's volunteer work, the couple has donated $20 million to support the new facility and $10 million to create an endowment that will advance research in eye diseases.   The four-story, 70,000-square foot building will house the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and includes an adult outpatient clinic, optical shop, research space, classrooms, faculty offices, student meeting rooms, and room for program expansion. The building also is expected to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold specification by using energy efficient systems and collecting storm water to irrigate the surrounding green space. To see what it will look like, go here. Half the building will be clinic space and half will be dedicated to biomedical research so new treatments can be developed for glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other causes of vision loss in adults and children.   Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_chancellor-charles-r-bantz-small pic.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_chancellor-charles-r-bantz-small pic.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4332/Agents-and-Architects-of-Democracy-The-Struggle-for-the-Future-of-Higher-Education http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4332/Agents-and-Architects-of-Democracy-The-Struggle-for-the-Future-of-Higher-Education A webinar, sponsored locally by the Center for Service and Learning and IUPUI’s American Democracy Project, concerning the future of higher education will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, in UL1125M Among the questions the webinar will address are: How can higher education reverse the disturbing trends we see occurring: pressures for higher education to become increasingly a private good with students as customers, institutions as industries, and competitive success measured by how many are refused admission? Join Harry Boyte, founder and co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship now at Augsburg College, and a Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, along with a panel of distinguished scholars who are grappling with how higher education institutions can integrate civic agency in ways that go beyond activities towards an identity of engagement, with institutions deeply grounded in their communities and regions and “filled with the democratic spirit,” as former Harvard president Charles Elliott once described his university. This webcast will explore efforts underway at several institutions with the intent of launching an international discussion of these questions. Co-sponsors of the event are The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)'s American Democracy Project and The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). To register for the event, visit: http://csl.iupui.edu/events/eventsRegistration.asp?id=1778, or visit or visit the CSL Events Calendar at http://csl.iupui.edu.   Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4331/Baumer-Appointed-New-Executive-Associate-Dean-for-SPEA-at-IUPUI http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4331/Baumer-Appointed-New-Executive-Associate-Dean-for-SPEA-at-IUPUI Terry Baumer has been appointed the new Executive Associate Dean for SPEA on the IUPUI campus, effective November 1. "congratulate Terry on assuming this new role," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz. "Terry has been the director of Criminal Justice and Public Safety Programs, which were recently ranked 3rd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. He joined the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI in 1984. His academic background is in sociology, including a Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. His appointment will enable us to keep our nationally distinctive SPEA program in the top tier both in attractiveness to talented students and in responsiveness to the community’s need for first-rate public policy analysis." Bantz thanked Eric Wright for his service on behalf of our SPEA programs at IUPUI, saying "I look forward to his help with establishing our new School of Public Health, which will be equally distinctive." "As director of the Center for Health Policy and co-director of the Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics (an IUPUI Signature Center), Eric’s expertise will be an important asset in building strong foundations for the school," Bantz added.   Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4330/Common-Theme-Author-Bill-McKibben-Coming-to-Campus http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4330/Common-Theme-Author-Bill-McKibben-Coming-to-Campus Fresh off the International Day of Climate Action he helped to organize in October, best-selling author Bill McKibben will be in Indianapolis for two free, public events on November 9 and 10, 2009. With this year’s IUPUI Common Theme well underway, McKibben’s book Deep Economy has been the topic of much dialog around campus and on the Common Theme blog. McKibben asks simple but profound questions: Is more better? How might we rebuild today’s economy for a durable future? Now is the time for everyone reading the book and everyone interested in these questions to come hear the author. The IUPUI and central Indiana community is invited to this Spirit and Place Civic Festival event. On Nov. 10, everyone is welcome back to the Indiana State Museum, where McKibben will join a panel of local experts discussing the question, “Can Local Food Feed Indiana and the World?” This panel will be held in the ISM’s White Auditorium from 10:30-11:45 am on Nov. 10. Come hear the author whose book is creating so much buzz on campus and join the conversation about green economy, healthy communities and just sustainability. The IUPUI Common Theme thanks our sponsors, IUPUI’s 40th Anniversary Fund, University Place Hotel and Conference Center, the Indiana State Museum and NUVO, and our partners, Go Green IUPUI, Christian Theological Seminary, Earth Charter Indiana, Hoosier Environmental Council, Improving Kids’ Environment, Indianapolis Winter Farmers Market, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis for their support. For more information about the Common Theme project, and to join in the discussion, head to: http://www.iupui.edu/common_theme/   Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400