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Sports Psychology Symposium to be Held March 11 at IUPUI
February 24, 2010 — A unique symposium at IUPUI will offer a behind-the-scenes look at what sports psychology is, what its practitioners do, and how to enter the field.
Full storyNew Undergraduate Degree in Biocomputing, Pre-Medicine Only One of Its Kind in Indiana
February 22, 2010 — The School of Science at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis announced a new undergraduate degree program in biocomputing and pre-medicine. The newly developed undergraduate program in computer sciences will provide a research track which will prime students for the rigors of medical school while preparing them for emerging positions in the field of biocomputing.
Full storySchool of Science Professor Chairs International Planning Committee for Oceanic Research, Climate Change
February 22, 2010 — The School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced Dr. Gabriel Filippelli will serve as the Chair of Science Planning Committee for Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), an international research effort exploring the ocean floor to better understand deep ocean life, how oceans form and what climate changes are occurring throughout the world.
Full storySchool of Science Researcher Looking to the Past to Improve Climate Change Models for the Future; Uses Prestigious Fellowship to Work with Colleague at Columbia University
February 8, 2010 —
Dr. Kathy Licht, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences in the School of Science at IUPUI, is working at Columbia University under a prestigious Marie Tharp Fellowship to expand understanding of how climate change may impact the Antarctic by looking thousands of years into the past.
IUPUI Professor Awarded Four Year, $1.25 Million Grant to Study Gene Expression in Optic Nerve to Understand Brain Injury, Disease
February 5, 2010 —
According to the Centers for Disease Control, millions of Americans are affected by brain injury and brain disease each year. In an effort to better understand the brain’s reaction to injury and disease, the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute recently awarded Teri Belecky-Adams, assistant professor of developmental biology at Indiana University – Purdue University School of Science, a four year, $1.25 million grant to study the development of cells and specific gene expressions in astrocytes present in the optic nerve.
School of Science Adds Brain Bee to Its Efforts to Foster Interest in Science
January 28, 2010 —
Add the International Brain Bee to programs the School of Science at IUPUI uses to foster interest in science.
School of Science Announces Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Outreach
January 21, 2010 —
The School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced Dr. Jeffrey Watt will be the new Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Outreach. Dr. Watt is currently the Associate Chair for the Department of Mathematical Sciences for the university and has played an instrumental role in community and K-12 student outreach for math education.
School of Science Announces New Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
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January 18, 2010 —
The School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced Dr. Kathleen Marrs is the new Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Dr. Marrs is known in the academic community for her efforts in science education and outreach for the university.
79 Public University Leaders, Including IUPUI, Sign Letter to President Obama Pledging to Address National Shortage of Science and Mathematics Teachers
January 7, 2010 —
In a hand-delivered letter to President Barack Obama at the Whitehouse January 6, 79 leaders from public research universities or university systems, including IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz, pledged to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers through the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative (SMTI), sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).
Top IUPUI Faculty to Present at Cutting Edge Lecture Series
December 21, 2009 — The IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce its Cutting Edge Lecture Series for spring of 2010. This series will give the opportunity for the community to engage in dialogues with top university professors about rapidly changing fields of inquiry.
Full storyNew Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Attracts Best Hoosier Candidates to Teach Science, Technology, and Math
December 15, 2009 —
Mary Hansen is in the vanguard of a new educational program designed to accomplish what Indiana’s governor says is the single best thing to get Hoosier children ready to compete in the world: improve their math and science proficiency.
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