IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban research university. The campus enrolls more than 30,000 students in 21 schools and academic units.
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 storyFebruary 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 storyFebruary 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.
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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.
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.
January 28, 2010 —
Add the International Brain Bee to programs the School of Science at IUPUI uses to foster interest in science.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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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.
IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban research university. The campus enrolls more than 30,000 students in 21 schools and academic units.