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March 19, 2010 — Indiana Campus Compact, a network of 42 college campuses, has named a professor in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI the recipient of one of its prestigious annual awards honoring community service.

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Thorington Springer, Multicultural Teaching Community Given Taylor Awards

March 10, 2010 — Jennifer Thorington Springer, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, and the Multicultural Teaching Community of Practice, are, respectively, individual and program recipients of 2010 Joseph T. Taylor Excellence in Diversity Awards.

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National Art Museum of Sport Creates Basketball Gallery

Oscar Robertson by Benjamin Blackburn March 4, 2010 — The National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) at University Place – IUPUI is introducing a new basketball gallery in time for the March 11-13, 2010, Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse and the NCAA Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Third IUPUI Pulse Survey is Underway; Focus is Effectiveness of Common Theme Project

March 4, 2010 — As administrators of the IUPUI Multicultural Center, Student Life and Diversity, and University College consider action plans in response to results of the second IUPUI Pulse Survey, students are completing the third such survey.

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IUPUI Launches Unique Global Project to Save World's Public Art

The Herron Arch I by James Wille Faust February 18, 2010 — Students and faculty from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed and launched the nation’s first organized effort to document public art information in Wikipedia.

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IUPUI's New Bachelor's Degree Aims to Help Students Change the World

February 15, 2010 — Students who want to make a difference in the world will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree that prepares them to do so at IUPUI starting this fall, the IU Center on Philanthropy headquartered at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) announced today.

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National Art Museum of Sport Offering Limited Edition Prints of Peyton Manning

February 5, 2010 — As Peyton Manning’s and the Indianapolis Colt’s second Super Bowl approaches, the National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) at University Place – IUPUI is offering for sale limited edition giclee prints of James Fiorentino’s watercolor of Peyton Manning.

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IUPUI Admin and Others Are Among Diversity Champions

Kenneth Durgans February 1, 2010 — An Indiana business magazine recently recognized Kenneth B. Durgans, Ph.D., IUPUI's chief diversity officer, as a “champion” for his "leadership in the industry and advocacy for inclusion."

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Voices of Urban Life Will Take Center Stage for the Taylor Symposium

February 1, 2010 — The realities of urban life as reflected in the diverse voices of spoken and written word and innovative efforts to teach the craft of communicating through writing in the urban school environment are the focus of the 21st annual Joseph Taylor Symposium at IUPUI.

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From the Desk of the Chancellor, Jan. 26, 2010

Chancellor Charles R. Bantz January 26, 2010 — IUPUI is firmly committed to the value of liberal education and the importance of the campus in the economic, educational, and cultural development of central Indiana. Therefore in 2009, I joined in establishing the Presidents’ Trust, whose members have pledged to make the case for liberal education and its civic and economic value in today’s world. We will do so, in part, using data gathered by the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ “Liberal Education & America’s Promise” (LEAP) initiative. IUPUI hosted a meeting of this group last June.

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IUPUI Professor's Debut Poetry Album in Running for Image Award

Mitchell L.H. Douglas January 21, 2010 — An IUPUI professor’s debut “album” of published poetry is nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work-Poetry category.