News Releases for Science and Engineering

Researchers at IUPUI to Study Goals, End of Life Decisions in Advanced Cancer Patients

Kevin RandOctober 1, 2009 — Imagine being told you have an advanced form of cancer that threatens to end your life. What goals would you set for yourself, how might those goals influence what kind of health care you want, and would the health care you receive match those goals?

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New IUPUI Biology Professor Receives 5-Year, $1.5 Million NIH Grant Award

September 16, 2009 — Assistant professor of biology at the School of Science at IUPUI, Guoli Dai, was recently awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the role of a transcription factor in liver regeneration. Dai is new to the School of Science from the University of Kansas Medical Center. He plans to use the grant to blend his research to better understand the molecular mechanisms governing hepatocyte proliferation in response to liver injury.

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Student Blogs, Tweets, Videos Share Out-of-Classroom Learning

May 18, 2009 — IUPUI Senior Eugene Pride has never really felt as if he had a “real student” to show him what college life is really like.

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Racing Expert Andrew Borme Joins IUPUI's Motorsports Engineering Faculty

May 13, 2009 — The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI has just announced an exciting new addition to its motorsports engineering faculty.

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IUPUI Study Reports Inherited Impulsivity Predicts Alcoholism

April 23, 2009 — Solving the age-old chicken and the egg dilemma, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis researchers report that genetic predisposition to impulsivity is a trait predictive of alcoholism. The study appears on the July print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, available online on April 22.

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IUPUI to Hold Nobel Prize Winner's Q and A With High, Middle School Students

Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate and physicistApril 20, 2009 — Imagine being able to seek answers to your science questions from a Nobel Prize winner.

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IUPUI Math Students Place in Top 15 Percent at National Putnam Competition

April 9, 2009 — Time magazine called it the “World’s Toughest Math Test.” Mathematics majors Joel Martin, Igor Minevich and Elizabeth Sweeney might agree. The IUPUI team, coached by Associate Professor Evgeny Mukhin, placed 66th among the 545 colleges and universities that participated in the 68th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

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Initial Indiana CTSI Collaboration Grants Announced

March 6, 2009 — Twelve teams of Indiana scientists have been awarded the first grants from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, awards meant to foster collaborative efforts to develop new medical treatments and services.

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Forensic Science Labs in Indiana Face Same Shortcomings as Those Identified in National Report

February 24, 2009 —
Forensic science laboratories in Indiana face the same problems, shortcomings and issues that were identified in a national report, said a leading forensic science expert at IUPUI.

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International Actor/Director in Residence at IUPUI March 22-29

February 23, 2009 — A faculty member of the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts next month will present lectures and performances during a week-long residency at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

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IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban research university. The campus enrolls more than 30,000 students in 21 schools and academic units.