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Photo caption contest

The IUPUI Photo Caption Contest looks back to the 1979 IUPUI homecoming when Mayor William Hudnut was the honored guest. Enter your funny captions to the vintage photo from the IUPUI Archives, and you might win our renowned Fabulous Prize. We congratulate Andy Smith for his winning caption to January’s photo: “Prior to being upstaged by the […]

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Next Generation 2.0 Program Accepting Applications for 6th Cohort

Mid-career faculty and professional staff at IUPUI who are women and/or members of underrepresented populations and interested in seeking leadership opportunities at IUPUI can apply for membership in the 2020-21 cohort of Next Generation 2.0. This leadership development program seeks to meet the goals of the IUPUI Strategic Plan to “develop our faculty and staff” and […]

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16 New Frontiers in Arts and Humanities Grants Awarded As Program Transitions

In 1911, 15-year-old Maggie works 12-hour days in a Belfast linen mill, making tablecloths for the Titanic, which is being built nearby. Amid dust fibers filling the air and standing water drenching her feet, Maggie aspires to go to America and marry a man like her sister’s husband. When she finally gets there 10 years […]

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Critical Conversations with Scholar At Risk Naila Al Atrash

Join Syrian director Naila Al Atrash for a special talk – Syria: Confronting Violence with Creativity Naila Al Atrash is one of the most highly celebrated directors in Arab theater today and has also earned renown and awards as an innovative actress and scholar of theater arts. Naila has headed the Acting Department of the Syrian […]

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An official problem: IUPUI class tackles issue of referee shortage

As the saying goes, the best sports officials are the ones you don’t notice — they run a clean game, don’t miss any calls and have no bearing on the final outcome. But what if you don’t notice the officials because they aren’t there at all? That day may not be far off, as state […]

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First-ever spring Weeks of Welcome

For the first time at IUPUI, students were welcomed to their spring semester with opportunities to have fun, connect with campus resources and get involved. The first week of classes brought screen printed t-shirts, caricature artists, a study abroad fair, the involvement fair, meeting our Multicultural Greek Council and Cram the Coliseum. WOW culminated with a sophomore […]

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IUPUI students help preserve endangered species with augmented reality app

What does IUPUI have in common with the southern white rhino, flatback sea turtle and Caribbean reef shark? No, they aren’t firing off wicked jackknife dives in the Natatorium. Under the direction of professor Zebulun Wood, a team of four informatics and computing students, led by Drennen Dooms, has been working for University of Massachusetts professor Duncan […]

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New Jag Action Grant program promotes civic engagement

New year, new grant opportunities for students. Isn’t that how the saying goes? The Center for Service and Learning at IUPUI has been diligently working to find a new, creative way to support students in taking action on issues they care about. And it has found a solution — the Jag Action Grant. We sat down […]

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Polis Center at IUPUI collaborating on ‘Encyclopedia of Indianapolis’

Information on the development of Indianapolis over the two centuries since its founding will be freely accessible in an updated, digital “Encyclopedia of Indianapolis,” currently under development and scheduled for a launch date in December. This dynamic, highly visual and interactive platform will provide researchers with information on how Indianapolis and Central Indiana have changed […]

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Herron Galleries usher in decade with three solo exhibitions

The IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design’s first exhibitions of 2020 open Jan. 15 with a reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m., kicking off another chapter of visual art encounters on the IUPUI campus. The school’s galleries will present two posthumous displays of works by Ronald Bladen(1918-1988), a pivotal figure of postwar American art, and […]