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06/23/11--08:23: Budding researchers: student research leads to botany breakthrough (chan 2594601)

To most people, Saponaria officinalis is just a weed. To Sandy Davis and Shabnam Jabbari, it’s a goldmine. For the past several years, Professor Davis and a succession of student researchers at UIndy have studied the plant, known informally as Bouncing Bet, and have discovered some groundbreaking information. They were [...]


06/23/11--10:01: Gym dandy: Occupational Therapy students help design therapeutic center for Damar facility (chan 2594601)

When students and staff from the University’s School of Occupational Therapy began working with the staff and residents of Damar Services several years ago, none of them realized what a beneficial partnership it would become. And what started as occupational students visiting Damar to work with the residents eventually turned [...]


06/23/11--10:20: Center for Aging & Community: no to bugs, yes to mice (chan 2594601)

CAC launches anti-infection initiative in healthcare settings Initiative includes hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis centers, and home health & hospice agencies. Following the success of the Indiana Pressure Ulcer Initiative, the Indiana State Department of Health has chosen the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community [...]


06/23/11--10:30: An alternative to gangs: Junior Giant Kings (chan 2594601)

Young leaders make their mark at UIndy and beyond An interesting side of David Johnson’s work at Lynhurst 7th and 8th Grade Center involves the Junior Giant Kings, a group of minority students making a name for themselves not only in their own school but also among educators in Indiana [...]


06/23/11--10:39: ‘More fulfilling than I could have ever imagined’ (chan 2594601)

Fellowship pays off for first-year teacher —and his students Sometimes students make the best instructors. That’s one lesson David Johnson has learned in his first year as a full-time public school teacher. But Johnson also has imparted his share of wisdom to young teens at Lynhurst 7th and 8th Grade [...]


06/23/11--10:54: ‘Here come the scientists!’ UIndy students infuse science lessons into second grade classrooms (chan 2594601)

In second grade classrooms at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Fridays at 2:30 are the best time of the week. That’s when teachers tell students that “The special visitors are coming,” and students wait eagerly for the visitors to appear in the hallway. When the gang of college students comes around [...]


06/23/11--12:13: CELL brings TAP to high-need Indiana schools (chan 2594601)

UIndy’s Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning and the state Department of Education are partnering to implement “TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement” through a $48-million Teacher Incentive Fund grant awarded from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year grant brings the nationally renowned TAP professional development [...]


06/23/11--12:18: Indiana embraces Project-Based Learning (chan 2594601)

Most higher education institutions take pride in maintaining tradition. UIndy’s Department of Teacher Education and its Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning revel in upending it. Together, the two are helping to revolutionize teaching and reinvent classrooms, both on campus and across Indiana. “When it comes to education reform, [...]


06/23/11--12:26: Urban legend: Indianapolis has become a model of city leadership and metropolitan development (chan 2594601)

UIndy’s hosting of an historic event on March 11—bringing five Indianapolis mayors together for a conversation about the city’s future—served as a springboard for announcement of the new Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives at the University. A public campaign is now under way to raise $7.5 million to [...]


06/23/11--12:30: A year of highlights (chan 2594601)

As I look at the cover of this publication and reflect on the events leading up to the taking of that photo in March, I can’t help but believe that the past academic year will be remembered as a series of high points for UIndy. It started last August with [...]