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IU News 010525
May 25, 2001 Welcome to IU News. Please pass this on to other alumni and friends of IU who you believe may be interested. GET WIRED TO IU: JAZZ CONCERTS TO MARK IU EAST'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY - July 1 marks the 30th anniversary celebration of IU East in Richmond, and a year-long celebration will begin that day with two jazz concerts by the Jeff Hamilton Trio. Hamilton, a drummer, is a Richmond native and an IU alumnus who has performed with many musical greats, including Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown. Learn more and listen to three performances by Hamilton's trio at a special Web site. RealPlayer 8 is needed. http://www.iue.indiana.edu/30/index.htm ALUMNI: LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRUSTEE ELECTION CANDIDATES - In the most contested election since 1994, seven candidates are challenging incumbent Ray Richardson for a seat on IU's Board of Trustees. A trustee since 1992, Richardson is running for a fourth consecutive three-year term. Ballots have been mailed to more than 400,000 IU degree-holders. IU Alumni Magazine asked each candidate to complete a questionnaire. Read their replies online. http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/magtalk/may-jun01/trustee.html HEAD BACK TO CLASS AT MINI UNIVERSITY - Spend a delightful week of learning during this award-winning vacation college June 17-22. Join the hundreds who attend each year to enrich their lives in classes taught by IU's finest faculty. Classes are designed to encourage discussion and cover a wide variety of subject matter. You need not be an IU graduate to attend -- Mini U is open to anyone interested in lifelong learning. http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/learn/miniuni.html GET AWAY TO CAMP BROSIUS - Camp Brosius, the century-old resort located on crystal-clear Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin, is the perfect summer getaway for IU alumni, faculty, staff and their families. The camp opens the week of June 24 and runs through Aug. 11. Make your reservations online. https://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/forms/brosrez.shtml QUALITY: IUPUI STUDENTS GIVE PBS VIEWERS A PEEK INTO THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS - When a PBS show about robots premiered this month, millions of viewers across America saw the high-tech 3D special effects work of three IUPUI students. In a concluding segment of the hour-long show, "Beyond Human: Living Machines," viewers were treated to a scene where people and robots pass each other on a downtown street. The people and buildings are real, but the robots are animations created by two graduate students and an undergraduate student studying in the School of Informatics' New Media program at IUPUI. http://www.iupui.edu/news/robots.htm TECHNOLOGY: KNOWLEDGE BASE WINS SCITECH WEB AWARD - The IU Knowledge Base has received another major honor by being named as one of the 50 favorite science and technology Web resources by Scientific American magazine. The site enables computer users to search for answers to specific questions and browse a vast library on computing issues. http://www.scientificamerican.com/explorations/2001/051401top50/ RESEARCH: POLIS CENTER TO USE $2 MILLION GRANT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF RELIGION'S ROLE - The Polis Center at IUPUI will use a recent $2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to enhance public awareness of the role and function of religion in American culture. The grant, which runs through the year 2003, will fund the wide dissemination of the center's research findings on the impact of religious groups on their communities. http://www.iupui.edu/news/polismillion.htm PARTNERSHIPS: IU RANKS IN TOP TIER IN PRIVATE SUPPORT - According to a national study, IU ranks in the top 2 percent of all colleges and universities in the nation in the amount of philanthropic support it receives from the private sector. IU also ranks in the top 15 among public universities in the market value of its endowment. http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/releases/iuf0501.htm SPORTS: SPRINTER NAMED 2001 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Contrell Ash received the honor following a season of success that peaked last weekend with wins in the 100 and 200 meters at the Big Ten Championships. The Fort Wayne, Ind., native now heads to NCAA competition next week. http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/sports/m-track/mtrpress/00-01/mtr05-22-01.html CAM CAMERON SKILLS CAMP JUST AROUND THE CORNER - The 2001 Cam Cameron Skills Camp will be held at IU Bloomington from June 10-14. The football camp is designed for students entering grades 7-12. Registration is at the Mellencamp Pavilion on the Bloomington campus on Sunday, June 10, 3-5 p.m. CDT. http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/sports/football/fbpress/00-01/fb05-16-01.html RESOURCES: GREAT WALL WALK - http://www.greatwallwalk.indiana.edu/ IUE HOMEPAGE - http://www.iue.indiana.edu/ KELLEYCAM - http://kelleycam.bus.indiana.edu/ IU FOUNDATION - http://iufoundation.iu.edu/ Prepared By: Office of Communications and Marketing INDIANA UNIVERSITY Quality Education. Lifetime Opportunities. IMPORTANT NOTE: This newsletter contains some long URLs that may not show up in your e-mail as a complete link. You may need to copy and paste them You may unsubscribe from the IU News list at anytime by sending an e-mail message to listserv@indiana.edu with the words signoff iunews and nothing else as the text of the message.
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