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IU News 161101
Nov. 16, 2001 Welcome to IU News. Please feel free to pass this along to other alumni and friends of IU. GET WIRED TO IU: NEW LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING DEDICATED - It was a warm, sunny day in New Albany on Oct. 18, when IU Southeast dedicated its new Life Sciences Building. The School of Natural Sciences and the Division of Nursing are housed in this new facility. The building features new science and computer labs and a controlled growth chamber. View the flashphoto presentation that makes you a part of the program. http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/110901/text/iuseslides.html QUALITY: FIVE HONORED WITH HERMAN B WELLS VISIONARY AWARD - Indiana University and the IU Foundation today (Nov. 16) will honor five people for their professional accomplishments and service to humanity with the Herman B Wells Visionary Award. The award recipients are Lawrence H. Einhorn, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the IU Medical Center, Indianapolis; Eugene B. Glick, president, Gene B. Glick Co., Indianapolis; Judith H. Hamilton, chief executive officer and president, Classroom Connect, San Francisco; Donald E. Marsh, chairman of the board, president and CEO, Marsh Supermarkets, Muncie; and Darwin L. Wiekamp, executive consultant for National City Bank, South Bend, and chairman of Cast Products Corp., a division of Dehco Inc. The awards will be presented at a private dinner attended by former Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole. http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/releases/HermanBAward.htm IU HISTORIAN HONORED AS AN 'INDIANA PIONEER' - Don Carmony, professor emeritus of history at IU Bloomington, has been named an honorary life member of the Society of Indiana Pioneers. He is the sixth person to be accorded honorary membership, joining such notables as Abraham Lincolns son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Carmony's book, "Indiana 1816-1850: The Pioneer Era" (1988), is considered by many to be the definitive study of Hoosier pioneer history. http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/110901/text/carmony.html OPPORTUNITIES: 'CONVERSATIONS ON RACE' AT IU SOUTH BEND - IU South Bend's award-winning community/campus "Conversations on Race" is scheduled this weekend on the South Bend campus and will feature U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who once served at the side of Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights activist. Among participants will be students and faculty involved in the campus' new Civil Rights Heritage Center. http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/110901/text/racev.html WRITER JOHN UPDIKE TO SHARE HIS RECENT WORK AT IPFW - John Updike, one of America's most lauded writers, will present the next Omnibus Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Walb Student Union Ballroom at IPFW. The winner of two Pulitzer prizes, Updike is the author of the celebrated "Rabbit" series as well as the highly popular book, "The Witches of Eastwick," which was adapted into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Cher. http://www.ipfw.edu/omnibus/updike.htm ALUMNI: IPFW 'DONS CELEBRATE FIRST HOMECOMING WEEK - The tradition of homecoming is beginning this week at IPFW. Many of the events, which will include a bonfire, center around IPFW's NCAA Division I men's basketball debut tonight (Nov. 16) against Morehead State University. Read about how IPFW hopes to build upon the spirit of this week's events in an article in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. http://web.news-sentinel.com/content/fwnews/2001/11/15/metro/a15r_homecoming_pg1a.htm TECHNOLOGY: IU'S NEW SUPERCOMPUTER IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S 50 MOST POWERFUL - IU's new supercomputer, recently acquired through a partnership with IBM, is ranked 50th on the updated list of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers. The IU supercomputer, which can perform 1 trillion numerical calculations per second and will serve as the backbone for planned research in genomics and other disciplines, is the largest and fastest U.S. university-owned computer in this ranking. http://www.top500.org/list/2001/11/ SUPERCOMPUTING PUBLICATION FEATURES INDIANA'S EFFORTS - Craig Stewart, IU director of research and academic computing, is interviewed in this issue of Supercomputing Online. He and Purdue's associate vice president of information technology, Jerry Sheehan, discuss high performance computing in Indiana and a new initiative supported by the state to foster scientific collaboration between its research institutions via a high-speed fiber connection. http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=1041 ATHLETICS: MEN'S SOCCER TEAM TAKES NINTH BIG TEN CROWN - With a scoreless tie at the end of the first half, Hoosier fans were a little worried about just how many minutes of soccer were going to be played to determine a Big Ten champion last Sunday (Nov. 11) in Madison. With 32:02 remaining in the game, the Indiana men's soccer team put all fears to rest, scoring the game-winner against Michigan State. The Hoosiers won their ninth conference championship 2-0 over the Spartans. They now look ahead to the NCAA tourney and seek a sixth national championship. http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/sports/m-soccer.html INSIDE THE BROADCAST BOOTH - What's involved in the radio broadcast of an IU football game? This month's IU Alumni Magazine takes you inside the numbers on what it's like for Buck Suhr, Don Fischer and Joe Smith to bring IU football to alumni, students and other loyal fans. http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/magtalk/nov-dec01/broadcast.html RESOURCES: IU CULTURAL CALENDAR - http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/features/Culcal.htm ADMISSIONS - http://www.indiana.edu/admissions/ INDIANA BASKETBALL SHOW - http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/broadcast.html#IndianaBasketballShow IU FOOTBALL - http://www.indiana.edu/~athlweb/graphic/sports/football.html IUPUI SPORTS - http://www.iupui.edu/~jagsport/ CAMPUS WEB SITES: IU BLOOMINGTON - http://www.iub.edu/ IUPUI - http://www.iupui.edu/ IU EAST - http://www.iue.indiana.edu/ IPFW - http://www.ipfw.edu/ IU KOKOMO - http://www.iuk.edu/ IU NORTHWEST - http://www.iun.edu/ IU SOUTH BEND - http://www.iusb.edu/ IU SOUTHEAST - http://www.ius.edu/ Prepared By: Office of Communications and Marketing INDIANA UNIVERSITY Quality Education. 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