April 12, 2002

A 'virtual economy,' 'disease modules' garner IHETS tech awards
An information scientist who has developed a course that turns students into international E-commerce entrepreneurs and a pathology professor who has created a diagnostic “disease module” for medical students have received IHETS first Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education Awards for Innovation in Teaching with Technology.
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New chancellor selected for IU South Bend campus
Una Mae Reck, vice president for academic affairs at SUNY at Fredonia, has been named to succeed Kenneth Perrin as chancellor of IU South Bend.
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New dean selected at IU School of Law-Indianapolis
Anthony Ashton Tarr, professor and dean of the T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia, will assume leadership of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, effective July 1.
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Trustees approve tuition, fee increases, budget plan
A 9 percent increase in tuition for students on the Bloomington and IUPUI campuses and an 8 percent tuition increase for the regional campuses has been approved. Trustees also voted to approve the overall budget plan submitted by university administrators. That budget plan is designed to protect IU's academic programs despite a series of state budget cuts.
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Palmer named top research scientist
The Institute for Scientific Information has identified Jeff Palmer, IUB Distinguished Professor of biology, as one of the top 15 researchers worldwide in the field of plant and animal science. He will be honored at a Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting on “Translating the Genome,” April 20-24 in New Orleans.
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The sociology of basketball
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Consider Mini University 2002 this summer
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Matching kids with summer activities a win/win for IUAA
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Whistle-Blowing
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Largest gift in IU Kokomo history to help sustain new facility
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