The director of UIndy’s sports marketing program is noted in the latest issue of the American Marketing Association’s biweekly Marketing News.
Laurence “Larry” DeGaris, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Business, is listed among a handful of “Marketing Academics to Watch” in the Nov. 15 issue.
The publication cites Dr. DeGaris’ ability to link theory and [...]

University of Indianapolis student newspaper The Reflector claimed its first national Newspaper Pacemaker award at the recent National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas.
The Reflector also won Best of Show in the four-year college nonweekly category. The Associated Collegiate Press competition requires the submission of five issues of the newspaper published during specified periods throughout [...]

Ariana Kim, assistant professor of music, is the cover story of the Indianapolis Star’s Sunday arts section this week, previewing tonight’s “Ariana and Friends” Faculty Artist Series concert at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.
In the full-page Q&A with arts critic Jay Harvey, the Juilliard-schooled violinist – who still has ongoing engagements in New York City, [...]

A top White House adviser on faith issues will speak Nov. 11 at the University of Indianapolis.
 
Interfaith activist Eboo Patel, recently named among “America’s Best Leaders 2009” by U.S. News & World Report, will deliver a 4:30 p.m. lecture and lead a 6 p.m. dinner discussion as part of the University Series and the Indianapolis [...]

WRTV news carried a story Tuesday about the ongoing research into metal theft conducted by UIndy’s Community Research Center, part of the Department of Social Sciences.
Metal theft is a crime in which the damage to victims’ buildings and vehicles typically far outweighs the value when thieves sell the material to scrap metal recyclers. The latest [...]

Annual CELL event Nov. 16-17 offers more than 60 sessions for educators, community leaders
 
As state and federal governments press for fundamental change in our education system, Indiana’s premier school reform conference will gather key players from across the nation to discuss the latest thinking and the issues involved.
 
Hosted by the University of Indianapolis’ Center of [...]

University of Indianapolis trustee and alumnus Stephen M. Carson has been named to the Board of Directors of Tranzeo Wireless Technologies, a leading producer of high-performance wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems headquartered in British Columbia
A 1968 graduate of UIndy, Carson has worked as an independent consultant since retiring in 1997 as vice president and [...]

UIndy’s Center for Aging & Community is referenced in a front-page story in today’s Indianapolis Star.
The story notes the successes of Communities for Life, a program overseen by CAC for the Indiana Division of Aging to establish and support naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) at five locations around the state. The program’s directors and participants [...]

UIndy’s chapter of College Mentors for Kids figured prominently on the Friday episode of Martha Stewart’s daytime talk show.
“Martha” presented its Dreamers Into Doers Award to Erin Slater, CEO of the Indiana-based organization that pairs at-risk kids with college students for weekly on-campus activities, with the intent of inspiring the younger students to pursue higher [...]

Ice cream entrepreneur Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, visited UIndy on Thursday for a talk titled “An Evening of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility and Radical Business Philosophy.” Sponsored by the School of Business, the UIndy Leadership Series and the Campus Program Board, the event was the latest installment of this year’s University [...]