Media Relations
Tuesday,
December 2,
2003
School of Medicine
The first shovels of dirt will be turned Oct. 7 for the ceremonial start of construction on the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute will house the Indiana University Department of Ophthalmology, which is observing its 100th anniversary. With actual construction beginning later this year, the building should be ready for patient visits by the summer of 2010.
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The cells lining blood vessels are known to be important for maintaining health, but researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine believe these cells may perform an unsuspected task -- controlling the development of fat cells. Their findings are reported in the September issue of the journal Stem Cells.
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Community-based exercise organizations, such as the YMCA, are an effective tool in the fight against diabetes, according to a study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers in the October 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Indiana University professors from the Kinsey Institute, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and School of Medicine discuss masculinity, emotional fitness and heat illnesses in this month's IU Health and Wellness.
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The dreams of many will be realized Thursday (Aug. 21) when the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center patient care building is formally dedicated during a 4 p.m. ceremony in the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Campus Center.
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The Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.'s board of directors has chosen IU Executive Director for Engagement Tony Armstrong as its new president and CEO. Armstrong won't need much time to adjust to the role -- he's helmed the IURTC and its business incubator, the IU Emerging Technologies Center, on an interim basis since early April.
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