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Front Page News at Indiana University

IU E-Waste Collection Days this week
The program will be open to all public and private schools, universities, businesses and non-profit organizations on Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be open to the general public on Saturday, also from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The collection will take place in the Purple parking lot to the north of Memorial Stadium. The event location is sponsored by IU Athletics. Staff will be on hand to unload e-waste from vehicles. Read the complete story.

From ground, air, and space, IU geographers hope to refine climate science data
Indiana University Bloomington geographers have received funding from NASA to study the accuracy of satellite data used in climate change research. The $527,000, three-year project is led by Faiz Rahman, an expert on the use of satellite data to study complex terrestrial ecosystems. Rahman's co-principal investigators are Danilo Dragoni, geography assistant scientist, and postdoctoral fellow Daniel Sims. Read the complete story.

IU College of Arts and Sciences selects five students for major awards in the sciences, humanities
The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University has announced the winners of its 2010 Palmer-Brandon Prize and 2010-2011 Beckman Scholars. These awards are given to outstanding undergraduate students in the humanities and the sciences. Read the complete story.

Former Bush adviser to speak at IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Allan B. Hubbard, an Indiana business owner and top policy adviser to President George W. Bush, will speak Tuesday (April 6) at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The lecture, from 4-5 p.m. in the SPEA Tavis Smiley Atrium, will focus on health care reform. It is free and open to the public. Hubbard will be available to speak to news media immediately after the talk. Read the complete story.

History journal explores abolitionism, Freemasonry and feminism in 19th century
The radical abolitionist George Thompson was a minor celebrity in the mid-19th century. He was imprisoned for five years for a botched attempt to free slaves in Missouri, the author of several books and the head of the African mission established by the Amistad slave rebellion survivors. Read the complete story.

:IU Bloomington Goldwater Scholars set single-year record
Setting a record for the university, four Indiana University Bloomington undergraduates have been selected to receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships this year. The foundation that administers the coveted scholarships accepted all four of IU Bloomington's nominations. Read the complete story.

IU to present original work from choreographers, composers as food bank benefit
With pieces that range from an interpretation of the game "rock/paper/scissors" to football as a metaphor for human interaction, the original work of emerging choreographers and composers will be performed in the two-part "Hammer and Nail" program on two consecutive evenings at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Read the complete story.

Indiana University to establish Ryan White Legacy Scholarship to honor AIDS education advocate
Indiana University's Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation have established the Ryan White Legacy Scholarship in honor of Ryan White, the rural Indiana 13-year-old who contracted HIV through tainted blood products given for his hemophilia. Read the complete story.

Step up for sustainability -- it's IU's first Foot Power Parade
With Earth Day just around the corner, the Residence Halls Association at Indiana University Bloomington is stepping up the excitement with a parade. The First Annual Foot Power Parade will take place from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, kicking off from behind Foster Quad on North Fee Lane before proceeding through student residence areas on the campus. Read the complete story.

IUPUI hosting Noyce regional conference for 2nd year
For the second consecutive year current and recent Noyce Scholarship recipients and higher education faculty will come to Indianapolis for the Midwest Noyce Conference. The conference, set for Thursday and Friday (April 8 and 9) at the University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus, will be hosted by the Urban Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (UCASE), a joint project of the IU School of Education at IUPUI, the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. Read the complete story.

IU Jacobs School of Music announces Canadian Brass Collection
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's William and Gayle Cook Music Library and the Canadian Brass recently announced an agreement to build and maintain a comprehensive collection of all of the quintet's recordings and published scores, eventually adding a number of its unpublished works. The items in The Canadian Brass Collection will be available for students and faculty to study, check out, listen to and perform, unlike other "special collections" held by the library, which are archival. Read the complete story.

Star Trak
For observers at mid-northern latitudes, Mercury will make its best evening appearance of the year during the first half of April. During those two weeks, the elusive planet will be at least 10 degrees above the west-northwestern horizon a half-hour after sunset, lingering there until the end of twilight. It will fade considerably during that period, however, so binoculars may be needed to see it by midmonth. Read the complete story.

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Indiana University Bloomington Scoreboard

Results for Friday, April 2:
Baseball: In a wild, emotional Big Ten opener, Michigan scored six runs in the top of the 10th to rally for a 16-10 victory over the Indiana baseball team on Friday. Read the game notes.
Men's Tennis: Indiana moved to 11-4 (2-1 Big Ten) on the season with a 7-0 victory over rival Purdue. Read the match notes. Women's Rowing: The Indiana rowing team sits in first place after day one of the second annual Dale England Cup on Lake Lemon at Riddle Point Park in Bloomington. Read the complete results.

Results for Saturday, April 3:
Women's Tennis: The No. 44 Indiana University women's tennis team (12-5) beat the Boilermakers of Purdue, 6-1, Saturday afternoon in Bloomington; handing No. 42 Purdue just their second loss of the season (13-2). Read the match notes.
Baseball: After a shaky start, sophomore Matt Igel bounced back to post a gutsy complete-game outing, but wound up the loser in a 6-4 contest against Michigan on Saturday. Read the game notes.
Women's Water Polo: The No. 15 Indiana Hoosiers (17-8, 2-1 CWPA West) dropped their CWPA Western Division regular season finale on Saturday against No. 8 Michigan, 6-4, in a game that decided the regular season title, as well as the top seed in the CWPA Western Championship on April 24. Read the complete results.
Softball: The Iowa Hawkeyes scored three runs in the first inning and added single runs in the second and third on their way to a 5-1 victory over Indiana in the conference opener for the Hoosiers at Pearl Field. Read the game notes.
Men's Golf: Indiana blistered the competition over the weekend at the 2010 adidas Hoosier Invitational, opening up a 36-stroke gap between themselves and the next best team. All five Hoosiers in the line-up finished in the top-seven of the 96-player field. Read the complete results.

Results for Sunday, April 4:
Baseball: The Indiana baseball team scored 26 runs on 27 hits in a 26-6 victory over Michigan on Sunday at Sembower Field. Read the game notes.
Softball: Just like the game prior, the Iowa Hawkeyes used a big first inning at the plate on their way to a 12-1 victory over the Hoosiers in five innings on Sunday at Pearl Field. Sophomore Samantha Berenter recorded a RBI single to right field in the second inning to drive in the only run for Indiana (7-21, 0-2 Big Ten). Read the game notes.
Men's Tennis: Indiana fell to No. 15 Illinois on Sunday by a 6-1 tally. The Hoosiers got a singles win from freshman Isade Juneau and a doubles victory at number two. Indiana is 11-5 on the season and 2-2 in the Big Ten. Read the matchnotes.

Scheduled for Tuesday, April 6:

Baseball: Ball State, 3:05 p.m., Bloomington, Ind.
Softball: Michigan, 2 p.m., Bloomington, Ind.

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IU in the news

IU starts Ryan White scholarship for AIDS studies
WTHR, WISH, USA Today, Journal and Courier, (Associated Press) April 5 -- Indiana University is establishing a scholarship named for Ryan White that will go to students studying AIDS prevention. The new Ryan White Legacy Scholarship announced Monday will be awarded by IU's Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and its School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The recipients will be students pursuing a master's degree in public health, with a preference to students studying AIDS prevention or sexual health. Full story. Full story 2. Full story 3. Full story 4.

IU-South Bend moves ahead with renovation of 50-year-old classroom building
Fox59.com, April 5 -- Indiana University is moving ahead with a plan to give its South Bend campus' more than 50-year-old Education and Arts Building a badly needed update. IU President Michael A. McRobbie says the project has been a "long-standing critical need" for the South Bend campus. Full story.

Libraries, Schools Join In Autism Awareness Month
Schoollibraryjournal.com, April 5 -- Libraries and schools are kicking off National Autism Awareness Month in April with a variety of activities meant to help kids understand why those affected by this complex developmental disability can act differently—and how to accept, and even embrace, these differences. "With the incidence of autism now affecting 1 in every 110 [people], it's safe to say that every school has a student who is on the spectrum," says Dr. Cathy Pratt, chairman of the board for the National Autism Society of America, and director of Indiana University's Indiana Resource Center for Autism. "And if kids don't have information about what autism is, they sometimes misinterpret the behavior." Full story.

A Basketball Palace
Rivals.yahoo.com, April 4 -- The Hoosier sports tradition is one of the proudest in the collegiate ranks, and what happens on the field has created memories, joy and sadness for the Indiana faithful over more than a century of action. What happens on the field of play has been great, but the surroundings in which those games are played are as much a part of the experience. Every other week through the 2009-10 school year, we will present a history of the athletic facilities at IU. In the 10th of our 12-part series, we take a look at the history of AssemblyHall. This is actually the second installment of Part 10. Full story.

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