Photo by Chris Meyer Here comes the team: IU head football coach Terry Hoeppner (center) leads the team onto the field during the game against Kentucky Sept. 17 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. The Hoosiers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, 38-14. The next home game is Saturday, Oct. 8, when the Hoosiers meet the Illini as part of homecoming festivities on the Bloomington campus. Hoeppner will be grand marshal of the homecoming parade.
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Groundbreaking for the expansion of Indiana's only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center took place Sept. 22 in Indianapolis, and in November, work begins on Research III, the culminating project in a three-building complex of laboratories connected to the IU Cancer Center, creating a bridge between basic scientific research and new treatment strategies. For example, researchers at the School of Medicine recently received a $12 million NIH grant to study genetic factors in women's response to medications used to treat breast cancer. IU affects Hoosier health care in other ways as well, including analysis of public policy related to quality care; disease prevention initiatives; and information services.

A 'future of shared purpose'

IU President Adam Herbert delivered his second annual "State of the University" address Sept. 27.

Red hot super friends

"The gods of Greece and Rome and Egypt still exist," says IU alumnus Michael Uslan. "They just wear Spandex, capes and masks." See how Uslan's comic book collection is sharing space with the Gutenberg Bible and Shakespeare folios at the Lilly Library in Bloomington.

Promoting educational success

A report from IU's Center for Evaluation and Education Policy warns of "achievement gaps" in academic success among Hoosier schoolchildren and has issued a challenge to a broad array of stakeholders. Meanwhile, IU Kokomo has received a Lilly grant to create an early childhood education center, and IU Northwest's Early Literacy Academy is distributing free books to families with children newborn to age 6.

Evolution, creation science, intelligent design

Join IU Distinguished Professor of biology, Rudolph Raff, and Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, in this edition of "Conversations online."

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