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  • Employees of IU Bloomington topped their goal for the 2008-09 United Way campaign, raising $698,841 for programs supported by United Way of Monroe County. The campaign far surpassed its target of $670,000 and accounted for almost half the $1.4 million overall goal for the United Way of Monroe County "Live United" campaign. In 2007-08, the IU campaign raised $655,000.
  • The strength of the research enterprise at IUPUI is manifested by the level of research programs that are externally sponsored. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year, IUPUI's external research funding reached an all-time high of $303 million.
  • On March 19, 273 IU School of Medicine soon-to-be graduates participated in national Match Day, a program that coordinates thousands of medical students' and U.S. hospital programs' preferences. Students in the Class of 2009, who will receive their medical degrees on May 9, accepted residency positions in 38 states, including Indiana.