UPDATE: 4:40 p.m. IU professor nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

IU professor of medicine Dr. Joseph Mamlin has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.\nPolitical science professors Scott Pegg of IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis and David Mason of Butler University nominated Mamlin for his medical work with HIV and AIDS and his contributions to fight hunger in western Kenya.\nThe nomination has come as a result of Mamlin’s program, “The Academic Model for Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS,” a joint effort by the IU School of Medicine and Moi University School of Medicine in Kenya, according to the letter of nomination.\nNineteen satellite clinics for the program are now established, said Fran Quigley, director of Operations and Development.