April 13, 2013
Lou HarryThe new, 450-seat Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University fills a venue gap between the school's two theaters
that each seat about 100 and the 2,200-seat Clowes Memorial Hall.
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April 3, 2013
IBJ StaffButler University has received a $10 million grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation to help the school expand its
sciences efforts, Butler announced Wednesday morning.
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March 20, 2013
IBJ Staff, Bloomberg News, Associated PressButler University, Creighton and Xavier will join the so-called Catholic 7 schools in the new basketball conference, the schools
announced Wednesday. The conference agreed to play its men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden for the next three
years.
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March 16, 2013
Anthony SchoettleTwenty-five years ago, Butler University President Geoffrey Bannister had an idea to elevate the college by making the lowly
men’s Bulldog basketball team a national power, then use it as a marketing tool to engage alumni, increase annual giving
to the school, and recruit more and better students and instructors.
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February 28, 2013
IBJ StaffAlthough it has not yet withdrawn from the Atlantic 10, Butler University will join the so-called "Catholic 7" in the new
conference, according to reports in national media outlets. The school declined to comment on Friday.
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December 18, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe two-year trial of the Crossroads Classic doubleheader basketball event has drawn capacity crowds to Indianapolis. But
there are still scheduling concerns to be worked out if the fledgling event is to become a long-term college basketball tradition.
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December 18, 2012
Associated PressButler University President James Danko has said little to counter reports that Butler is considering leaving the Atlantic
10 Conference for a newly formed league.
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November 9, 2012
Scott OlsonBuilt in 1928, the aging facility is about to undergo its most extensive renovation since the building began hosting basketball
games shortly before the Great Depression.
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October 27, 2012
Katie MaurerWhether she’s working with the Indianapolis Zoo, the United Way of Central Indiana or Butler University, Katie Betley
is a constant presence in civic circles, a whirling dervish of volunteerism and can-do spirit.
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October 13, 2012
The Atlantic 10 is wasting little time marketing its newest member—the Butler Bulldogs.
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October 13, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis-based Horizon League says it is "energized" about its future, despite losing its most famous member—Butler
University.
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October 6, 2012
The university chose Keystone over Kite Realty Group and Lauth Property Group to build housing, retail and parking worth up
to $45 million.
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September 29, 2012
Cory SchoutenButler University is finalizing plans for a mixed-use parking garage project near Clowes Hall that would include neighborhood
retail and housing and might cost as much as $45 million.
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August 15, 2012
J.K. WallButler University has seen applications spike 43 percent over the last two years even though its 2009 strategic plan warned
against a coming enrollment decline. The big difference? March Madness.
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July 13, 2012
The gift will enable the accelerator to keep providing consulting services to mid-size Indiana businesses using the experience
of consultants, as well as Butler University faculty and students. It launched in 2005 with the help of a $22 million grant
from the endowment.
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May 7, 2012
Associated PressButler University has learned that it is violating U.S. civil rights laws because it isn’t spending enough money on
its male athletes. It also was directed to get more women involved in intercollegiate sports.
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May 5, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinRonald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance
Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and “extraordinary” guest artists.
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May 2, 2012
Scott OlsonButler University formally announced its departure from the Horizon League Wednesday. It will begin playing in the Atlantic
10 in the 2013-14 season.
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March 25, 2012
Associated PressA person familiar with the basketball coaching search at the University of Illinois says the Illini are interested in talking
to Ohio University's John Groce after being turned down by Brad Stevens of Butler University.
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March 21, 2012
Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business scored highest in Bloomberg Businessweek's annual survey of top
undergraduate business schools. Indiana, Purdue and Butler universities also ranked among the top 50.
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March 17, 2012
Anthony SchoettleStudent-reporting programs at Franklin College, Butler University aid cash-strapped newspapers statewide.
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March 12, 2012
A spokesman for the university said it has not entered into "formal talks" with anyone about switching conferences. Butler
has been an inaugural member of the Horizon League since its founding as the Midwestern City Conference in 1979.
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October 22, 2011
Anthony SchoettleCapitalizing on the newfound national reputation of Butler's men's basketball means the relatively small program must raise
its revenue game—without pricing the Bulldog faithful out of the arena.
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September 3, 2011
Lou HarryThe HART/Butler production of "The Exonerated" didn't need costumes or sets to deliver solid drama.
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September 3, 2011
Chris O'MalleyTim Carter, director of Butler University’s Center for Urban Ecology, is intent on making CUE a national leader in urban
ecology by making the center's research valuable on a broad scale.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.