IUPUI

UPDATE: Tennis Center set for summer demolition

April 30, 2010
Anthony Schoettle
Sources close to the university said they expect a combination of parking facilities and a multi-use athletics venue and convocation center to be built on the site.
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Adjunct instructors organize at IUPUI

April 10, 2010
J.K. Wall
Two problems come with prevalent use of adjunct instructors: a perception that adjuncts reduce the quality of instruction and the adjuncts' frustration with low levels of pay, security and benefits, and appreciation.
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NCAA puts IUPUI on probation, vacates wins in six sports

March 30, 2010
Associated Press
The NCAA said IUPUI allowed erroneous eligibility certification for 97 student-athletes from 2003-04 through 2006-07, demonstrating a lack of institutional control and a failure to monitor by the university.
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IUPUI coach Ron Hunter receives Good Guy award

March 27, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association is recognizing Hunter's efforts on behalf of millions of children around the world who are in need of shoes.
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IU president plans aggressive building campaign

February 24, 2010
J.K. Wall
In a speech Tuesday, President Michael McRobbie said IU is gunning to construct at least 12 buildings on its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses in spite of the economy and falling state funding.
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IU fund-raising campaign meant to expand IUPUI, life sciences

February 23, 2010
Associated Press
Indiana University's president says IU this fall will launch a $1.1 billion fund-raising campaign aimed at expanding the IUPUI campus' life science programs.
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State links university funding to lifting graduation ratesRestricted Content

January 16, 2010
J.K. Wall
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education late last month slashed college budgets based on key performance measures.
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IUPUI dedicates engineering lab funded by Carrier Corp.

January 2, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Over the past four years, Carrier has donated $71,000 for the purchase of equipment and software that will allow mechanical engineering students at IUPUI to do more advanced work.
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IUPUI seeking funds from CIB to renovate Natatorium

December 14, 2009
Scott Olson
IUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city's Capital Improvement Board to fund part of the expense.
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IUPUI mulling options for old Wishard Hospital siteRestricted Content

November 7, 2009
J.K. Wall
The most obvious use for the old Wishard site is an expansion of the Indiana University School of Medicine, particularly for medical research space, university administrators said.
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State's college graduation rates bedevil education experts

October 31, 2009
J.K. Wall
Just over half of students at state-supported, four-year institutions in Indiana graduate within six years—a tremendous waste of resources by both students and taxpayers. The number of citizens with bachelor’s degrees is one of the surest indicators of economic success in a 21st century economy driven less by workers’ hands and more by their heads.
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IUPUI researchers land $22M in stimulus grants

October 1, 2009
J.K. Wall
Researchers at IUPUI have been awarded more than $22.3 million in grants by the National Institutes of Health, according to U.S. Rep. Andre Carson. The money is part of a $5 billion program that was part of the federal stimulus bill approved earlier this year, and will fund medical research across the country.
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IUPUI rethinks track and field stadiumRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
 IBJ Staff
In its 20-year master strategy unveiled in December, IUPUI planned to tear down its track-and-field stadium along New York Street to make room for a mixed-use housing and retail development. Now IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz says those plans have been reconsidered.
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Professors go online to revolutionize drug discoveryRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald’s of research laboratories—low-cost and all over the world.
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Profs trying to revolutionize drug discovery processRestricted Content

June 22, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald's of research laboratories—a model that's low-cost and can spread around the world.
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IU to offer degree in fund raising

June 15, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Most fund-raisers stumble into the profession, but within a decade the field could be populated by recent college graduates who hold degrees in philanthropic studies.The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University soon will roll out a bachelor's degree that would be among the first of its kind. If all goes as planned, IUPUI would begin marketing the degree, granted by the School of Liberal Arts, for the fall of 2010.
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City loses a Japanese pioneerRestricted Content

February 2, 2009
Gary Weir
Rev. Itoko Maeda was a citizen of the world, Japanese by birth, American by choice and also a Hoosier who did a tremendous amount to teach the people of this state Japanese and Japanese culture.
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IUPUI startup eyes yeast as fuel for ethanolRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Chris O'Malley
A firm hatched out of the Indiana University School of Medicine has raised $150,000 toward bringing to market yeasts that could be a cure for one of the biggest bioengineering challenges of the day.
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Plan calls for creating a downtown feel at IUPUI campusRestricted Content

December 22, 2008
J.K. Wall
In 20 years, IUPUI leaders want their campus to feel more like the rest of downtown — taller buildings, more parks, more people hanging out — and they want to connect it to the city's core.
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Track, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition

December 22, 2008
Anthony Schoettle
Long-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.
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Sports vision ripe for renewalRestricted Content

December 22, 2008
If the city is serious about continuing to use amateur athletics as an economic tool, more collaboration among the university, city leaders and sports organizations is clearly needed.
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Dean hopes Herron's public-art projects will prompt attention for the school's new master's degree.Restricted Content

December 15, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlin
IUPUI's Herron School of Art and Design is raising money to expand its classrooms — especially for those artists engaged in sculpture and public projects.
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IT veteran to teach entrepreneurship classRestricted Content

December 15, 2008
Indiana University will offer a new course on entrepreneurship in the information technology sector at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI next semester.
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City shows up peers in luring, keeping young, educated, married couplesRestricted Content

September 8, 2008
J.K. Wall

 Regional economic development experts say cities must woo talented people while they're young--in their 20s or early 30s--because, after that age, people tend to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at least two key groups of young people--particularly those already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.

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IUPUI faces tough decisions over aging sports facilities

August 18, 2008
Anthony Schoettle
IUPUI is grappling with how to pay for upkeep and improvements necessary to keep its three world-class athletic facilities—and the city—in the hunt for high-profile sporting events.
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