Big names competing for Butler project
Butler 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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Butler University joins opposition to Army Corps flood wall
The university's trustees say in a letter they're worried about the wall's possible impact on Holcomb Gardens.
Hoops success helps Butler avoid enrollment decline
Butler 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.
Lilly Endowment awards Butler biz accelerator $3M
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.
Butler University directed to spend more on male athletes
Butler 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.
Butler University arts dean aims to link campus, city
Ronald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and “extraordinary” guest artists.
Butler leaving Horizon League for Atlantic 10
Butler University formally announced its departure from the Horizon League Wednesday. It will begin playing in the Atlantic 10 in the 2013-14 season.
Butler’s Stevens turns down Illinois coaching job
A 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.
Notre Dame biz school ranked tops in nation again
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.
Colleges ramp up Statehouse media coverage
Student-reporting programs at Franklin College, Butler University aid cash-strapped newspapers statewide.
Butler eyes move to Atlantic 10, ESPN says
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.
Butler tries to build sports revenue without alienating fans
Capitalizing 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.
Butler center aims to make urban farming viable
Tim 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.
LOU’S VIEWS: Right actors, right material can make theatrical magic
The HART/Butler production of “The Exonerated” didn’t need costumes or sets to deliver solid drama.
BENNER: NCAA leaders finally pursuing changes that matter
Had the NCAA initiatives occurred four years ago, Butler might have been playing someone other than the University of Connecticut last March.
Study says Butler scored valuable media exposure in tourneys
A study says the school earned $512 million worth of media exposure thanks to the back-to-back runs to the men’s basketball NCAA Championship game.
BENNER: Most college sports programs are scandal-free
Whenever one of these “scandals” comes along, what I get really steamed about is the collateral damage to the perception of the enterprise of intercollegiate athletics.
Butler provost named university’s interim president
Jamie Comstock will serve as temporary leader from June 1 to Aug. 1, as Butler University makes the transition between outgoing President Bobby Fong and President-elect James Danko.
LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Chicago’ razzle-dazzles at ATI’s new home
Thoughts on Actors Theatre of Indiana’s in-your-face production of the Kander and Ebb musical. Plus Butler University’s Chekhov variations.
Butler hires Villanova dean as its new president
Jim Danko, who became an entrepreneur at 19 and went on to become a business school administrator, will be the next president of Butler University.