Purdue secures $15M to expand cancer research building
Stimulus dollars from the National Institutes of Health expected to spark 30 to 40 new research jobs by 2013.
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Ivy Tech gets $4.7M energy grant to retrain 1,500 workers
Federal money will help create programs at community college and Purdue University to offer skills in smart-grid technologies.
Catholic charters approved by Ballard will be first in nation
Concerns about separation of church and state have prompted a national watchdog group to express reservations.
Keeping Stevens key to Butler’s fund-raising plans
Assuring Stevens stayed in the Bulldogs’ kennel is part of a multi-prong plan to grow the Indianapolis school’s $11.2 million
athletics department budget.
Bennett demands ISTA support for school reforms
State superintendent of public instruction says teacher union support imperative to win federal grant.
Adjunct instructors organize at IUPUI
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.
Butler locks up Stevens with new contract
The 12-year deal signed by men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens extends his Butler contract through the 2021-22 season.
Catholic schools get final OK to become charters
The City-County Council gave its official blessing to two Catholic schools in poor neighborhoods converting into secular charters;
they will receive new names by fall.
Chief justice returns to Indiana for law school lecture
Chief Justice John Roberts will be the third member of the U.S. Supreme Court to give the James P. White Lecture on Legal
Education at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
Obama, Manning, Letterman help Butler celebrate
From the White House to Main Street, the Bulldogs opened eyes and turned heads.
Butler loses title game, but wins massive publicity
Butler received so many visits to its main Web site, school officials had to beef up the computer system. School President
Bobby Fong is commissioning a study to gauge the value of the publicity earned through the Bulldogs' run to the Final
Four.
Butler victory would mean big payday for school
Butler is winning the war of merchandise sales, leading the other three
schools in the Final Four. A victory tonight, sports marketers said, would increase those sales fivefold.
At Butler and Duke, ‘student-athlete’ means something
As is the case at Duke, Butler graduates about 90 percent of its players. As is the case at Duke, there’s more than mere lip
service paid to the classroom at Butler.
Interactive Intelligence taps college to connect with BlackBerry
Shortly after Interactive Intelligence Inc. decided two years ago to push beyond its roots in call centers and pitch its
communications software to more insurance agents and money managers, the company ran up against a tricky hurdle: the BlackBerry.
Butler mulling makeover for Hinkle Fieldhouse
Butler University is planning to raise as much as $12 million to modernize Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of its Bulldogs basketball
team.
Purdue engineering degree to be offered at four sites
Starting next fall, Purdue will start offering the degree in Anderson, Kokomo, Richmond and South Bend. The school says the
new effort is intended to give students an opportunity to earn a Purdue degree while staying close to home.
State names second virtual charter school
Rural Community Academy, in Sullivan, south of Terre Haute, can enroll as many as 280 students in the 2010-11 academic year. Those students would do most of their work from home, accessing lectures and school materials via the Internet.
NCAA puts IUPUI on probation, vacates wins in six sports
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.
Governor approves new teacher licensing rules
Daniels signed the new rules Tuesday, three months after a state panel approved them amid criticism from college educators.
Purdue solar car wins international contest
The three-wheeled Pulsar took top honors against 65 college and high school teams from eight nations.