IU to add 16 faculty members for $55M climate change initiative
The centerpiece of the initiative will be a new Environmental Resilience Institute, based in Bloomington.
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Indiana University plans $17M arena for volleyball, wrestling
The plan calls for building the new arena on the northern end of campus, near the current football stadium and basketball arena.
New IU coach Miller delivers right words in introduction
Archie Miller said he wants the Hoosiers to be aggressive on offense, nasty on defense and, of course, win the in-state recruiting battles. He's all for playing Kentucky and maybe Arizona, too.
Coach decision puts IU’s Glass on the hot seat
Glass has transformed the culture of IU’s athletic department for the better, IU sources said, but that legacy could be obscured by whom he hires to replace Tom Crean as men’s basketball coach.
Indiana University art museum prepares for lengthy renovation
The museum is expected to close to the public for the $30 million renovation May 14. The target for reopening is the fall semester of 2019.
Innovate Indiana Fund backs fraud-prevention firm
Chicago-based Rippleshot, co-founded by IU alumnus Yueyu Fu, raised a total of $2.6 million in a funding round in February.
Last year, 31 donors gave $267M in big gifts to Hoosier not-for-profits
Of the top five contributions from Indianapolis-area donors, four set records as the largest the organization had ever received from an individual.
Big IU donors were complaining loudly about Crean
Some of the most vocal Tom Crean critics are among Indiana University’s biggest financial supporters. And some of those critics are questioning the ability of Athletic Director Fred Glass, who fired Crean on Thursday, to lead the search for a new coach.
UPDATE: Crean out at IU after nine seasons
Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean compiled a 166-135 record at IU and led the Hoosiers to three Sweet 16 appearances, but was widely criticized this season after the team finished 10th in the Big Ten Conference with a 7-11 league record.
Roundup: IRT, ISO reveal season lineups; theatrical name change; dogs at IU
Indiana Repertory Theatre will open season with “Curious Incident.” The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra schedule includes Audra McDonald, Joshua Bell and Renee Fleming.
Many public universities now using private planes
At Ohio State University, football coach Urban Meyer and members of his family took 11 personal trips last school year at a cost to the university of $120,000. Purdue University flew an alumnus from Rhode Island for $15,000.
Purdue considering new names for Fort Wayne campus
The boards of both universities approved plans in December for splitting up programs starting in July 2018 at what is now Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Daniels calls Trump’s immigration order ‘bad idea,’ urges him to revoke it
The Purdue University president said in a written statement that "if the idea is to strengthen the protection of Americans against terrorism, there are many far better ways to achieve it.”
Realignment at IPFW campus one step closer with trustee OK
Indiana University trustees have voted to approve splitting the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus.
IUPUI to lead $4.8M statewide effort to help minorities obtain STEM degrees
The National Science Foundation awarded the grant to IUPUI, which will work with Indiana University, Ball State University and other institutions.
Philanthropy school races toward $50M fundraising goal
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is in the midst of practicing one of the skills it teaches—fundraising for a capital campaign&mdash.
IU’s new data science degree taps into hot health care market
The new degree blends such disciplines as biostatistics, computer science and informatics to better understand issues related to health care cost and quality.
IU plans two new degrees
Indiana University could offer the nation’s first bachelor’s degree in health data science.
Dental school launches $21.6M expansion project
The school, on the IUPUI campus, broke ground Sept. 23 on the 45,000-square-foot addition. It will house 125 new patient treatment rooms, spread over three floors, that will provide more elbow room for dentists, faculty and patients.
IU School of Dentistry moves ahead on $21M expansion
It’s the first significant addition in four decades to the 136-year-old institution, the only dental school in Indiana.