DePaul University’s board unanimously voted to select Manuel, 54, at a meeting on April 21 but the decision was not announced until Tuesday. The school said it picked Manuel after “an extensive national search.”
Congratulations to IBJ staff and contributors who won awards, and thank you to all of the IBJ and Indiana Lawyer staffers who make our news organizations better. We appreciate you all.
Today, GoldLeaf—1901 E. 46th St.—serves what it labels “snacks” (Wasabi Grilled Cheese, a Croissant with Gruyere and Ham, for example); offers an espresso bar (cappuccinos, cold brews, mochas, etc.) and serves beer and wine in an eclectic café filled with plants and art.
It’s a common refrain about Indianapolis: You can come here from anywhere and become part of the fabric of the community.
Dark steel beams, exposed ducting and stainless industrial-style appliances are warmed up by worn leather furniture and soft area rugs.
When you work in news—or at least in a newsroom—you give up the right to publicly express opinions about a lot of things.
Nominations for IBJ Media’s inaugural Indiana 250—a list meant to showcase the most influential people in Indiana—have started rolling in, and it has been fascinating to learn more about the people making an impact throughout the state.
Let’s create a place where downtown visitors can get a sampling of what the city’s museums have to offer—and then, if those visitors are interested in seeing more at any one museum, we help them get there.
The Carmel-based auction services company declined to say how many of its 1,000 employees in Indiana would be affected by the transaction. But it said the buyer—Carvana Co.—will not require any employees to relocate.
About 4,500 employees of ADESA and KAR will be transferred to Carvana as part of the sale. That’s just under 50% of the company’s total head count. According to IBJ research, KAR has about 9,600 employees worldwide and 1,150 employees in Indiana.
More investigative and enterprise journalism is on the list of what we’d like to do more of this year, and we are strategizing ways to make that happen without sacrificing the daily news you expect from us.
Williams, who is also communication and engagement strategist at IUPUI, said the program—sponsored by the Africana Repertory Theatre of IUPUI—has helped develop playwrights in Indiana and new theater fans.
Watch for a new weekly email newsletter called After Hours that will be packed with info about what to do when you’re not at work. The newsletter will be written by IBJ reporter Dave Lindquist, who has decades of experience writing about music and pop culture.
Cook made minority vendors a priority in part because the project is in the Devington neighborhood, where 86% of residents are people of color, mostly African American.
Mali Simone Jeffers and Alan Bacon had the idea for cultural startup GangGang just more than a year ago, while sitting together one night on their couch: Why not incubate the creative economy and culture like you might a technology company or sector, while promoting equity along the way?
Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust announced in July that it would merge with Oak Brook, Illinois-based Retail Properties of America Inc. in an all-stock deal worth $2.8 billion.
The pandemic has not slowed Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha—and in fact, the move to remote work and increasing dependence on technology has probably sped up its activity.
The IU board of trustees announced in April that Whitten—then the president of Kennesaw State University in Georgia—would take over as president on July 1.
The Indiana Sports Corp. hosted the entire NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, which is why IBJ has named its president the top newsmaker of 2021—although we know he would want to share the credit with others.
His company is one of about two dozen minority-owned or disadvantaged subcontractors who are working on a $15 million manufacturing facility that will produce medical devices for Bloomington-based Cook Medical.
