Purdue acquires Indiana Avenue property for campus needs
Purdue University in Indianapolis is continuing to add to its downtown footprint, spending $4.5 million to acquire another property for its growing city campus.
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Purdue takes next step to develop $187M mixed-use project for new downtown Indy campus
Purdue officials say the Academic Success Building “will evolve with the needs of experiential education, accommodate courses that would not otherwise be offered with existing space, and provide on-campus housing.”
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UIndy creates ‘stackable’ MBA to help students already in the workplace
“I look at it like a la carte kind of learning, where you choose what you need,” said Karl Knapp, dean of the UIndy School of Business. “They can come in, get the knowledge they need to advance their careers, get something they can put on their LinkedIn and their resume, and they don’t have to commit to the whole MBA.”
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IBJ Podcast: Her goal was to finish high school. Now she’s launching a college at Butler for underserved students.
Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, the inaugural dean of Butler University’s Founder’s College, details the many steps and decisions required to get the school up and running, She also discusses growing up in Belize and the chain of events that took her far beyond her initial goal of simply finishing high school.
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IBJ Podcast: IU Indianapolis chancellor driving big changes on downtown campus
Latha Ramchand discusses her upbringing and education in Mumbai, India, and the mission to make IU Indianapolis (the IU side of the IUPUI split) one of the nation’s premier urban research universities.
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Some universities freezing hiring, laying off staff amid federal funding cuts
Over the last two weeks, more than a dozen institutions have announced limits on hiring for faculty and staff positions and other measures to tighten purse strings.
Horizon League preps for tournament, growth
The Indianapolis-based Horizon League is set to wrap up its men’s and women’s basketball tournament at the Indiana State Fairgrounds next week.
US Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to IU’s bias-reporting system
The students say Indiana University’s bias-response team stifles speech on campus by allowing anonymous reports about things that appear prejudiced or demeaning.
New data sheds light on Indiana schools likely most affected by impending cuts to financial aid
A proposal to shrink thousands of financial aid grants is likely to cut deepest at some of the state’s largest universities.
IU trustees give university president Pamela Whitten 5-year contract extension, $200K raise
According to the Chronicle for Higher Education’s database from the summer of 2024, the raise brings Whitten to the fifth highest-paid university president in the Big Ten.
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
The sweeping demand threatens to upend all aspects of campus operations, from questions on college applications to classroom lessons and campus clubs.
Indiana University Indianapolis receives Research 1 designation
Indiana University Indianapolis received Research 1, or R1, status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It’s now the second IU campus to hold the designation.
ACLU sues Indiana State University for allegedly canceling pride festival on campus
A lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, argues that the decision violates the First Amendment rights of plaintiff Pride Center of Terre Haute, Inc.
Ivy Tech ‘sunsetting’ its Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging
Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann said the decision was a proactive move to protect funding amid federal orders and state legislation targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Universities’ alliance set to boost microelectronics research
Two of Indiana’s top research universities are partaking in a four-way alliance that organizers that allows members to work on microelectronics projects using one another’s facilities and resources.
Minority college enrollment steady in Indiana despite ruling that ended race-conscious admissions
Experts say it will likely take a few years before the impacts of the Supreme Court decision fully shake out, especially given other factors that could have affected enrollment this year, like the shaky rollout of a new federal aid platform.
IU Indianapolis professor uses AI tool to create opera
“Lexia: An AI Opera” was created in collaboration with the AI-powered tool Avatar, developed by IU Indianapolis faculty members Scott Deal and Jason Palamara.
Deferred maintenance emerges as higher ed state budget priority
Indiana’s public universities are seeking millions of dollars for capital projects, but the state’s Commission for Higher Education wants lawmakers to concentrate funding in the next budget cycle on deferred-maintenance projects.
Ivy Tech certificate program aims to boost microelectronics skills
The program is part of an ecosystem of higher education institutions ramping up programs to meet the state’s future needs.
Purdue preparing for SK Hynix arrival
The university’s leaders are hard at work laying the groundwork to make South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix’s U.S. expansion in West Lafayette a success.
IU Indianapolis video-game lab gets museum designation
The Media Arts and Science Research Learning Arcade, or MARLA, at Indiana University Indianapolis has an ever-growing collection of some 550 vintage video games and 20 gaming consoles.
ACLU of Indiana files new ‘intellectual diversity’ lawsuits against IU, Purdue
The professor-led lawsuits allege the state policies are unconstitutionally vague and infringe upon faculty members’ free speech and academic freedom.
Valparaiso University selling Georgia O’Keeffe painting to spruce up dorms
“Rust Red Hills” by the famed modernist painter is estimated to be worth as much as $15 million.
UIndy announces $5.2M alumni donation, endowed scholarship
The estate of Jack “J.J.” and Mary Kaye Ott, who met as students at the school, donated the sum.