IPFW athletics dropping acronym, will use ‘Fort Wayne’
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne athletic teams plan to go simply by the name of the city as part of a rebranding effort.
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Georgia Tech athletic director accepts Purdue job
Mike Bobinski will succeed Morgan Burke, who announced in February he was retiring after 23 years in the position.
Purdue University struggles to support Indiana winery boom
The Purdue Wine Group Team has fewer resources to take care of the larger and growing industry because of a decline in the amount of funding the program is receiving from a state excise tax.
Prosecutor: No charges in Ball State investment scandal
Criminal investigations of former Ball State investment director Gale Prizevoits by federal prosecutors and the Indiana Secretary of State also produced no charges.
Despite deep job cuts, Pearson pledges growth in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis workforce for publisher Pearson has decreased from 850 to 180 full-time workers over the last 18 years, but a company executive told IBJ this week the firm is much more likely to grow here than shrink further.
Push to shutter for-profit-college accreditor could hit 51,000 Hoosiers
Financial aid and class credits for as much as 8 percent of Indiana’s college students could be at risk as federal officials work to close down a national accreditor of for-profit schools.
Purdue’s $6.25 million plant-mapping project approved
The State Budget Committee has given its approval for Purdue University to build a high-tech, greenhouse-like facility where scientists will map plant genomes.
HOOSIER BEACON: Herman Wells dedicated his life to IU
Wells sought to internationalize IU, strongly supporting education in foreign languages and cultures. Yet he never forgot that IU is Indiana’s University.
Rare Knute Rockne auction items could bring a fortune
They sat inside an Indiana safe deposit box for more than two decades—two prized possessions that legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne carried with him when he died in a 1931 plane crash.
Colleges brace for investment losses as scrutiny over tuition mounts
Schools are reducing annual payouts from their endowments as they brace for investment losses. With less money to spend on financial aid, faculty and other costs, colleges may have to search for other revenue.
Bike-share program to expand at Purdue, to cities
Less than a year after it began, a bike-share system at Purdue University is set to expand on campus and to downtown Lafayette. And a pending agreement with West Lafayette could add more bikes within the city.
More buildings set to fall on IUPUI campus
The planned demolitions of the old IUPUI Psychiatric Research Building and the Wishard Helipad site are the next projects sparked by the land swap between IUPUI and Eskenazi Health’s parent.
Indiana University to return $440,000 to USAID after audit
The money involved a $65 million agreement between IU and USAID for a medical training facility in Kenya.
Purdue University launches program to combat student debt
Students who opt to participate in the program, called "Back-a-Boiler," enter into income-share agreements rather than taking out a traditional college loan.
For-profit college watchdog fighting to stay alive
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a group that oversees about 900 campuses, is under scrutiny for lax oversight of its schools.
IU to hire 40 faculty, spend up to $120M on new initiative
The money will be awarded from IU’s Grand Challenges Program, a new push that is designed to tackle “major and large-scale problems facing humanity” that can only be addressed by multidisciplinary research teams.
Louisville president resigning amid shakeup at scandal-plagued school
University of Louisville president James Ramsey is stepping down after 14 years in a massive shakeup of school leadership stemming from recent scandals, including one brought to light by an IBJ sister company.
IU trustees to consider $53M in upgrades to Memorial Stadium
The plan calls for a more than 66,000-square-foot addition to the football stadium.
Education department seeks to shut down ITT Educational’s accreditor
Without the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools, Carmel-based ITT Educational, one of the largest publicly traded for-profit colleges in the country, could lose access to federal funding for student loans.
Grave in central Indiana road turns out to be family plot
A 185-year-old gravesite in the middle of a rural central Indiana road contains the remains of at least seven people, the archaeologist who led an exhumation of the site said Tuesday.