Purdue advancing $150M in building projects
Purdue University officials are moving ahead with plans for spending about $150 million to renovate several engineering buildings and construct a new classroom and library building in West Lafayette.
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Donor gives $3M to Purdue’s history department
Purdue University says it will create two endowed professorships in the history of science and medicine after a $3 million donation to its history department.
NCAA football restructuring seen inevitable by ADs
The richest college football programs almost certainly will be allowed to spend more money on athletes once the NCAA rewrites rules in the coming months, according to a panel of sports administrators and marketers.
Purdue uncorks web series on Indiana wine industry
Series organizer Natalie van Hoose says “Indiana’s wine industry may be small, but it’s really quite remarkable.”
Indiana University shifting 50 jobs to temp agency
The move is partly being made to avoid having to add those workers to the IU health insurance plan as required by the federal health care overhaul.
Rose-Hulman starts new year of homework hotline
A free tutoring service that has helped thousands of middle and high school students for the past 22 years is coming off a record-setting year.
Indiana State gives permission for company to drill
The university in Terre Haute has given permission for Pioneer Oil of Lawrenceville, Ill., to drill on university-owned land.
Indiana University sets statewide enrollment mark
IU reports record number of students at its regional campuses in Richmond, Kokomo and Gary. The largest campuses are Bloomington with 42,327 students and IUPUI in Indianapolis with 30,488 students.
Football powers seek leeway with NCAA to flex muscle
College sports’ governing body probably will consider new rules in the coming months that allow the most powerful football programs to spend more on their athletes, while giving poorer programs the option to adopt them.
Kelley School expands executive degree programs
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is expanding its certificate programs for executives, combining noncredit webinars, for-credit certificates, and graduate degrees into a single educational program, mostly for corporate clients.
Butler’s $4M parking project coming to close
The private university is slated to finish improvements soon to 90 acres of land it owns west of the Central Canal that should help alleviate parking problems and give the public better access to the waterway.
Emails show Daniels favored Bill Bennett over Zinn
When the governor discovered the board of education had changed the state's textbook rules to allow Bill Bennett's book, he quickly asked how soon his advisers could get copies of "The Last Best Hope" in classrooms.
Federal health overhaul pinches Ivy Tech’s part-time faculty
The community college is cutting hours for part-time professors in response to the health care reform law, which requires employers to provide coverage to part-time employees who work 30 hours a week or more.
Martin University president making quick exit
The school announced that George Miller has accepted another opportunity after just 18 months on the job.
Indiana University basketball sets attendance record
School officials announced Wednesday that the Hoosiers average attendance for 19 home games was 17,412 — breaking the previous mark of 17,148, set in 2001-02.
IUPUI to show off elaborate game at Gen Con
The entire Indiana Convention Center will be the stage for the game, which uses video mapping and projectors that will create a large crystalline display showing the game results. The four-day Gen Con event begins Thursday.
IU sees room for growth in online education
Indiana University wants to reach more students and create a major source of revenue at a time when existing ones are struggling, school officials say.
Ex-Purdue president picked to head science agency
Former Purdue University president France Cordova's next job could be as director of the National Science Foundation.
Indiana lawmaker seeks Purdue trustees’ resignations
A Democratic state lawmaker asked Purdue University's trustees to resign Tuesday for giving President Mitch Daniels a bonus amid the recent firestorm over his efforts as governor to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.
Purdue profs blast Daniels on academic freedom
Dozens of Purdue University professors questioned their new school president's commitment to academic freedom Monday following the release of emails showing that as governor Mitch Daniels tried to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.