Purdue student-inventor nabs VC on TV show
A Purdue University student who invented a soy-based modeling dough walked away with a $300,000 investment after appearing
Tuesday on the ABC show “Shark Tank.”
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Purdue lands $10M gift for speech sciences facility
Purdue University says it will use a $10 million donation from a 1959 graduate to help build a new facility for its Department
of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.
Fred Glass takes center stage in IU football’s ad campaign
Athletics Director Fred Glass isn’t just calling an audible, he’s changing the advertising
playbook in Bloomington. Glass, along with his new senior assistant athletics director for marketing, Patrick
Kraft, are upping the ante this football season, with a 67-percent boost in television advertising and 20-percent boost in
the total media buy.
NCAA’s CFO named interim president
James L. Isch, the NCAA’s long-time chief financial officer, has been named interim president of the association, replacing
Myles Brand, who died last week of pancreatic cancer.
More IU, Purdue projects could move forward
More than $130 million in construction projects will get a chance to move forward after being put on hold over a top lawmaker’s
objections to the schools’ tuition increases.
NCAA, city haggle over Final Four rental deal
A little more than six months before the 2010 NCAA men’s Final Four is set to tip off at Lucas Oil Stadium, the NCAA
has not yet finalized a rental deal for the facility. While officials for the NCAA and Local Organizing Committee,
the group charged with operating the event in Indianapolis, downplay any problems, sports business experts say it is unusual
not to have an agreement pinned down in the months leading up to the event.
House bill puts state student-loan jobs in danger
The U.S. House of Representatives is nearing a vote to push private lenders out of the federal college loan business—a
move that could cost Indiana hundreds of jobs.
Brand did more at IU than just fire Bob Knight
Myles Brand was best known as the man who fired Bob Knight and as president of the NCAA, but he left a legacy at Indiana University
much broader than the world of athletics.
IU experiences record-high enrollment
Indiana University says it has set a statewide fall semester enrollment record with 5-percent more students than last year.
Purdue sees statewide enrollment grow 3 percent
Purdue University said today that its statewide fall-semester enrollment is up more than 3 percent from last year.
Airport looking for college students to serve as greeters
Indianapolis International Airport is looking for a new class of “airport ambassadors,” those helpful volunteers
in the red vests who help passengers and visitors get their bearings.
Purdue lands $105M grant to fund earthquake center
Purdue University announced today that it has received $105 million from the National Science Foundation to fund a center
to research earthquakes and tsunamis.
Purdue to increase financial aid, give fee rebates
Purdue University says it will increase financial aid to certain students to offset this year’s tuition increase.
IU offering in-state tuition grants in wake of criticism
Indiana University will be offering grants to in-state students starting next year to help lessen the impact of tuition increases.
Ivy Tech saving facade for classroom building
Ivy Tech Community College plans to save the facade of a historic former hospital along Fall Creek Parkway and build a new
150,000-square-foot academic building behind it.
Two businesses open at Flagship Enterprise Center
The Anderson-based Flagship Enterprise Center is on a roll. In the last two months, the small-business incubator
and growth-stage accelerator signed up two new clients: software developers Soveryn Inc. and Coeus Technology.
Not-for-profit wins $80K prize
College Mentors for Kids won $80,000 in products and services from a host of local companies in the Indy Business Makeover
Competition. The winner was selected from among 10 finalists through online voting.
BENNER: Honoring Knight is the right thing for IU to do
Even as one of Knight’s most ardent critics during the latter half of his tenure at Indiana, I concur with the majority
of opinions expressed on the subject.
Private colleges group launches search for next chief executive
Independent Colleges of Indiana has launched a national search for its next CEO after Hans Giesecke left
to lead a college in Greece.
Fast-growing Harrison College hires Trinkle as provost
Harrison College, formerly Indiana Business College, hired its first provost and chief academic officer as the for-profit
educator experiences rapid growth.