Purdue to build $8.8 million equine center in Shelbyville
The center, to be located near Indiana Downs, will provide health services to horses and serve as a working laboratory for veterinary school learning and research.
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Research institute hires CEO, picks HQ
With a CEO hired and a soon-to-be signed lease for office space, the $360 million Indiana Biosciences Research Institute is ready to lift off.
Purdue University trustees to consider fourth tuition freeze
Purdue University officials are considering whether to endorse a tuition freeze for the fourth consecutive year and increase merit pay by 3.5 percent for employees at the West Lafayette campus.
Salesforce makes $100K ‘flash-funding’ gift to IPS teachers
The crowdfunding donation, which took place Thursday morning, completed funding for 152 open projects, helping more than 11,000 students in 150 classrooms at 30 schools.
Kenyan private schools inspire $100,000 idea for Indianapolis
An Indianapolis not-for-profit is betting that a school reform plan with roots in Africa can help turn around a troubled Indianapolis public school.
UPDATE: SEC hits ITT Educational, execs with fraud charges
ITT Educational CEO Kevin Modany and Chief Financial Officer Daniel Fitzpatrick allegedly “engineered a campaign of deception and half-truths” to hide from investors the extent of losses ITT was suffering from student loan programs, the SEC said Tuesday morning.
New A-F school grading system OK’d amid more infighting
The State Board of Education approved a new A-F grading system for schools on Thursday, despite the state superintendent’s concerns that the rules have mistakes or ambiguities that will make implementing them difficult.
Tensions spawn exodus of IU eye doctors
Since 2008, the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology has seen nine physicians depart—nearly half its clinicians who care for adult patients.
Diabetes drug metformin show promise in cancer
Researchers at Purdue University, the Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin discovered a combination of two currently available drugs significantly slowed the growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors in mice.
Indiana University psych student reinvents surveys
Josh de Leeuw, a graduate student in the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in Bloomington, has created jsPsych, an open-source software platform that employs a common Web technology to conduct psychology experiments over the Internet.
Business, philanthropy leader Danielson dies at 95
Donald “Danny” C. Danielson, named a Living Legend last year for his lifelong contributions to business, education and philanthropy in Indiana, died Thursday morning in his New Castle home at age 95.
Pence set to sign $31 billion Indiana budget plan
The new two-year state spending plan was approved by the General Assembly last week. Slightly more than half of the $31 billion budget goes toward K-12 education, with funding going up 2.3 percent each year.
Purdue programs moving to Switch development in Fishers
Two Purdue University programs have announced intentions to occupy the second floor of the Fishers Switch development.
3 Marion County districts OK funding boosts; Brownsburg voters say ‘no’
Wayne Township, Perry Township and Beech Grove schools all passed referendums, but voters in Brownsburg rejected two proposals.
City receives ‘overwhelming’ response to preschool program
More than 5,000 applications have poured in for the new Indianapolis Preschool Scholarship Program, which has funding for only about 1,300 students, the city announced Wednesday morning.
Mind Trust receives $2.5 million from Walton foundation
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education reform group, will use the money from the family of Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton to provide more innovation school fellowships and launch more charter schools.
$32M student housing project proposed near White River
Annex Student Living LLC wants to build a six-story, 248-unit apartment building along West 10th Street on a four-acre parcel the company has agreed to buy.
3 Marion County school districts ask voters for extra funding
Wayne Township, Perry Township and Beech Grove school officials say they need tax increases to provide relief from property tax caps the Legislature passed in 2010.
Longtime business leader Shaheen gives $5M to UIndy
Yvonne Shaheen has donated $5 million to the University of Indianapolis College of Arts & Sciences, university President Robert Manuel announced during commencement Saturday.
K-12 schools prepare for funding boosts, cuts in new budget
As Indiana’s fast-growing suburban districts breathe a sigh of relief with more funding on the way, many urban and rural districts are bracing for drastic cuts under the state’s new budget and experts say there might not be a middle ground between the two.