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Indiana COVID updates: Caution urged over holiday weekend; IU seeks Greek house closures
Indiana University officials have asked all 40 fraternity and sorority houses on its Bloomington campus to shut down because high rates of coronavirus infections, even as new statewide COVID-19 risk ratings show most counties have minimal or moderate virus spread.
Nate Feltman: IU’s McRobbie leaves strong foundation
He established six new schools—including the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy on the IUPUI campus, the first of its kind in the nation. He also established the highly acclaimed Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies on the Bloomington campus, bringing IU’s many international assets together under one roof.
IU orders 10 houses to quarantine after positive virus tests
Members of eight Greek houses and students living in two other houses off the Bloomington campus have been ordered to suspend in-person organizational activities, other than dining and housing for live-in members.
Former IU athletic director Glass joining Indianapolis law firm
Fred Glass, 61, will become a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, where he will operate a general business law practice, while also handling matters related to higher education, employment, government matters, sports, media and entertainment.
Bloomington order limits private gatherings to 15 people
Mayor John Hamilton issued the order after photos and videos shared on social media showed Indiana University students gathering in large groups without masks or practicing social distancing.
Bloomington order limits private gatherings to 15 people
Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton issued the order after photos and videos shared on social media showed Indiana University students gathering in large groups without masks or practicing social distancing.
Bloomington sports-tech startup scores with D.C. schools partnership
IU senior Hawley Hunter has developed a platform that gives high schools the same types of video analysis and analytics big universities and professional teams use—at a much lower cost.
IU President McRobbie to step down in 2021
Michael A. McRobbie will continue leading Indiana University through the upcoming academic year, in which the school must contend with the unknowns presented by the coronavirus pandemic.
IU reviews legacy of school’s 7th president, who advocated eugenics
A university committee has been formed to review all things named after David Starr Jordan on IU’s Bloomington campus—Jordan Hall, Jordan River and Jordan Avenue, as well as several scholarships, fellowships and other awards.
Lilly, IU School of Medicine team up on $5M immunology research pact
Under the agreement, researchers will study patients who used Lilly autoimmune therapies that are under consideration for the treatment of other autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
IUPUI students pioneering technology to help emergency responders
A team of five recent IUPUI graduates and two faculty members were recently awarded $112,500 by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology for its software to help emergency providers, and the group has a shot at another $70,000.
IU and Purdue both score $10M supercomputer grants
Indiana was the only state to land two National Science Foundation grants. Together, the schools received half of the funding that was available.
2020 Innovation Issue: A Q&A with design thinker Christopher Vice
Innovation means not just exploring new frontiers but also solving problems while doing so. And Christopher Vice, now at Studio Science, has a resume that reflects a career doing just that.
IU makes tentative plans for in-person fall instruction, to offer virus testing to students, faculty
IU President Michael McRobbie outlined reopening plans in a note to the university community on Thursday. The note said the university could begin in-person instruction this fall “in some proportion,” but added the reopening would depend on the pandemic.
IU team pursuing breathtaking advancements in regenerative medicine
The emerging health care field seeks to develop methods for replacing or reinvigorating damaged human organs, cells and tissues.
Student sues Indiana University for tuition, fee reimbursement
Indiana University has joined a growing number of universities facing lawsuits filed by students who allege they haven’t been properly refunded for pandemic-related disruptions to the spring semester.
IBJ Podcast: How can companies survive the economic calamity of COVID-19?
“It’s your job to survive and to make sure that when these social controls are lifted and everybody starts to come back out that you’re ready for business,” IU’s Phil Powell, an economist at the Kelley School of Business, tells host Mason King.
UPDATE: Purdue, IU suspend in-person classes for at least part of spring semester
The decisions were made to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the potentially deadly respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Neither school currently has a coronavirus case on campus.
IU School of Medicine gearing up for move to new campus near Methodist Hospital
The Indiana University School of Medicine plans to leave its longtime home on the IUPUI campus and move about two miles north as part of a new “academic health campus” near Methodist Hospital.