Indiana University sets new enrollment record
Elsewhere in Indiana, universities are seeing mixed results with their enrollment.
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Indiana University freshmen set record GPA, test scores
Data from Indiana University’s enrollment office show that this year’s freshman class might not be the largest, but they could be the smartest.
IU lands record amount of research, philanthropy funds
Indiana University has brought in more money during the previous fiscal year than ever before—nearly $944 million.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Medical firms, universities drive increase in Indiana patents
Indiana inventors secured 30 percent more patents in 2015 than they did four years earlier.
And at more than 2,000, last year’s number is double the patents granted to Hoosiers in 2008, a low point for patents in the past two decades.
IU challenges part of new abortion restrictions law
The Indiana University Board of Trustees and three of the school’s research officials filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block part of the state’s new abortion law.
State opposes IU’s bid to join suit vs. abortion law
The school recently filed a motion seeking to intervene, claiming the law could subject researchers to criminal charges because they use fetal tissue for research into autism, Alzheimer's and other diseases.
Fort Wayne campus facing cuts after enrollment decline
Some faculty members at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne have criticized a budget-cutting plan they argue unfairly targets liberal arts programs.
IU Art Museum to use $15M Eskenazi gift for major renovation
The Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington has received a $15 million naming gift from Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi, in addition to an art collection of nearly 100 works.
Schools, state trying to boost college affordability
Has Indiana made any progress in tackling student debt since students started racking it up through the Great Recession? The answer is somewhat complicated, higher education finance experts say.
IU-Kokomo scores $3.5M gift from Biglari board member
Longtime Steak n Shake and Biglari Holdings board member Ruth Janssen Person has donated $3.5 million to Indiana University Kokomo, where she served as chancellor from 1999 to 2008.
State’s life sciences sector on rise while struggling with talent, capital
Shortages of workers and investment dollars remain the two biggest challenges for Indiana’s life sciences industry, which otherwise is showing robust vital signs and embarking on high-profile collaborations.
IU to name broadcast studio for alum Beckley
The Ken and Audrey Beckley Studio will serve as a facility for TV broadcast news classes and production workshops, as well as for IUSTV, the student-run television station, for coverage of basketball and football.
Maurer to give commencement address at IU
Well-known local businessman Michael S. "Mickey" Maurer has been selected to give this year’s address at Indiana University’s graduate commencement ceremony on May 6, the school announced.
IU: Sexual misconduct review finds no bias
A retired law professor reviewed 17 sexual misconduct cases that Jason Casares presided over and found that school rules were followed in each case. Casares resigned as student ethics director amid sex assault allegations that he denies.
Lawrance resigns as head of IU Public Policy Institute
The former senior vice president for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce was appointed to the role in June 2014. He’s leaving for another opportunity that he declined to identify on Friday.
Valparaiso University offers buyouts to law school faculty
Enrollment in the law school has been going down and the school has been more selective from a smaller pool of applicants, a university spokeswoman said.