IU receives $4.8M for global business institute
The grant from a private equity firm will fund MBA and doctoral students working with Latin American companies.
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Study: Ditch reform, add public option
In poll after poll, calls for repealing the new health insurance law get strong support. But if the law were repealed, an
Indiana University survey released this week shows that Americans want a surprising thing in its place: a public option.
Chief justice returns to Indiana for law school lecture
Chief Justice John Roberts will be the third member of the U.S. Supreme Court to give the James P. White Lecture on Legal
Education at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
Shared car service arrives at IU Bloomington
Indiana University has made space for four cars owned by Cambridge, Mass.–based Zipcar, which operates a car-sharing
service in 150 cities, mostly on college campuses.
IU study suggests that money does matter to doctors
Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were 5-1/2 times more likely to receive routine cataract surgery
than patients at Veterans Affairs facilities, according to a new study.
Universities spare fund-raisers amid budget cuts
The IU Foundation recently cut 18 of 201 staff members but nonetheless is looking at adding reinforcements in fund raising.
Indiana University Foundation lays off 18 staffers
The cuts, both in Bloomington and Indianapolis, come as part of an effort to trim $2.4 million from the fund-raising group’s
$26 million operational budget.
IU forms economic development council
The purpose of the council is to create a university-wide forum to connect all IU campuses and the communities they serve
in addressing regional economic issues.
IU president plans aggressive building campaign
In a speech Tuesday, President Michael McRobbie said IU is gunning to construct at least 12 buildings on its Bloomington
and Indianapolis
campuses in spite of the economy and falling state funding.
IU, Purdue try to preserve research despite budget cuts
The president of each school will update budget-cutting progress in state-of-the-university speeches Tuesday.
IU names basketball center after billionaire Cooks
Indiana University's new basketball training complex will be named after billionaire entrepreneur Bill Cook and his wife.
IU athletic director Fred Glass says the Cooks gave $15 million—the single largest gift in IU athletics history—toward
the nearly $20 million basketball training center.
IU study: It’s action we like, not violence
Researchers at Indiana University used edited TV episodes of “24,” “Oz” and others in study.
Not guilty plea entered for ex-IU player Leary
A judge has entered a preliminary not guilty plea for a former Indiana University basketball player charged in connection
with an ex-business partner’s multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Underrated entrepreneurs
The Indianapolis area is home to myriad unsung entrepreneurs who run interesting companies, make money and create good jobs.
Here are some of them.
Purdue, IU rank among top 15 college endowments
Purdue University’s $1.45 billion endowment ranks ninth in the nation. IU came in at 11th with an endowment valued at about
$1.23 billion.
IU-Kenya Partnership gets $5M USAID grant
A partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and a medical school and hospital in Kenya has received an additional
$5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to expand health care services in the African nation.
Purdue tops Indiana colleges in MBA-school rankings
Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management MBA program ranked 54th worldwide and ninth among U.S. public institutions. The program at Indiana
University’s Kelley School of Business ranked 57th and 10th, respectively.
State links university funding to lifting graduation rates
The
Indiana Commission for Higher Education late last month slashed college budgets based on key performance
measures.
IU reorganizes nuclear complex to med school oversight
Indiana University is reorganizing its Cyclotron Facility to shift oversight to its School of Medicine. The Bloomington campus’
vice provost for research previously had overseen the cyclotron, which treats cancer patients with proton therapy.
IU looks for ways to trim budget after state cuts
Indiana University must cut $58.9 million from its budget over the remainder of the state’s two-year budget cycle.