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.
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NEWSMAKER: Myles Brand led NCAA reforms
President Myles Brand died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He is remembered for firing Indiana University basketball
coach Bob Knight, but he later became hailed as a reformer as head of the NCAA.
Facing cuts, Indiana colleges put everything on table
Universities searching for ways to cut $150 million say they’re looking at all options, including eliminating some sports
or even academic majors.
Knight criticizes NCAA tourney expansion in local speech
In his first public appearance in Indiana since skipping his own induction into the Indiana University Hall of Fame last month,
former basketball coach Bob Knight criticized a proposed NCAA tournament expansion to 96 teams, saying nobody should get a bye in the
Big Dance.
$60M Lilly Endowment grant to fund IU physician research
Indiana University, which has received nearly $600 million from the endowment over the last three decades, will leverage the
new gift to increase its
scientific discoveries and commercialize life science innovations.
Lilly charity gives $1M to new IU health school
The Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation has given Indiana University $1 million to start a school of public health at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis.
State colleges face $150M in cuts as tax revenues fall
Indiana Gov. Daniels calls for cuts with announcement that tax collections for November were $144 million below forecast.
Indiana University launches $10M seed fund
The Innovate Indiana Fund will invest $5 million over the next five years to commercialize IU technologies and another
$5 million to help IU-affiliated startups get off the ground.
BENNER: Should franchise records of Baltimore, Indy really mix?
When Colts tight end Dallas Clark made that one-handed touchdown catch, moving him past the legendary Baltimore Colt John
Mackey, questions once again arose.
Scott Watanabe looks to transform digital textbooks
Watanabe, son of the late Eli Lilly and Co. scientist, has hired investment bankers to help raise $10 million for his business, Encompass Media.
IUPUI mulling options for old Wishard Hospital site
The most obvious use for the old Wishard site is an expansion of the Indiana University School of Medicine, particularly for
medical research space, university administrators said.
BENNER: Tough year for IU basketball to make a comeback
Yes, the IU Hoosiers are better this season. How could they not be?
IU economists forecast tepid growth in 2010
Indiana University economists offered a cautious but improving economic outlook for 2010, in which they expect the personal
income of Hoosiers to grow slightly and the state to add 50,000 jobs.
State’s college graduation rates bedevil education experts
Just over half of students at state-supported, four-year institutions in Indiana graduate within six years—a tremendous
waste of resources by both students and taxpayers. The number of citizens with bachelor’s degrees is one of the surest
indicators of economic success in a 21st century economy driven less by workers’ hands
and more by their heads.
Knight refuses IU’s offer to settle lawsuit
Bob Knight didn’t like Indiana University making a private matter public, and he didn’t want IU alumni footing the bill to
settle a lawsuit. On Tuesday, Knight released a statement saying he will return a $75,000 check sent last week by school officials
as a settlement offer.
Indianapolis-based FAST Diagnostics gets funding from BioCrossroads’ seed fund
Money will help the company refine its tool to treat acute kidney injury.
Study ranks IU among top Tweeting schools
A new survey puts IU among the top 7 percent of collegiate users of the social networking site Twitter.
IU professor wins Nobel economics prize
IU professor Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for her analyses of economic governance, becoming the first woman to win the prize since it was founded in 1968.
IU: Indiana economy turned in March
The Indiana economy turned up in March, but the recovery has been slow and dogged. That’s the picture painted by a new
monthly index unveiled Wednesday by the Indiana Business Research Center within the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
IU sees $63M revenue boost from enrollment jump
Indiana University officials say this school year’s record enrollment is leading to nearly $63 million in unexpected revenue
for its campuses across the state.