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.
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IUPUI seeking funds from CIB to renovate Natatorium
IUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city’s Capital Improvement Board to fund part of the expense.
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.
Indianapolis Tennis Center future in limbo
Well placed sources inside the local tennis community claimed this week that IUPUI plans to demolish the Indianapolis Tennis
Center next spring to make room for an NCAA headquarters expansion.
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.
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.
IUPUI researchers land $22M in stimulus grants
Researchers at IUPUI have been awarded more than $22.3 million in grants by the National Institutes of Health, according to
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson. The money is part of a $5 billion program that was part of the federal stimulus bill approved earlier
this year, and will fund medical research across the country.
IUPUI faces tough decisions over aging sports facilities
IUPUI is grappling with how to pay for upkeep and improvements necessary to keep its three world-class athletic facilities—and
the city—in the hunt for high-profile sporting events.
Professors go online to revolutionize drug discovery
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald’s of research laboratories—low-cost and all over the world.
IUPUI rethinks track and field stadium
In its 20-year master strategy unveiled in December, IUPUI planned to tear down its track-and-field stadium along New York Street to make room for a mixed-use housing and retail development. Now IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz says those plans have been reconsidered.
Profs trying to revolutionize drug discovery process
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald’s of research laboratories—a model that’s low-cost
and can spread around the world.
IU to offer degree in fund raising
Most fund-raisers stumble into the profession, but within a decade the field could be populated by recent college graduates
who hold degrees in philanthropic studies.The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University soon will roll out a bachelor’s
degree that would be among the first of its kind. If all goes as planned, IUPUI would begin marketing the degree, granted
by the School of Liberal Arts, for the fall of 2010.
City loses a Japanese pioneer
Rev. Itoko Maeda was a citizen of the world, Japanese by birth, American by choice and also a Hoosier who did a tremendous amount to teach the people of this state Japanese and Japanese culture.
Hunter stunned by Crocs aid
IUPUI basketball coach Ron Hunter got a big surprise this morning. While on the Mike & Mike Show on ESPN Radio, a staffer with Crocs told Hunter the footwear company was donating 50,000…
Dakich goes shoeless for charity
Former IU basketball coach Dan Dakich is doing his daily sports-talk radio show barefoot through January 17 to draw awareness to Samaritan’s Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org), an organization dedicated to providing shoes to kids…
Sports vision ripe for renewal
If the city is serious about continuing to use amateur athletics as an economic tool, more collaboration among the university,
city leaders and sports organizations is clearly needed.
Track, tennis venue at IUPUI eyed for demolition
Long-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and
Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated
tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.
Plan calls for creating a downtown feel at IUPUI campus
In 20 years, IUPUI leaders want their campus to feel more like the rest of downtown — taller buildings, more parks,
more people hanging out — and they want to connect it to the city’s core.
IT veteran to teach entrepreneurship class
Indiana University will offer a new course on entrepreneurship in the information technology sector at the IU School of Informatics
at IUPUI next semester.
Dean hopes Herron’s public-art projects will prompt attention for the school’s new master’s degree.
IUPUI’s Herron School of Art and Design is raising money to expand its classrooms — especially for those artists engaged
in sculpture and public projects.