Higher ed commission OKs IU philanthropy school
The university believes its School of Philanthropy will be the first in the world. The school will offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
The university believes its School of Philanthropy will be the first in the world. The school will offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
Early signs show that this teacher, this profession and—most important—these students are going to be just fine.
IUPUI unit has ambitious plans even as namesake prepares to step down from long-held seat in Congress.
Prestige rising along with greater workload, national study shows.
Dr. Craig Brater, 66, has worked at the Indianapolis-based school for 26 years, including the past 12 as dean. The school is the second largest medical school in the nation and the only one in Indiana.
Under the five-year deal, Nike will maintain its status as the official outfitter of all student athletes on the 16 varsity sports teams at IUPU. The initial deal was signed in October 2009. Terms of the current agreement were not disclosed.
A long-discussed School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is one step away from becoming a reality. The Indiana University Board of Trustees was expected to vote Friday on whether to create the school, which would be the first of its kind.
The university appointed Randall Shepard to a two-year term as its first executive-in-residence of its Public Policy Institute within the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Shepard stepped down as chief justice in March.
In a stunning move, IUPUI has decided to close the University Place Conference Center and Hotel on West Michigan Street and will use the space for student housing, dining and classrooms.
Thomas Jefferson Hathaway told everyday people—lawyers and nurses, wrench turners and paper pushers—“you are athletes,” and so they were.
Renovation of library space creates academic attraction.
IT professor Ali Jafari, who netted Indiana University $23 million on its $130,000 investment in his Angel Learning when it sold three years ago, recently launched CourseNetworking, which allows learners across the globe to connect and chat around shared interests and class subjects.
The facility at IUPUI will include nearly 34,000 square feet of research and classroom space and is the first phase of a planned two-stage project to improve the university’s research facilities.
An idea being kicked around the halls of IUPUI would split off the schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, optometry, health sciences and social work into a separate administrative unit, based in Indianapolis.
The governor included the measure as part of his final legislative agenda saying that he was concerned that college degrees were becoming too expensive.
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs won’t be eliminated from IUPUI any time soon. Faculty members at SPEA have turned down a proposal to merge with the Center on Philanthropy.
Administrators at Indiana University and IUPUI want to create a philanthropy-driven school in Indianapolis, and they might do away with another widely recognized school in the process.
The innovation that led to the execution of Super Bowl XLVI was truly remarkable. On so many dimensions (crowd sizes in Super Bowl Village, scarves, the Legacy project, volunteers, murals and Super Service to name a few), Indianapolis demonstrated that it is a first-class city. It demonstrated once again, and on a level never before seen, that Indianapolis is a best practice for those studying hallmark event execution.
College basketball may be one of the biggest benefactors of the soon-to-be ratified National Basketball Association labor settlement.
Employee’s entire estate will go toward university’s goal of raising $1.3 billion.