Education

Purdue was given a Guinness World Record for smallest drum, which is smaller than the width of a human hair. The drum was made to test a new 3D printer.... Read More

The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received $963,000 in federal funding to support upgrades to its mission control simulator. Our partners at Lakeshore Public Media report the funding will allow the center to enhance its simulator with...... Read More

A police officer with nearly 15 years of experience at a public university has been hired as the first deputy superintendent and chief law enforcement officer of Indiana University’s public safety department. Anthony Williams will begin his new role Aug. 1. ... Read More

Only a quarter of Hoosier high schoolers who took the SAT during the last academic year earned college-ready scores in both reading and math, according to newly released results. The new test results were released Wednesday by the State Board of Education.... Read More

More than a dozen Indiana higher education institutions are included in the 2024-25 Global University Visibility ranking from research firm American Caldwell. The ranking determines the most visible university brands by using a variety of metrics.... Read More

Indiana University is expanding its Groups Scholars Program to its Indianapolis campus—in an effort to support students who have traditionally been underrepresented in higher education. The program supports first-generation college students and...... Read More

New state standardized test results show stagnant progress among Hoosier students in grades 3-8, signaling a continued struggle to reverse widespread learning loss following the COVID-19 pandemic. New ILEARN scores show 41% of Indiana students who...... Read More

Ball State University has announced it will now offer a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science, which it says is the only comprehensive forensic science program in the state. The new degree program will provide students with...... Read More

Ben Boruff has been teaching for 11 years, five of those at Munster High School. He founded and edits Perspicacity Magazine, an online literary journal featuring the work of high schoolers across Indiana. In a recent interview with Chalkbeat...... Read More

Ivy Tech Community College has appointed Patrick Englert as the new chancellor of the South Bend-Elkhart campus, effective immediately. Englert has served as interim chancellor since March 2024 and was selected after a national search.... Read More

The Physical Therapy Laboratory at Union Hospital in Terre Haute has a new tool to help rehab patients re-learn how to get in and out of a car. The new car simulator helps patients practice getting in and out of a car after any mobility challenge.... Read More

State and corporate leaders believe a tech park taking shape on the western edge of downtown could be a launchpad for health sciences innovation and commercialization as part of the state’s ambitious economic development portfolio.... Read More

Marian University has received a $29 million donation from Julie Wood—on behalf of the Tom & Julie Wood Family Foundation—to support the university's College of Osteopathic Medicine. The donation is the largest individual gift in Marian's history.... Read More

The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of “amateurism” in college sports, said that a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort “crosses the legal line into work."... Read More

The Southwest Indiana Area Health Education Center has received $1.49 million in federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to be distributed over the next three years to continue the Indiana SANE Training Project.... Read More

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has announced that Jake Apollos has been hired as the museum's first director of education. The museum is currently undergoing major renovations, which will include the addition of a new STEAM classroom.... Read More

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has announced Renee Rogge as the new dean of faculty. A professor of biomedical engineering and a member of the Rose-Hulman faculty since 2004, Rogge has worked on research projects related to...... Read More

The University of Southern Indiana has hired Lenoir-Rhyne University coach Chris Ramirez to lead its baseball program. As head coach at the North Carolina school, he led the Bears to their most successful five seasons in program history with a 152-80 record.... Read More

The split of the former IUPUI went into effect on July 1. Indiana University Indianapolis became a standalone campus in the IU system, while Purdue University in Indianapolis is considered an extension of Purdue’s main campus in West Lafayette.... Read More

Purdue University this week announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Dominican Republic to help the country build its semiconductor ecosystem. The university said the partnership will also bolster joint research and...... Read More