Indiana lawmakers have cut a proposal that would have permitted chaplains to work in public schools — part of a compromise on a bill allowing students to leave school for religious instruction at their parents’ request. They returned House Bill 1137 to its...... Read More
A physical therapy provider with clinics throughout Indiana and the U.S. will give nearly $278,000 to Indiana University to establish a host of new scholarships. Atlanta-based PT Solutions is teaming with the IU School of Health & Human Sciences in...... Read More
The renovations come as part of a major renovation plan OK'd by the board last June and funded by the state through capital appropriations in the biannual budget. ... Read More
John Paxson is going back to his University of Notre Dame roots. The three-time NBA champion player and former Notre Dame standout was announced Wednesday as the newest member of the board of directors for Golden Minds.... Read More
Huntington University has received a gift to establish an investment fund in which business students can obtain real-world financial management experience. The gift from the estate of Huntington businessman J.T. Brennan will establish the Forester Acorn Fund.... Read More
The South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce is among more than two dozen organizations sharing in $5 million in funding from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to bolster efforts to connect students and schools with employers and...... Read More
Valparaiso University is considering discontinuing nearly 30 academic programs, according to a memo sent to faculty last week. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Eric Johnson cited low current enrollment as a key reason for the move.... Read More
State senators on Tuesday approved a bill that would define and ban antisemitism at Indiana’s public education institutions despite pushback from many in the state’s Jewish community.... Read More
A University of Notre Dame assistant professor has received funding from a St. Joseph County Health Department initiative to pilot a novel “one-stop shop” of health resources available to new mothers. Yenupini Joyce Adams received $65,000 from...... Read More
Though she's served in the role since last July, Indiana University formally recognized its new chancellor of its southeast campus. Deborah Ford was celebrated with an installation ceremony last Wednesday ahead of the IU Board of Trustees meeting. ... Read More
A Chicago-based arts collective co-directed by an Indiana University Northwest associate professor has received a nearly $1.3 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant from the New York-based foundation will support new works in the...... Read More
The Ball State University Miller College of Business on Friday announced Rob Mathews as the new executive director of the university's Entrepreneurship Center. Matthews is also the executive director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees unanimously agreed Friday morning to not split the Kinsey Institute into a not-for-profit to satisfy a new state that lawmakers passed last year banning the institute from using state dollars... Read More
Indiana senators gave final approval Thursday for a literacy overhaul bill that will require reading-deficient third graders to be held back a year in school. Senate Bill 1, which seeks to remedy Indiana’s literacy “crisis” by requiring schools to...... Read More
The University of Saint Francis community can both support a new campus project and leave their mark through its new "Brick by Brick" fundraiser.... Read More
Indiana University trustees are expected to vote Friday on a plan meant to bring the school in compliance with a 2023 state law that bars it from using state funds to support the Kinsey Institute. But school officials have not revealed details about how...... Read More
The Indiana Department of Correction has approved the use of Pell Grants for three Ivy Tech Community College certificates available to inmates. If approved by the U.S. Department of Education and Ivy Tech’s accrediting agencies, the initiative would make...... Read More
Five faculty and staff members from Grace College in Winona Lake traveled to visit their partner university in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this month. Among the goals of the trip, Grace said, was to brainstorm additional partnership opportunities.... Read More
Conexus Indiana awarded four teams of high schoolers running entrepreneurial advanced manufacturing and logistics businesses in its Industries Case Competition. ... Read More
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve two contentious education bills — one would require school corporations to retain students who fail to pass the IREAD exam and another would push colleges and universities to include more politically diverse instruction.... Read More
