Purdue Completes Agreement for Radio Station Transfer

Purdue University says it has officially inked an agreement to transfer control of a nearly century-old radio station to Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media. Upon approval from the Federal Communications Commission, the organizations expect the transfer of the license for WBAA radio AM and FM to occur in late spring.... Read More

Purdue Program Aims to Address Teacher Shortage

The Purdue University College of Education has launched a program it says will help address the teacher shortage in Indiana and benefit students who decide to become teachers late in their undergraduate studies. The Boilermaker Track to Teaching gives Purdue juniors and seniors a path to obtaining an Indiana Secondary teaching license that didn't previously exist. ... Read More

USI to Join Ohio Valley Conference

The University of Southern Indiana says it has accepted an invitation to join the Ohio Valley Conference as it looks to move to Division I athletics. The university says the partnership will allow it to submit a formal bid for reclassification in the NCAA ahead of the June 1 deadline.... Read More

Design Approved for IU School of Medicine Building

Indiana University's board of trustees has approved the architectural design for the IU School of Medicine's new Medical Education Building in Indianapolis. IU says the 11-story, 325,000-square-foot facility will be used to address instructional and research needs of programs.... Read More

IU Raises Room & Board Rates

The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved increases in room and board rates for several of its campuses. The university says the increases for the 2022-23 academic year are smallest in more than a decade.... Read More

IUPUI to Establish Autonomous Mobility Initiative

IUPUI's School of Engineering and Technology has been awarded a five-year $300,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The university says the funding will be used to develop the Initiative for Electrified and Autonomous Mobility University Center.... Read More

Communities in Schools of Indiana Receives $800K Gift

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $800,000 to Communities in Schools of Indiana, an organization that supports student success in school and beyond. CIS of Indiana says the funding will enable it to expand its impact in schools struggling to fund the needs of children.... Read More

IUPUI Receives $3.7M Cybersecurity Grant

IUPUI is one of eight recipients of the National Science Foundation's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. The university says it will use the $3.7 million grant to train undergraduate and graduate students in cybersecurity engineering to help the U.S. respond to national security needs.... Read More

Judge Allows Virtual School Lawsuit to Continue

A judge in Hamilton County has ruled a lawsuit against two former Indiana online charter schools, as well as individuals and companies linked to them, can continue, according to our partners at WFYI. The $154 million lawsuit alleges Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy received millions of dollars from the state after inflating student enrollment numbers.... Read More

State Touts On My Way Pre-K Study Results

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has released the results of two studies on the state's On My Way Pre-K program. The program, which launched in 2015, provides grants to low-income families to help provide access to high-quality pre-K programs for their children.... Read More

PNW Receives $3M Gift to Establish Impact Lab

Purdue University Northwest alumnus David Roberts and wife Susan Roberts have donated $3 million for a planned Impact Lab. The university says the Roberts Impact Lab at PNW will be a workspace for entrepreneurship, innovation and education collaboration.... Read More

Franciscan Health Rensselaer Targets Childcare Shortage

Franciscan Health Rensselaer is partnering with Appleseed Childhood Education to address the shortage of licensed childcare providers in Jasper County. The Mishawaka-based health system says it is leasing a building on its Rensselaer hospital campus to the nonprofit, which will use it to open a licensed early learning center.... Read More