Inaugural Leader Named for Evansville Psychiatric Center

The Indiana University School of Medicine has selected Dr. Stephen Strakowski as the inaugural executive director of its new psychiatry center for children and adolescents in Evansville. Strakowski currently serves as vice dean of research and associate vice president for regional mental health at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.... Read More

Manchester University Touts Pharma Growth

Manchester University in northern Indiana launched the country's first pharmacogenomics program in 2016 and just five years later, the program has grown tenfold. The master's degree program, which began with just eight students, involves the study of the influence of a person's genetics in how they respond to medications. Dr. David Kisor, director of pharmacogenomics at Manchester, says the program has found global appeal and led to more programs being developed across the country.... Read More

$500K Gift to Support PFW School of Polytechnic

Purdue University Fort Wayne is investing nearly $1 million, including a $500,000 gift from the Don Wood Foundation, to update robotic and manufacturing technology in its school of polytechnic. The university says its a "transformational opportunity" that will help increase its graduates who join the fields of robotics, advanced manufacturing, and machining.... Read More

Purdue, IU Partner to Keep Grads in Indiana

Purdue University and Indiana University are teaming up in an effort to boost the state's talent pipeline by keeping more graduates in Indiana. The schools have partnered with Ascend Indiana with the goal of connecting students with in-state career opportunities more effectively, as well as... Read More

Purdue Equine Hospital to Install Large Gantry CT Machine

The Caesars Entertainment Equine Specialty Hospital in Shelbyville, a satellite facility of Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine, is installing a specialized CT machine capable of scanning large anatomies. Purdue says the hospital will be one of the first in the country to utilize the large gantry helical CT scanning machine.... Read More

Indiana Teachers Push Back Against School Curriculum Bills

A controversial Indiana bill that Republican lawmakers contend would increase transparency around school curricula has drawn opposition from dozens of teachers who testified Monday at the Statehouse that the legislation would censor classroom instruction and place unnecessary additional workloads on educators.... Read More

Dr. K Wins Entrepreneurial Advocacy Award

An Indiana University Kelley School of Business professor has received the highest honor presented by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Donald Kuratko, who is also executive director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, was awarded the Max S. Wortman/USASBE Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship.... Read More

Purdue Memorial Union Reopens with New Marketplace

Purdue University has reopened the ground floor of the Purdue Memorial Union, now known as the Atlas Family Marketplace, for the start of the spring semester. The marketplace underwent a $47 million renovation that overhauled the 67,000-square-foot space with 12 dining venues.... Read More

IUPUC Hires Inaugural Athletic Director

IUPUC is taking the next step to bringing intercollegiate athletics to the school by hiring Zach McClellan as its first-ever athletic director. The school applied for membership into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in November, which was moved forward to the next step that includes a visit to campus and facilities.... Read More

Grant to Fund Accelerator in Lafayette

Greater Lafayette Commerce says it plans to use a nearly $5 million grant from the Indiana Department of Education to create a new accelerator program. The nonprofit economic and workforce development organization says the program is designed to help students overcome hurdles caused by the pandemic and graduate from high school ready for a career and continued education.... Read More

Wayne Township Board of Ed to Allow Referendum to Expire

The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township will let its 2015 operational referendum expire. The MSD Wayne Board of Education, which finalized the decision at its meeting earlier this week, says the district was facing a number of financial difficulties when it passed the referendum.... Read More

Purdue Global Partners With Kearney Medical Center

Purdue University Global is partnering with the Kearney Regional Medical Center in Nebraska to offer discounted tuition rates for staff and their families. The university says it is offering 20% tuition reduction for undergraduate programs, 14% reduction for graduate programs and 10% reduction for doctoral programs.... Read More

Franklin College Receives $1.8M Real Estate Gift

Franklin College has received a $1.8 million real estate gift from Southpoint Farm LLC. The college says the 29-acre property, which is located near its campus on Forest Road in Franklin, will be a biological field station used for botany and field ecology research by students and faculty.... Read More

Trine Offers Revamped Degree Programs

Trine University has made changes to its online information systems and organizational leadership degree programs it says will create more transfer options and learning opportunities. The university says its Bachelor of Science in information systems now includes concentrations in management and leadership, healthcare, marketing, cybersecurity, and game design and esports.... Read More

Grace College President Retires Early

Grace College President Dr. Bill Katip has retired from his role at Grace College & Seminary. The college says Katip will continue in the role of senior advisor through the upcoming transition and the 2022-2023 school year.... Read More

State Releases 2021 Graduation Rates

The Indiana Department of Education has released the 2021 state graduation rates. The IDOE says data found that 86.7% of students in the class of 2021 graduated, down one percentage point from the previous year.... Read More