Indiana Wesleyan University is drawing upon a familiar face to lead its Wesley Seminary. The university announced Thursday that Yamil Acevedo, who had been serving in an interim role, will serve as Wesley Seminary's permanent executive vice president. ... Read More
The Lilly Endowment awarded grants ranging from $16,870 to $1 million to these 187 youth organizations.... Read More
Students attending Indianapolis Public Schools who have a grade point average of at least 3.0 will receive automatic admission to Indiana University Indianapolis. ... Read More
The new Mobile Career Lab is launching out of Indianapolis and could grow to other Indiana, Ohio and northern Kentucky areas.... Read More
Using a $5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute is seeking to increase the percentage of Hoosier municipalities planning and managing their tree cover. Its goal is a 20% increase and to plant and support 2,500 trees in disadvantaged communities.... Read More
One national think tank estimates that 3.2 million children may lose their child care as federal grant funding expires at the end of the month.... Read More
Paul Halverson, the founding dean of the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health and a longtime advocate for a stronger role for public health across the state, plans to step down in January after 10 years to take a position in Oregon.... Read More
Beginning Oct. 15, each school must post on its website a school performance report from the Indiana Department of Education that shows how its students are doing on academic and other measures.... Read More
A new program will allow students to earn an associate's degree at Ivy Tech Community College Marion and then transfer to Indiana Wesleyan University to finish their bachelor's with a 15% discount. ... Read More
Huntington University enrolled more than 1,500 students this fall and saw an increase in the percentage of minority student enrollment.... Read More
Purdue University researchers have $2.7 million of federal funding at their disposal to develop a field test to estimate and predict the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife and farm animals. The goal is to use the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service grant to create a simple and affordable avenue for public agencies to test transmission of the virus.... Read More
This week marks the next deadline for some of the available dollars to be claimed.... Read More
Indiana's On My Way Pre-K program has reached record enrollment. State officials announced the news last week saying the program has served more than 7,500 children this year — up 21% from last year.... Read More
Purdue faculty say they hope the new Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach can become a resource for communities across the country.... Read More
The Wall Street Journal has unveiled its "2024 Best Colleges in the U.S." ranking and 11 Indiana institutions are included. The publication evaluated the schools on criteria in three categories: student outcomes, learning environment and diversity.... Read More
The grant, stemming from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will provide about $7 million over five years to the IU Bloomington Center for Cannabis, Cannabinoids and Addiction. It is one of 15 other centers that are funded through the NIDA’s Core Center of Excellence Grants.... Read More
Purdue and Trimble will establish the Trimble Technology Lab for teaching and research in the industry. Based in the School of Construction Management Technology at the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, students will be looped into Trimble's practices and technologies. ... Read More
The new mentor program pairs Zimmer Biomet engineers with first-year students at Grace College.... Read More
A unique class at Purdue Polytechnic Institute in West Lafayette is getting support from one of the most well-known guitar makers in the world. The institute is partnering with Nashville, Tennessee-based Gibson to support students in the school's Guitar Lab.... Read More
The $33 million project will give the building a new name, the Museum Experience Center, and add immersive exhibit spaces, access to collection items and hands-on learning and play.... Read More
