Four sapling trees that are descended from the original horse chestnut tree outside Anne Frank's hiding place in Amsterdam and grown in Indiana are now traveling to new homes across the country.... Read More
Last summer, hundreds of thousands of Hoosier families who qualify for food benefits and reduced-price school meals got a summertime boost: $120 per child monthly for food while schools were closed.... Read More
The South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) is bringing its facilities management operations back in-house, following a decision to end its contract with SSC Services for Education. SSC filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) ...... Read More
Trine University has broken ground on a new $15 million facility on the Angola campus. The Pellegrino Student Design Center is being developed as "a launching pad for innovation, creativity and collaboration," according to Trine President Earl Brooks.... Read More
New University of Southern Indiana President Steve Bridges spoke with Inside INdiana Business about his different positions at the university over the years, the challenges facing higher education and his goals as the institution’s fifth president.... Read More
Three subsidiaries of Elkhart-based recreational vehicle manufacturer Thor Industries Inc. are planning to lay off approximately 450 people at various locations in Elkhart and LaGrange counties.... Read More
Indiana’s controversial property tax changes will not affect Indianapolis Public Schools operations in 2025-26 — but in later years, they’ll mean “giant cuts” to the district’s budget and require “gut-wrenching” decisions, Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said.... Read More
Jon VanderWal compiled a 341-150 record in 18 years at Marietta College in Ohio and led the Pioneers to the Division III tournament nine times and a Final Four appearance in 2022.... Read More
Each clubhouse of about 6,000 square feet will be adjacent to their respective home dugouts at Shebek Stadium and the Ball State Softball Stadium, the university said.... Read More
Officials at Holy Cross College have broken ground on the first phase of a multiyear expansion of its Athletic Complex, and plans are set to begin work on a new residence hall project.... Read More
Sweeping changes to how the state’s public universities manage faculty tenure and campus governance were quietly folded into Indiana’s 2025 budget bill during the final hours of the legislative session despite limited lawmaker debate.... Read More
An independent review of allegations against a former Indiana University men’s basketball team doctor found that the doctor did not act in bad faith or with an improper purpose when performing rectal exams on IU men’s basketball players in the late 1980s. ... Read More
Butler University this week unveiled the space for its new two-year Founder’s College, 9,000 square feet of what once was the Christian Theological Seminary’s library.... Read More
A coalition of ranking Indiana University alumni voiced “alarm and anger” Wednesday to new state policy that eliminates alumni input in the selection of university trustees and instead gives decision-making power over the board’s membership to the governor.... Read More
The Low Institute for Therapeutics, or LIFT—named in honor of Dr. Philip Low—is designed to fund early-stage trials of potential lifesaving therapeutics with the goal of accelerating the treatments to market.... Read More
The Thwaits Athletic Center, which is part of the overall campus athletic campus, is named in honor of Ryan and Amy Thwaits, who gave a $2 million lead gift towards the project. ... Read More
Indiana First Lady Maureen Braun announced this week that she has formally launched a fundraising initiative to sustain the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program throughout the state.... Read More
Martin Pollio currently serves as superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and will begin his role at Ivy Tech on July 1.... Read More
A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit Monday that had been brought against the NCAA by several former college basketball players, including University of Kansas standout Mario Chalmers, after ruling its claims fell outside the statute of limitations.... Read More
Dee McDonald, vice president of enrollment and marketing at Crown College in Minnesota, will begin his tenure July 1.... Read More
