Education

Researchers from Purdue University are receiving a $3 million grant to help the pharmaceutical industry achieve zero waste in its manufacturing operations.... Read More

Seven schools will close or merge and 39 others will change the grades they serve in an extensive shake-up of Indianapolis Public Schools unveiled to much anticipation during the superintendent’s annual State of the District address on Tuesday night.... Read More

Purdue University has released its fall enrollment numbers and it reaches a new high. The university says a record 50,884 students are enrolled for classes, topping last year’s 49,639 students at the West Lafayette campus. ... Read More

Indiana Wesleyan University is adding to its technical training offerings with a focus on adult learners and military veterans. The university is partnering with Florida-based tech talent accelerator SkillStorm to provide a variety of certification courses.... Read More

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2022-23 Best College rankings and three universities in Indiana are among the top 100 national universities. A total of 1,500 colleges and universities are ranked this year based on 17 metrics.... Read More

Ball State University has named Ken Bothof interim director of athletics. Bothof succeeds Beth Goetz, who has been named deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer at the University of Iowa.... Read More

The Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis and the schools of medicine and public health at Indiana University are using a five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the long-term effects of COVID-19. ... Read More

Bethel University is preparing to inaugurate Dr. Barbara Bellefeuille as its new president Saturday in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center on the Mishawaka campus.... Read More

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Pat Noyes and his wife, Cindy, to help complete additions to its athletic facilities. The gift is funding the addition of a large scoreboard at Phil Brown Football Field.... Read More

Indiana University has launched a hiring initiative to recruit 100 new, tenure-track faculty to the Bloomington campus. ... Read More

Indiana University is teaming up with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to provide mental health services in four rural Indiana communities. The program is offering telehealth services from students at the IU School of Social Work.... Read More

Indianapolis Public Schools is dropping a limit on the number of absences employees could have last spring in order to qualify for a $1,500 retention bonus the district will pay out.... Read More

A report from the Intellectual Property Owners Association and the National Academy of Inventors includes two Hoosier universities among the top 100 in the world to be granted U.S. utility patents in 2021.... Read More

The University of Notre Dame will continue with its test-optional policy for undergraduate enrollment for the next two years.... Read More

Thousands of Hoosier borrowers with student loan debt discharged under a presidential proposal could see their taxable income increase under Indiana law. ... Read More

Purdue University says it has added more than 200 new faculty members over the past year marking the largest single-year increase in the school's history. The university cites record enrollment and increased investment as reasons for the jump.... Read More

An interest-free loan program funded by Indiana taxpayers has dished out nearly $1 million to students seeking technical training, although some advocates caution that such lending plans could be misleading to students.... Read More

The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved a record investment of more than $22.9 million in matching state grants. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which administers the fund, says the grants will be allocated to 425 schools.... Read More

Ball State University has been awarded a $750,000 grant to help increasing retention and graduation rates among academically talented, low-income students in chemistry and biology. ... Read More

The expansion of the NIL collective supporting Purdue University student-athletes helps “close the gap” when it comes to competing in the new world of college sports, says a former Purdue basketball star and current college hoops analyst. ... Read More