WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cancer researchers at Purdue University and Indiana University are getting a $1 million boost to train a new generation of scientists.
Recruiting is a matter of perspective for the IU coaching staff. While national scouting services rank IU’s 2010 signing class at the bottom of the Big Ten, Hoosier coach Bill Lynch welcomed the 25-member class on National Signing Day on Wednesday saying he felt very comfortable with his new recruits.
Even with no paid staff members, the John Waldron Arts Center is keeping its doors open – for now. On Tuesday, Aaron Platt, volunteer coordinator for the Bloomington Area Arts Council, led a call-out meeting for volunteers to help run the Waldron. Twenty-six people attended, Platt said, and 22 signed up to become volunteers.
IU Student Association Congress passed all proposed election code changes Tuesday, IUSA Vice President for Congress and senior Shobha Pai said. Seven of the eight resolutions concerned specific policies regarding polling locations and times, rule violations, advertising and disqualification, as well as a $5,000 limit on campaign expenses.
It’s time for IU to prove it can hang with NCAA Tournament-caliber teams – much like the Hoosiers did for one half versus Kentucky in December. In the team’s only major Big Ten test to date, they fell by 25 at Ohio State.
It isn’t their first rivalry game. Kentucky has already been to Assembly Hall this season. It isn’t their first game against a ranked opponent, as the aforementioned Wildcats have also taken on the Hoosiers. But when No. 8 Purdue comes to town tonight, it won’t be like any other game this season.
It isn’t their first rivalry game. Kentucky has already been to Assembly Hall this season. It isn’t their first game against a ranked opponent, as the aforementioned Wildcats have also taken on the Hoosiers. But when No. 8 Purdue comes to town tonight, it won’t be like any other game this season.
It isn’t their first rivalry game. Kentucky has already been to Assembly Hall this season. It isn’t their first game against a ranked opponent, as the aforementioned Wildcats have also taken on the Hoosiers. But when No. 8 Purdue comes to town tonight, it won’t be like any other game this season.
IU coach Tom Crean recently said his team isn’t pushing the ball enough. The second-year coach might take a different approach against the transition-heavy offense of Purdue at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.
As a result of budget cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels, Ivy Tech Community College lowered per-student spending by 18 percent, despite a major increase in student enrollment this past year.
The City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 10-04 Wednesday, which will place stop signs to calm traffic at the intersection of South Mitchell Street, East Southdowns Drive and East Circle Drive.
The Week of Chocolate has inspired dozens of Bloomington restaurants, bakeries and retailers to chip in with creations to benefit Options Community Services and Employment Services.
The world’s largest car-sharing service is coming to IU’s campus. Transportation Services announced via a press release Wednesday its partnership with Zipcar, a service that allows people to rent small cars by the hour.
China had 384 million Internet users in 2009 – more than the entire U.S. population. However, Google might withdraw from China, and all its possible revenue, due to recent attacks on its servers.
IU President Michael McRobbie presented the Sue H. Talbot Distinguished Hoosiers for Higher Education Member Award to HHE community captain Sara Laycock Tuesday. Sophomore Iris Summers also won the Sue H. Tabolt HHE Volunteer Award Scholarship.
In an effort to raise awareness about domestic abuse in Bloomington and throughout the U.S., members of the CommUNITY Education program will be organizing “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes,” taking place in April.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education awarded $154,000 to the ESL Professional Communities for Expertise and Leadership Development, an IU School of Education program.
There’s the increased independence from life in the dorms – being able to have parties (legitimate ones, anyway), and being able to cook for yourself on a consistent basis.
More than 5,000 students are in the greek community at IU, but most had to live in dorms their freshman year. Both living situations have their positives and negatives.
