Academics & Research

Three of the five buildings on IU's first campus were photo printed around 1850. The Seminary Building was the campus' first classroom building, and it was built in 1825.

IU has been around for two centuries. Here's how it started.

Jan 15, 2020 9:58 pm

The university was founded in 1820 as the State Seminary.

The first team to win the Little 500 was the South Hall Buccaneers in 1951. The team’s uniform can be found in the IU Archives.

IU Archives has artifacts from the past 200 years. Here's what you might find.

Jan 15, 2020 8:42 pm

The archive has collected papers, photographs and other items from the past 200 years.

Kelley School of Business online graduate courses are ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and world by the U.S. News and World Report's "The Best Online Education Program Rankings."

IU Online programs ranked among top 50 of U.S. online degrees

Jan 14, 2020 7:18 pm

In fall 2019, more than 32,000 students were enrolled in at least one IU Online program.

Senior Tom Sweeney is one of 46 recipients of the 2020 Marshall Scholarship through the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. The scholarship pays for graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.

IU senior awarded 2020 Marshall Scholarship

Jan 14, 2020 6:46 pm

Sweeney is one of 46 recipients of the scholarship this year.

Kinsey Institute research suggests emoji users have more success on dating apps

Dec 12, 2019 10:10 pm

Emojis act as a valuable tool for computer-mediated relationships.

Almost half of 350 pre-medical students want free tuition for medical school, according to a new survey by Kaplan Test Prep. In one of Kaplan’s recent surveys, 47% of pre-med students surveyed agreed medical schools should be tuition-free for all students

Pre-med students want free tuition for med school, survey shows

Dec 4, 2019 7:52 pm

A Kaplan Test Prep survey shows admission officer disfavor for free med school.

George Ball, assistant professor of operations and decision technology at the Kelley School of Business, stands in his office Dec. 2 in Hodge Hall. The FDA awarded IU and four other universities $1.7 million for research involving drug quality.

IU receives $1.7 million research contract from FDA

Dec 4, 2019 6:04 pm

IU and four other universities are conducting research on drug quality.

Kelley School of Business professor Eric Rasmusen has been accused of posting sexist and insensitive tweets to his Twitter account.

IU professor tweets article about ‘Women Destroying Academia’

Nov 20, 2019 6:05 pm

The professor also sparked controversy in 2003 for expressing his views on an IU server.

IU Bloomington Faculty Council members meet Oct. 15 in Presidents Hall. The council met Tuesday and discussed items from a policy revision for promotion and tenure to the MacDonald Scholarship.

Bloomington Faculty Council discuss scholarships, proposal amendments

Nov 19, 2019 7:43 pm

The council passed a proposal regarding tenure and promotion.

The Center for Veteran Military Students is located at 823 E. 11th St.

Center for Veteran and Military Students at IU receives a $1 million donation

Nov 18, 2019 6:48 pm

The donation will create a more permanent space for military-connected students.

A sign reading “Entropy” for TEDxIU’s theme hangs near the auditorium entrance Nov. 8 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. TEDx IU President Laxmi Palde said the sign was colored by IU students at a First Thursdays event earlier this semester.

TEDxIU brings global leaders to Bloomington to tell their story

Nov 9, 2019 5:05 pm

More than 600 people attended the event Nov. 8 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks Sept. 22, 2017, at the Wylam Center of Flagship East in West Lafayette, Indiana. Holcomb will deliver the 2019 IU winter commencement address.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to deliver 2019 IU winter commencement address

Nov 8, 2019 8:01 pm

The governor will speak at the ceremony Dec. 12 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The IU Cyberinfrastructure building sits Nov. 7 along Tenth Street. IU received a $300,000 grant recently to improve Indiana voter security prior to the 2020 election.

IU receives $300,000 grant to improve cybersecurity for 2020 election

Nov 8, 2019 8:11 am

The grant will fund cybersecurity incident response initiatives across the state’s 92 counties.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October 2017. In the same month, IU Grand Challenge launched the "Responding to the Addiction Crisis" program.

IU addictions Grand Challenge celebrates second year

Oct 23, 2019 8:27 pm

There are currently 31 funded projects relating to addiction.

IU students are tutors and role models for children in Brown County schools. The students have the opportunity to understand the connection between college students and third through sixth graders through service and research.

IU students now tutor students in Brown County schools

Oct 21, 2019 9:14 pm

These tutors act as learning support for those who need it.

A marked rock with a plaque sits on fresh mulch Oct. 7 in front of Woodburn Hall. The rock was dedicated to IU alumna Nobel prize winner Elinor Ostrom.

IU honors Nobel Prize Winner and IU Professor Elinor Ostrom with marker, statue

Oct 7, 2019 9:58 pm

Ostrom was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics.

The Monroe County Correctional Center is located at 301 N. College Ave. Three incarcerated people at the jail have tested positive for COVID-19.

IU conducts probation revocation study to combat mass incarceration

Oct 6, 2019 6:04 pm

The study is being conducted by the City University of New York.

Von Welch is the director and principal investigator of Trusted CI and director of the IU Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. The National Science Foundation has awarded IU-led Cybersecurity Center of Excellence a $12.5 million renewal grant.

IU Cybersecurity Center receives $12.5M donation from National Science Foundation

Oct 6, 2019 5:36 pm

The grants will fund training programs and research.

IU develops new services to rid of false information on Twitter

Sep 22, 2019 3:41 pm

This software is more user-friendly than past IU software.

Sunshine illuminates the Sample Gates on June 28 on the IU Bloomington campus. IU Bloomington is now in the top 40 of the nation's public universities, according to a U.S. News and World Report press release.

IU Bloomington among top 40 public schools

Sep 10, 2019 9:02 pm

IU has increased ranking nationally, rising eight spots from last year.