Indianapolis is one of five cities recently awarded Readiness Challenge Grants from the Smart Cities Council — a development that paves the way for each city to use smart technologies to boost local innovation, inclusion and investment activities. The Circle City joins Austin, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia as grant winners, emerging from a pool of… Read more »
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IU Northwest to offer online bachelors degree in informatics in fall 2017
Starting in the fall of 2017, IU Northwest will begin offering an online option for students who seek a bachelor’s degree in informatics. The curriculum will be jointly administered by six campuses that include IUN, IU Kokomo, IU East, IU South Bend, IU Southeast and IUPUI. “By sharing resources, IU Northwest can offer an informatics… Read more »
Engage Indiana breakfast serves as focal point for talks on corporate engagement, social responsibility
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday week on Nov. 18, a number of CEOs, executives, social responsibility professionals and other thought leaders gathered for a breakfast meeting at The Westin Indianapolis hotel with a singular focus: How can business be used as a force for good? More specifically, how can companies: Become more inspired to new… Read more »
CREED members learn how art and design initiatives at Herron School make key contributions to local, regional and statewide economies
When the topic of economic impact is broached, art and design normally is not the first thing that comes to mind. But during their final meeting of 2016, members of IU’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) learned how the Herron School of Art + Design makes key economic contributions to their surrounding… Read more »
WHITE: Inaugural Online Conference at IUPUI unites IU faculty statewide
If Indiana University does not readily come to mind when it comes to online education, it probably will once you consider these facts: Today, more than 27,000 students take at least one IU course online. Within Indiana, only Ivy Tech Community College has more online students — and IU’s numbers are growing steadily. They have… Read more »
IBRC offers ‘gloomy’ outlook for U.S. economy in 2017, though Hoosiers are expected to do slightly better
It is said that economics is “the dismal science,” one often prone to gloomy projections in a world whose human inhabitants tend to consume more than they produce. Unfortunately, the annual economic forecast offered Thursday by the Kelley School of Business did little to dispel this dour notion, as scientists from the Indiana Business Research Center… Read more »
Kelley School of Business launches its annual Business Outlook Tour on Thursday in Indy and Bloomington
What awaits Indiana’s — and the nation’s — economy in 2017? Researchers at the Indiana Business Research Center will offer their best guess Thursday morning by kicking off their annual Business Outlook Tour at the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel at 50 W. Washington St., followed by a noon presentation at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington…. Read more »
Recent IU economic development activities to be reviewed at CREED’s last quarterly meeting of 2016
A look back at several key economic development and engagement initiatives carried out by IU throughout 2016 will be the focus of the year’s final Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) meeting set for Wednesday, Nov. 2 at IUPUI’s University Hall. Activities under review include the Steward of Place program at IU Kokomo… Read more »
Three IU economic development programs recognized by UEDA during annual summit in Roanoke, Va.
Three IU economic development programs were recognized on Oct. 18 during the University Economic Development Association’s (UEDA) Annual Summit in Roanoke, Va. Among 20 finalists for UEDA’s Awards of Excellence was IU Bloomington, which was selected for its partnership with the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. to launch the B-Start pre-accelerator. B-Start seeks to provide entrepreneurial… Read more »
IU, Purdue join forces as co-conveners for upcoming Indiana Sensors and Electronics Collaborative in Indy
This Friday, researchers from Indiana University, Purdue University and IUPUI will come together in Indianapolis for the Indiana Sensors and Electronics Collaborative, a strategic workshop set from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Purdue Technology Center, located at 5225 Exploration Drive. Both Purdue and IU will serve as co-conveners for the event, which seeks to identify… Read more »