With Wednesday’s official opening of a 27-mile stretch of Interstate 69 between Crane and Bloomington, Indiana University now has unprecedented access to areas of southwest Indiana that extend all the way to Evansville. This means increased opportunities — thanks largely to decreased travel times — to further expand ongoing partnerships with facilities such as Naval… Read more »
Tag: School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Lower energy use, costs emerge from study conducted by SPEA students at NSA Crane
The first project to be launched under the milestone NSA Crane Educational Partnership Agreement signed in October revealed energy savings that ranged from 4.5 percent to nearly 26 percent at three NSA Crane facilities earlier this fall. Three teams of graduate students under the supervision of William Brown, IU’s director of sustainability, spent October and… Read more »
Indiana University and NSA Crane strengthen ties with educational partnership agreement
At a signing ceremony set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 14) in the Wrubel Conference Room of IU Bloomington’s Cyberinfrastructure Building, IU Vice President for Research Fred H. Cate and Navy Rear Adm. Rick Williamson will sign an accord that further expands the Indiana… Read more »
Red Fund grant helps support a GIS-based economic development tool for NW Indiana
Two dozen town and city administrators from nine Lake County towns were introduced last week to a new economic development tool that uses geographic information systems (GIS) to help businesses and city leaders make better strategic decisions. The Aug. 22 seminar at IU Northwest’s Gary campus — conducted by IU Northwest School of Business and… Read more »
IU professor argues there is no "best" strategy to foster successful economic development
When you think of community economic development, do you immediately think about clusters and the creative class? Everything in Its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States, a new book by Indiana University professor David Audretsch, argues for a more holistic and systematic approach to thinking about economies of place. Written… Read more »
SPEA grad students study tourism strategy, workforce needs, benefits of IU-based "rural center of excellence" in capstone project
Graduate students with IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs culminated a semester-long study of economic challenges in southwest central Indiana with a Tuesday presentation of their findings. Under the direction of visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, students examined the benefits of creating a “rural center of excellence” at Indiana University, created a marketing strategy to… Read more »
Team presentations for IUPUI's Innovation-to-Enterprise program scheduled for Friday
Final team presentations for five student projects within IUPUI’s Innovation-to-Enterprise Commercialization (ITEC) program will take place Friday (April 24) in Room 3009 of the Business/School of Public and Environmental Affairs Building at 801 W. Michigan St. in Indianapolis. Created in 2011, ITEC is a student-centered, multidisciplinary, active-learning initiative that that combines research, entrepreneurial and business… Read more »
American manufacturing struggles are the focus of a new SPEA public policy initiative
Why has the United States lost much of its manufacturing base? What public policy and private sector steps would help industry? Why are some areas of U.S. manufacturing thriving, are others are in decline? These questions are the focus of a new public policy effort launched by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with… Read more »
SPEA graduate students work with Spencer, Owen County on economic development plan
Graduate students in IU-Bloomington’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs are working with Spencer Main Street Inc. and the Owen County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp. on a plan to revitalize their local economy. Led by Barry Rubin, an expert in urban and regional economic development and chair of the school’s Policy Analysis… Read more »
Capstone project for IU graduate students targets economic development in SWC Indiana
By the end of the spring semester, 23 graduate students within Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) hope to bring South West Central Indiana closer to addressing some of the economic development challenges that face the region. As part of a capstone course taught by visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, three teams formed… Read more »