The School of Business and Economics at IU East recently formed a Business Advisory Council that includes business leaders throughout the Richmond area and key IU officials. The council, which held its inaugural meeting Nov. 18, will gather input on IU East academic programs, connect students with businesses and organizations throughout the region and help… Read more »

Beginning in the spring 2017 semester, IU Southeast will begin offering a bachelor of science degree in neuroscience, making it the only program in the field offered to undergraduates in the greater Louisville area. The multi-disciplinary degree requires 120 hours to complete and includes coursework in psychology, biology and chemistry. Such a degree is particularly… Read more »

Under an initiative known as the Indiana STEM Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, six higher education institutions throughout Indiana will benefit from a $4.8 million grant that aims to boost the number underrepresented minorities statewide who earn bachelors degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. IUPUI is the lead institution for the grant awarded… Read more »

For several years, with the aid of grants from IU’s Regional Economic Development (RED) Fund, IU Northwest marketing professor Subir Bandyopadhyay has taught several Gary-area entrepreneurs low-cost strategies to market their businesses through social media. Now he’s ready to take the next step. With support from Indiana Campus Compact, a partnership of public, private and… Read more »

In a semester-end address issued Monday, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie summarized a fall 2016 semester in which IU made additional strides in strengthening both Indiana’s economic vitality and the educational success of its citizens. “Over the last several months, we have set new records at IU in, among other key areas, the number… Read more »

The Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at IU South Bend has a new dean — Richard Kolbe — whose duties officially begin on New Year’s Day 2017. Kolbe most recently served as dean of the Haile/U.S. Bank College of Business at Northern Kentucky University and is a former associate dean for faculty at… Read more »

An associate professor with the IU Media School recently was selected as one of 12 fellows for the 2017 Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute to be held at Arizona State University’s Phoenix campus. Emily Metzgar will spend Jan. 3-7 at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in a competitively selective program that… Read more »

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 »

As regular Crimson Catalyst readers will know, IU was well-represented at the recent University Economic Development Association Annual Summit in Roanoke, Va. Having attended nearly all the Awards of Excellence finalist presentations, I thought I might pass along a few takeaways from those – plus some other key themes of the summit. One consistent theme… Read more »

IU Northwest will begin offering both a bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry during the spring 2017 semester — making it the sole public institution in northwest Indiana to offer such programs. “We expect that many students will major in biochemistry for the purpose of either joining the workforce or seeking… Read more »