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Indiana, Purdue universities plan Indianapolis campus split

August 12, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University and Purdue University officials announced plans Friday to split up control of the Indianapolis campus that the schools have shared for more than 50 years, a move they said will lead both schools to expand their presence in the city.

Police say 3 wounded in shooting inside Bloomington bar

April 23, 2022 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Three men were wounded in at shooting inside a downtown Bloomington bar early Saturday during the busy party weekend surrounding Indiana University’s Little 500 bicycle race, police said.

Court: IU, Purdue student suits seeking refunds can proceed

April 1, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lawsuits that students at Indiana University and Purdue University filed seeking tuition and fee refunds after both schools switched to online classes early in the COVID-19 pandemic can proceed to trial, the state appeals court ruled.

IU Health, facing profit questions, gives med school $416M

March 13, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University Health quietly donated $416 million to the Indiana University School of Medicine — a move that comes as the state’s largest hospital system faces pressure to lower its prices and profits.

Indiana U making masks optional on all campuses March 4

February 18, 2022 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University will make masks optional on all of its campuses beginning March 4, the school announced Friday.

IU will no longer require masks in classrooms, residence halls, dining spaces, common areas or at athletics venues starting March 4, the university said in a news release it.

Indiana’s largest health system to resume elective surgeries

January 28, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s largest hospital system plans to resume elective surgeries soon after postponing them for months as COVID-19 patients and other acutely ill patients crowded its hospitals around the state.

Challenge to Indiana University vaccine mandate nixed again

By TOM DAVIESJanuary 26, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court is letting Indiana University keep its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students in place, dealing another legal blow to a lawsuit challenging it.

IU Health gives Ivy Tech $8.75 million to expand nursing

January 15, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University Health has given an $8.75 million grant to Ivy Tech Community College to expand its nursing program and increase student enrollment.

Ivy Tech will use the money to pay faculty and recruit staff, buy equipment and fund support services for students, the two organizations said Tuesday in a joint announcement.

Big gift will go for youth mental health at medical school

December 18, 2021 GMT

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A donation of $34.2 million will establish a youth mental health center at Indiana University medical school in Evansville.

Evansville natives Bill and Mary Stone announced the donation Friday.

Indiana’s largest hospital system announces price freeze

December 17, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's largest hospital system says it's freezing its prices through 2025 to help align with national average prices at a time when it faces criticism for charging the highest hospital fees in the Indianapolis area.

Irsay family donates $3M for IU mental health institute

December 11, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Irsay family is donating $3 million to Indiana University for a new research institute on the Bloomington campus that will focus on addressing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Indiana hospitals see record patient count amid virus surge

By TOM DAVIESDecember 9, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana hospitals are seeing their highest-ever overall patient counts amid a monthlong COVID-19 surge and the state’s largest hospital system announced Thursday it had enlisted National Guard assistance.

Indiana University renames street for prominent Black family

December 4, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University officials are renaming a street through the Bloomington campus after a Black family that rose to prominence after escaping slavery instead of a 19th century president of the school who supported eugenics.

Indiana GOP bill stymies workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates

By TOM DAVIESNovember 22, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor held back Monday from supporting a proposal by fellow Republicans that would force businesses to grant COVID-19 vaccination requirement exemptions without any questions and block similar immunization rules set by state universities.

Lead found in most paint chips after Bloomington house fire

November 11, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Testing has detected lead in most of the paint chips that fell to the ground in southern Indiana when a house was burned for a firefighter training exercise, an Indiana University professor says.

IU-Northwest closed as region gets pummeled by flooding

October 25, 2021 GMT

GARY, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana University Northwest campus was closed Monday due to flooding caused by the ongoing rainfall, a school spokesperson said.

“All classes will be held remotely and students should check Canvas for updates,” campus spokeswoman Marisa Villalobos said.

88% of Affluent Households Donated in 2020, New Study Says

By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of PhilanthropySeptember 29, 2021 GMT

In a year beset with a global pandemic and other crises, the vast majority of wealthy households — 88% — gave to charity in 2020, according to a study from Bank of America and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

IU Health: 125 no longer employed after declining vaccine

September 17, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s largest hospital system says more than 100 workers are no longer employed with the health network after they did not comply with its mandate for all employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Bloomington panel backs Black family’s name for Jordan Ave

September 15, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bloomington's Plan Commission has endorsed renaming the city's portion of Jordan Avenue after a Black family that rose to prominence after escaping slavery instead of a 19th century Indiana University president who supported eugenics.

Indiana University enrollment dips at regional campuses

September 5, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University has more students than ever on its main campus in Bloomington, although fewer students at all of its regional campuses meant 1.6% overall enrollment drop.

Indiana’s largest hospital system stopping some surgeries

September 2, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s largest hospital system will be stopping all inpatient non-emergency surgeries as the state faces a growing surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Compliance mixed for Indiana University’s vaccine mandate

By TOM DAVIESAugust 30, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University started its second week of fall semester classes Monday well short of full compliance with its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students and employees on several of its campuses.

Supreme Court justice won’t block college vaccine mandate

August 12, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Students ask Supreme Court to block college vaccine mandate

By JESSICA GRESKOAugust 6, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being asked to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Appeals court upholds Indiana University’s vaccine mandate

By CASEY SMITH and TOM DAVIESAugust 2, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Indiana University can proceed with its plan to require students and employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19, in what is the highest court decision regarding college immunization mandates.

Longtime IUPUI chancellor Paydar to retire next year

August 1, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The longtime chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis plans to retire next year after seven years as the urban campus' top administrator.

Manchester U to restore chime bells for 100th anniversary

July 31, 2021 GMT

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana university is restoring its chime bells in preparation for ringing in its 100th anniversary next year.

Manchester University has hired The Verdin Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, to remove and refurbish the existing 10 bells, create four additional bells, and build a new tower structure.

Judge: Indiana University can require COVID-19 vaccinations

By TOM DAVIESJuly 19, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University can require its roughly 90,000 students and 40,000 employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 under a federal judge's ruling that might be the first of its kind regarding college immunization mandates.

2 more charged in killing of ex-Indiana U. football player

June 17, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two more people were arrested Thursday in the death of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest in Indianapolis last year following the death of George Floyd, authorities said.

Ex-Sens. Bayh, Coats taking Indiana University roles

June 13, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Former U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh and Dan Coats are taking on roles with Indiana University as distinguished scholars.

The university announced this past week that Bayh will work with the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, while Coats will join the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

Indiana University offering prizes for vaccine documentation

June 3, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is offering more than $70,000 from prize drawings for students and employees who provide proof that they’ve received COVID-19 vaccinations.

Indiana University giving students option on vaccine proof

By TOM DAVIESJune 1, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University modified its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on Tuesday, making it optional that students and employees provide proof of getting the shots as school officials changed a policy that had drawn protests from many state officials.

Indiana University reviewing vaccine policy amid criticism

May 27, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is reviewing its new COVID-19 vaccination requirement as more state officials line up against it.

Indiana attorney general attacks IU’s COVID-19 vaccine order

By TOM DAVIESMay 27, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The state attorney general is attacking Indiana University’s decision to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations from all students and employees as illegal under a new state law banning the state or local governments from issuing or requiring vaccine passports.

GOP legislators protest Indiana University’s vaccine order

May 25, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want the governor to block the move.

Indiana University requiring COVID-19 vaccination shots

May 21, 2021 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University is requiring all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations for the fall semester and is threatening to cancel class registrations and fire staff members who don’t comply.

Indiana University employee parking rates tied to income

April 27, 2019 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The more you earn, the more you'll pay to park if you're an Indiana University employee.

Campuses in Bloomington, Indianapolis and Gary are switching to a tiered, income-based parking system.

What you wish you learned

Sherry SlaterDecember 23, 2018 GMT

The Journal Gazette asked some physicians what they wish they'd learned during medical school. Here are their answers:

Dr. Andy O'Shaughnessy, Fort Wayne nephrologist

The 1990 Indiana University School of Medicine graduate wishes his curriculum had included how to talk to families about death and dying.

Judge says Bauer can work for IU Health

Sherry SlaterFebruary 27, 2018 GMT

A Tennessee court ruled Monday that Brian Bauer, former CEO of Lutheran Health Network, can continue working for Indiana University Health.

The decision isn't a surprise because Judge Joseph A.

Purdue’s music technology moving to Sweetwater campus

Ron ShawgoJanuary 10, 2018 GMT

The future home of Purdue Fort Wayne's music technology program will be on the Sweetwater campus.

Sweetwater will convert an existing 8,000 square foot building south of the company's main offices into studios, classrooms and other teaching space, IPFW and Sweetwater announced Wednesday.

IU Health to open city office

Sherry SlaterOctober 28, 2017 GMT

IU Health has taken the temperature of the local market and likes its prognosis.

The state's largest health care system will open a Fort Wayne primary care office with up to 15 providers early next year, officials announced Friday.

Longtime Indiana University leader Gros Louis dies at 80

October 21, 2017 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kenneth Gros Louis, who was the longtime leader of Indiana University's main campus in Bloomington, has died at age 80.

The (Bloomington) Herald-Times reports university spokesman Ryan Piurek confirmed Gros Louis's death.

#25. Indiana University-Bloomington

Staff WriterMarch 30, 2017 GMT

Four-year graduation rate: 58%Six-year graduation rate: 77%Location: Bloomington, IndianaSmart Rating: 90.75Undergraduate enrollment: 38,364

Re-evaluating college choices

Niki Kelly | The Journal GazetteDecember 14, 2016 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS – The proposed split of the IPFW campus is already having ramifications as parents and prospective students reconsider going to a college in transition.

Steve and Rita Smith had never heard of IPFW before their daughter Jessica began looking at colleges.

IU considers life sciences hub at former hospital

May 5, 2014 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University officials are working on plans for taking over the old Wishard Hospital complex in downtown Indianapolis and converting it into a hub for health science students and researchers.