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Breaking Down Gender Barriers in Collegiate Athletics

Julie Cromer was recently named director of athletics at Ohio University.

October 15, 2019

Indiana U. Trustees Vote to Remove Segregationist’s Name From Building

Trustees at Indiana University voted this month to strip the name of a racial integration opponent from one of the college’s buildings, according to ABC News. The intramural center on the Bloomington campus will no longer carry the name of Ora Wildermuth, who was a trustee at the school from 1925 to 1952. It was […]

October 8, 2018

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Recruitment & Retention

Indiana University Sees Declining Summer Enrollment

Indiana University has seen declining summer enrollment at its Bloomington campus despite growth during the traditional academic year. About 1,000 more students enrolled at the Bloomington campus in fall 2017 compared with fall 2011. Summer enrollment at the flagship campus declined by more than 800 students over the same time period, the Herald-Times reported. […]

June 27, 2018

Professor’s Research Rejects Stereotypes of Black Women Athletes

Dr. Tomika Ferguson recalls the words that were the genesis of her ongoing research on women of color in college athletics. As an elite student-athlete, she was once described as a “workhorse” with “natural athletic ability.”

April 5, 2018

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Indiana University Team Recording Shipwreck Sites

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – An Indiana University team is working to preserve and document shipwreck sites in the Florida Keys. The group from the university’s Center for Underwater Science will visit the site of a Spanish treasure fleet shipwreck from the 1700s this summer. The school has an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, […]

April 2, 2018

Five Universities Partner To Combat Cybersecurity Threats

BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Five Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions have partnered to help enhance the schools’ cybersecurity. Indiana University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced on Wednesday the launch of OmniSOC, a sector-based cybersecurity operations center that provides cyber intelligence to its members. “With tens of thousands of students, […]

March 22, 2018

Equity Gaining Emphasis in Assessing Student Outcomes

While compliance and improvement are the predominant driving factors for measuring student learning in higher education, a recent survey by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) demonstrates greater emphasis on equity.

February 11, 2018

Emerging Scholar Profile: DuPont Expands the Musical Repertoire

With a grandfather who sang in a traveling gospel quartet and a mother who was a singer, bass-baritone Dr. Carl DuPont says his decision to pursue music was natural.

January 28, 2018

Indiana University Officials, Governor Announce $50M Opioid Recovery Effort

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents are more likely to die from a drug overdose than a car crash. That grim statistic was offered Tuesday by Indiana University officials who joined Gov. Eric Holcomb at the Statehouse to announce a new effort funded by $50 million in university money to fight opioid abuse. “If I could do […]

October 10, 2017

Indiana University Police Hires Chief Diversity Officer

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Police Department has appointed its first chief diversity officer. Wayne James became chief diversity officer Sept. 4, The Herald Times reported. University Superintendent of Public Safety Benjamin Hunter said he picked James because of his work as chief of police for the northwest campus. James will continue to serve […]

September 12, 2017

Indiana University Spent $1.65M on Spring Commencements

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — According to figures provided by Indiana University, the university spent $1.65 million on commencement ceremonies this spring. The total doesn’t include the costs of ceremonies that were organized by individual schools or units, The (Bloomington) Herald Times reported. The Bloomington campus ceremonies were the most expensive at more than $900,000, followed by […]

July 30, 2017

Indiana University Sorority Protesting Closure Order

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An Indiana University sorority is protesting an order from its national organization shutting down the Bloomington chapter. A lawyer for Tri Delta’s Delta Omicron chapter says its members haven’t been given a clear reason for such severe punishment. Indianapolis attorney Peter French says the chapter received little support from the national organization […]

March 14, 2017

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