For the better part of the last two decades, Indiana University’s Atkins Center has kept up the mission of its namesake by partnering with grade schools to offer mentoring and guidance from minority students at IU to a younger generation.
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Indiana University’s $1.2 billion endowment ranks as the 11th-largest among public institutions, according to a report released Monday. But as IU administrators continue to trim more than $60 million from the school’s budget due to state cuts, the endowment is nearly powerless to address the deficit. WFIU’s Daniel Robison has more.
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Following Governor Mitch Daniels’ latest round of budget cuts -- totaling $150 million -- state-funded universities are rushing to find money they can afford to cut. However, even though the problem is the same for each school, the solutions are highly tailored. WFIU’s Arianna Prothero reports…
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A recent media survey of all audio, video and film on the IU Bloomington campus turned up around half a million items, most cared for and stored properly for future generations. That changed when a group of archivists came across an unusual discovery in a campus building attic.
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On a deadline set by President Michael McRobbie this week, administrators at all nine IU campuses will have to find a total of nearly $60 million in budget cuts in a month or less. All other state schools are also facing similar 6% cuts. But as WFIU’s Daniel Robison reports, at least one state education official sees a silver lining in the process.
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Earlier this week, Indiana University’s stopped accepting applications for automatic academic scholarships for the coming school year. And already the university has received a record number of interested students-a success WFIU’s Regan McCarthy reports comes with a price.
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An annual college sustainability survey released recently grades Indiana University higher than a year ago, but says the school still trails most of its Big Ten brethren. While the jury is still out on how important sustainability surveys are, IU administrators are finding out it's not easy being green.
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Indiana University’s football season ended Saturday with a loss to Purdue, but the season ended a day later for those who clean up after fans once the crowd has filed out. IU shells out more than 36-hundred dollars every home football game just to clean up after tailgaters – and it’s not an easy job.
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As a committee of Bloomington city officials and Indiana University leaders prepares to release a report aimed at improving pedestrian safety on campus, Bloomington's mayor says IU won't have to foot the bill for improvements alone.
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An Indiana University professor is the co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics and the first woman to win the award.
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