Fostering student entrepreneurship across IU’s campuses
To advance the ambitious goals of the IU 2030 strategic plan, Indiana University is working to enhance its entrepreneurial ecosystem, providing students with the expertise and infrastructure they need to transform their bold ideas into successful startup ventures.
IU’s commitment to nurturing a spirit of innovation inside and beyond the classroom is reflected in the recently launched IU Innovates initiative, which is unifying the university’s entrepreneurship resources. IU Innovates also is building upon IU’s award-winning and model entrepreneurship programs, including the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Kelley School of Business and the Shoemaker Innovation Center at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.
IU President Pamela Whitten recently sat down for a video interview with four student startup founders from across IU to learn more about their entrepreneurial journeys, how IU has helped ignite and support their business ambitions, and how they are strengthening communities across the state by putting their education and research into practice.
“The successes of these students, who are primed to further advance their business goals, reflect IU’s leadership in developing student entrepreneurs through first-rate teaching, research, experiential learning and spaces that support the creation of new startups,” Whitten said.
Physician MBA Program revamped to position physicians nationwide for health care leadership
The only physician-only MBA program from a top-ranked business school has launched new innovations to make the program more accessible to physicians nationwide while also enhancing curriculum to prepare physicians to be the voice of health care reform.
“Health care in the U.S. needs to be more efficient, and we believe the path to efficiency is through MBA-educated physicians,” said Julie Manning Magid, vice dean of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. “With the Physician MBA, physicians emerge as leaders with the full skillset to transform individual institutions, the broad health care field and, most importantly, patient outcomes.”
IU partnering with rural Indiana organizations on public art and placemaking projects
Thirteen rural Indiana organizations will work with IU this summer to create new placemaking and public art elements in their communities through the Rural Placemaking Studio initiative. A partnership between the IU ServeDesign Center at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and the Center for Rural Engagement, the Rural Placemaking Studio connects IU faculty and students with rural residents who seek to enhance their communities through art and design.
“A strong quality of place is critical to the vitality of our rural communities and our entire state,” said Denny Spinner, interim executive director of the Center for Rural Engagement. “Through the Rural Placemaking Studio, communities can leverage the creative strengths of IU students and faculty to enhance their unique local assets, increasing hometown pride, and attracting new visitors and residents.”
Armstrong joins advisory board of NSF’s Industries of Ideas project
Tony Armstrong, Indiana University associate vice president and president and CEO of IU Ventures, has been appointed to the advisory board of Industries of Ideas, a recently launched pilot project of the National Science Foundation to assess the impact of the agency’s strategic investments in research on the development of regional economies and emerging technology ecosystems.
“Securing these insights will enable states like Indiana to more effectively identify where to reskill and upskill workers and add resources, and leading public research universities like Indiana University determine how to best leverage their resources to strengthen the economic and cultural vitality of the communities they serve,” Armstrong said.
Join the IU Center for Rural Engagement’s two-day conference, scheduled for May 13-14 at the French Lick Springs Resort, focused on the issues of greatest importance to Indiana’s rural communities. The conference is designed for community leaders, residents and professionals who seek to create a stronger Indiana.
The annual Venture Summit, to be held May 16-17 at IU Bloomington’s Indiana Memorial Union, will provide IU-affiliated entrepreneurs, innovators and investors interested in starting, nurturing or growing venture-capital backed businesses the opportunity to connect, build and learn from others in IU’s global venture ecosystem. Registration is limited to 250 people.
O’Neill School public affairs program receives most No. 1 specialty rankings in U.S. News report
Sixteen Indiana University graduate programs and specialty areas ranked among the nation’s top 10, with a total of 32 ranked in the top 20, according to the 2024-25 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate School rankings released last week. IU leads the state in the total number of top 10 and top 20 graduate programs and specialties. Among the new rankings, only seven public universities nationally and two schools in the Big Ten have more top 20 programs and specialty areas than IU.
DiMarchi to be honored for breakthrough research in obesity drug discovery
Indiana University Distinguished Professor Richard DiMarchi will receive the 2024 Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award, presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for his pioneering research that laid the foundation for drugs that are transforming the treatment of obesity worldwide.
IU researchers using high-performance computing to improve cancer treatment
By creating “digital twins” of the human immune system, Indiana University researchers are leveraging the university’s Big Red 200 supercomputer and other high-performance computing resources to develop more effective treatments for a wide range of diseases, including cancer and viral infections like COVID-19.
Embracing totality: IU educates, entertains thousands gathered to witnesstotal solar eclipse
As the skies darkened over Indiana University campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis on April 8, the work of IU faculty, staff and students shined bright. Both campuses, in the path of totality, welcomed thousands of visitors to view and experience the total solar eclipse.
