Indiana University President Pamela Whitten detailed major investments in life science institutes, faculty, facilities and research in her State of the University address Monday.

Indiana University and Purdue University will examine the effectiveness of the state’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative, or READI, grant program.

IU will invest at least $111 million over the next several years in microelectronics and nanotechnology, according to a university press release. The investments will be spread across new and existing initiatives, such as recruitment of 25 new faculty, new degree programs and the launch of the Center for Reliable and Trusted Electronics. 

The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition (IGWC-UE) declared its commitment to union recognition and higher wages with its “More say, more pay” rally Thursday.

“Let students understand the mechanism and the principal of AI, and then they can use the AI technology more responsibly," says an Indiana University professor.

Indiana is missing an important part of the health care workforce. Record admissions to one of the states largest nursing programs may not solve the nursing shortage, but its a start.

Philanthropists Jill and Ron Sedley have gifted the Indiana University Jewish Culture Center an endowment to help promote a welcoming and educational campus community and help combat antisemitism.

The state Senate minority leader called the decision an “erosion of progress in educational equality and racial justice.”

Indiana University recently announced it is using federal grants to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in schools. More than $10 million in grants recently awarded to IU will be used to help train and hire mental health staff in six schools around the state.