Verdy was the first woman to be artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet and the first to hold a university faculty chair position solely for ballet. She joined the Indiana University's Jacobs School ballet faculty in 1996.

Indiana University is investigating two confirmed cases of mumps on the Bloomington campus that so far appear unconnected. The university said Wednesday the cases were identified two weeks apart.

Indiana University's board of trustees committee has raised the cost of on-campus housing for the next school year.

A recent study finds rural counties in Indiana have a much lower rate of health care providers for every person. The IU Public Policy Institute study also shows a need for health care workers all across the state.

A $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation designates IU's Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure as a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence that will help solve the computer and software security challenges.

The two-year, $200,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will be supplemented by funding from the IU School of Medicine.

More than 30 universities nationally have banned or restricted hoverboards on their campuses in recent weeks, saying the two-wheeled, motorized scooters are unsafe.

Nationally recognized expert Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz says there is no concussion crisis, just misinformation.

Indiana University officials say the state's newly opened section of the Interstate 69 extension will give a boost to IU's partnerships with the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Dr. Murray Korc and Dr. Rajesh Sardar spent most every Saturday in the lab over the last year and a half working on the biosensor that zeroes in on the deadly cancer's micro-RNA. They hope the innovation can lead to the development of similar tests for other cancers -- and to the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.