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.

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the awarding of eight grants totaling $145,000 to arts organizations and cultural programming providers in Indiana for the fall of fiscal year 2016.

The Indiana University Board of Trustees have approved the design schematic of the 45,000-square-foot, $21.6 million expansion to the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

The trustees say the one-year extension will allow the university to complete activities associated with its bicentennial in the 2019-20 academic year before beginning a search for its next president.

The proposed 30,000-square-foot building would be located across the street from the university's basketball arena and football stadium.