Articles tagged as: Indiana University
March 14, 2022
IU Health, facing profit questions, gives med school $416M
The donation wasn’t announced by either institution, which are separate organizations, but was noted as a “contribution to a related entity” made Dec. 30 in IU Health’s financial statements issued this month, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2022
Coronavirus: Holcomb ends public health emergency, Indiana eclipses 22,000 dead
Indiana surpasses 22,000 dead, as the rate of new deaths slows. Gov. Eric Holcomb signs the General Assembly’s less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine mandate bill. And he ended the state’s public health emergency, which had been in place since March 2020.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2022
IU expert says Ukrainian refugee situation will likely impact Europe more than U.S.
Reuters reported the United Nations says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could displace anywhere from 3 million to 5 million people. That would be the largest relocation of a population in Europe since World War II.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2022
Science advocates, students want Indiana University to make a climate action plan
Indiana University student groups have been asking the university to make a plan to lower its greenhouse gas emissions for months. Now scientists and science advocates have joined that effort.
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2022
Coronavirus: Senate scales back vaccine mandate bill, IDOH issues new school guidance
A Senate committee dramatically scales back the House’s vaccine mandate bill. The Indiana Department of Health releases new school COVID-19 guidance. And COVID-19 data continues to improve.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2022
Climate activists demand Indiana University divest from fossil fuels
The group, Sunrise Bloomington, hopes IU Foundation board members will put the issue on their agenda this week.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022
Indiana University rejects graduate student worker request to hold union election
Indiana University formally denied a request from roughly 1,600 graduate workers to hold a union election, contending they're primarily students, not staff.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022
IU med school receives record NIH funding for Alzheimer’s and other health research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $217 million to fund research at Indiana University School of Medicine in the current fiscal year. This will fund more research on Alzheimer's and community outreach projects.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
Challenge to Indiana University vaccine mandate nixed again
Indiana University announced last May that the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its some 115,000 students and employees at campuses around the state would take effect in the fall semester.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2022
How medical databases could improve outcomes for childhood asthma and other diseases
Over the past 10 years, rates of childhood asthma in Indiana have decreased, but death rates have increased, according to a new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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