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People researching a police career get inside look during 'Join IMPD Week'
On Thursday, people interested in a law enforcement career got an glimpse of the realities of being part of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. INDIANAPOLIS — A local police department's recent outreach to prospective new officers...

Indiana legislators tour Purdue’s defense research programs
Members of the Indiana General Assembly tour Purdue’s state-of-the-art research facilities. (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Dan DeLaurentis, executive vice president for research, hosted a delegation of Indiana legislators for a...

Halina Goldberg receives distinguished faculty research award for study of Jewish stereotype in Polish culture
Halina Goldberg, professor of musicology at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and director of the Byrnes Russian and Eastern European Institute at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, has received the 2025...

Scientific Journals in the Hot Seat
Long-standing criticisms of academic publishing are helping to fuel the Trump administration’s attacks on the nation’s scientific enterprise. For years, some members of the scientific community have raised alarm about research fraud, paper mills,...

Research & Commentary: Indiana Should Introduce Forced Labor Prevention Legislation Next Session
During the 2025 legislative session, Arkansas passed landmark legislation that creates space between Arkansas and China, improves the global supply chain, and uses the power of the state purse to prevent the use of forced labor in far corners of...

6 big public artworks changing the look of Indianapolis and Westfield
Indianapolis is currently enjoying an uptick in major new public artworks. So far this year, artists have painted murals that include two of the city's basketball icons and sculpted a shining celebration of water's life-giving properties. What's...

Pew Research: Alabama leads nation in percentage of Christians
Alabama has the highest percentage of people who identify themselves as Christians, according to one of the most authoritative national surveys. In Alabama, 89 percent of people surveyed identify themselves as Christians, according to the Pew...

The retro technology connecting kids to their friends
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A few days ago I talked to Ava, an Indiana fifth-grader, on the phone. I mean the phone phone — Ava’s dad recently installed...

Wisconsin Murder Suspect Found Hiding in Indiana Soybean Field
CLARK COUNTY, Ind. — A suspect in a Wisconsin homicide was arrested after being found hiding in a southern Indiana soybean field. On Tuesday, deputies with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office located Demonta Hambright using Flock camera technology...

Iowa's federal lawmakers ask USDA to move research projects to Ames
Iowa's all-Republican congressional delegation and Gov. Kim Reynolds are asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to move the agency's research projects to Ames as part of its ongoing reorganization plan. All six of Iowa's federal...

Indiana State Library Lunch and Learn Series: Indiana State Library Bicentennial Celebration
INDIANAPOLIS – “Indiana State Library History” Presented by Jamie Dunn, Genealogy Supervisor, followed by Indiana Historical Bureau marker dedication and reception celebrating the Indiana State Library bicentennial This program tells the history...

Studies from Mahendra Sanapati and Colleagues Yield New Information about Managed Care (Escalating Growth of Spending on Medicare Advantage Plans: Save Medicare from Insolvency and Balance the Budget): Managed Care
2025 OCT 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Managed Care is now available. According to news reporting originating from Evansville, Indiana, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The...

Scientists unlock hybrid protein potential for food system...
As the global food system targets emission cuts, health improvement, and reduced livestock reliance, scientists in the US say the answer may lie in hybrid proteins — foods that blend plants, fungi, insects, microbial fermentation, and cultivated...

IUP received $2M for data science scholarship program
INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has earned a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help academically talented and financially challenged students earn degrees in data science. The new program, Experiential...

Oct. 2 - OPINION: Brian Howey: Dismantling of U.S. cancer research has IU impacts
BLOOMINGTON — We live in a nation where about 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetimes. Some 38 million Americans, or 11% of the population, have diabetes. Another 7 million suffer from Alzheimer’s. With all due respect to Indiana...

DoW Stimulates Academic Research in Underutilized States
OCTOBER 1, 2025 – The Department of War yesterday announced $19.2 million in awards to 29 collaborative academic teams under the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). DEPSCoR is a capacity-building program...

Ohio State receives $19.5 million NIH grant for national suicide prevention research
Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. President at Ohio State University | Official websiteWalter “Ted” Carter Jr. President at Ohio State University | Official website Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have...

Cardinal Health to Build Indianapolis Pharmaceutical Distribution Center The new facility should be fully operational by the fall of 2027.
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) is planning to build “a new flagship forward distribution center” in Indianapolis, Indiana, to expand its national pharmaceutical distribution network. “The state-of-the-art forward distribution center will feature...

Elanco Animal Health moves into new downtown Indianapolis headquarters
The company bought the former GM Stamping Plant as part of its $200 million plan to move closer to downtown. INDIANAPOLIS — Elanco Animal Health opened its new global headquarters Wednesday on the southwest side of Indianapolis. The company bought...

Op-ed: Indianapolis blocking demolition of Holy Cross Church violates religious freedom
A longtime resident of Indianapolis’ Holy Cross neighborhood is urging city officials to allow the demolition of Holy Cross Catholic Church, arguing that the building is unsafe, beyond repair, and that blocking its removal violates religious...