INDIANAPOLIS — Some students at IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis are not happy with the school and want to see some changes. Noah Thomas, a freshman at IUPUI, organized a second protest against the school under his new movement, the Indiana Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign (ISAAC). Thomas and many other students aren’t happy with how the […]
INDIANAPOLISÂ — Fourteen Indiana colleges will waive application fees during Indiana’s College Application Week, Sept. 20 – 24. Another 25 colleges have no application fees, according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. “We hope Hoosier high school seniors will take advantage of College Application week and apply for free to their preferred Indiana colleges,” said […]
HAMMOND, Ind.–A retired Purdue University Northwest (PNW) professor who died earlier this year has left the University more than $700,000. The money left by Maria O. Longas, PWN professor emerita of chemistry, will go towards student scholarships. In 2017, while still a full-time professor at PNW, Longas committed to supporting the university through her estate […]
INDIANAPOLIS–September is National Recovery Month, a national observance held every September to educate people that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. “This month is to really focus on the joy and the progress that we have made […]
UPDATE Indy Metro Police on Thursday announced the arrest of 18-year-old Wyatt Maxey for attempted murder and aggravated battery. Maxey is accused of stabbing a 17-year-old North Central High School student during a fight Wednesday morning. INDIANAPOLISÂ — A student at North Central High School was stabbed during a fight Wednesday morning. The two students met […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The state health department is relaxing COVID quarantine guidance for schools, but some schools are sticking with the old system. Until now, close contacts of students or staff who test positive had to quarantine for at least a week — it’s two weeks unless they get a negative test and wear a mask. […]
MARION COUNTY, Ind. — It’s another round of polling, and registered voters in Marion County have plenty of opinions on schools. In the latest batch of polling data from Indy Politics, public schools did not have a good showing with only 27-percent of registered voters across the county believing public schools are on the right […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – State health officials have emphasized for months that masks are important and effective to stop COVID-19, but they’ve also been firm in saying they won’t require them. They’re elaborating on why not. Health commissioner Kris Box says in the nine months when there was a statewide mask order, many local governments just ignored […]
MARION COUNTY, Ind. — Another school in central Indiana is moving to virtual learning. Stonybrook Intermediate and Middle School will move to virtual instruction beginning Wednesday, Aug. 25 due to an increase in positive COVID cases and other non-COVID-related illnesses among students and staff, MSD Warren Township said Tuesday. Students will return to in-person learning on […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Doctors at IU Health’s Riley Children’s Hospital are urging kids to mask up at school. Riley says it’s seeing Indiana’s coronavirus surge firsthand. In the last week, 70 kids have come to the emergency room with COVID-19, two or three times what the hospital was seeing earlier in the pandemic. Dr. John Christenson, […]
