The Leading Index for Indiana (LII), defying the generally poor economic news, edged up slightly in September, moving from 99.5 in August to 99.7 this month. The LII, developed by the Indiana Business Research Center, is designed to reflect the unique structure of the Indiana economy. It is a predictive tool that signals changes in the direction of [...]
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IU Kelley School’s Leading Index for Indiana ‘ambivalent’ in September but edged up slightly
Posted on September 25th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
Recession and competition are changing Indiana’s social assistance nonprofits, IU report shows
Posted on September 6th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
Indiana nonprofit social assistance agencies are feeling the effects of the Great Recession and the increased competition from for-profit firms, a new report from Indiana University shows. Employment in Indiana’s social assistance industry grew almost every year from 1995 to 2009, even during recessions in the early 2000s and the Great Recession that began in [...]
Cash awards offered for innovators at IU’s School of Informatics and Computing
Posted on August 21st, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
Indiana University will collaborate with Schurz Communications, an Indiana-based multimedia company, on an innovation challenge beginning this semester. Hoosier undergraduates, graduate students and faculty will be asked to consider real-world digital solutions and opportunities for 21st-century media companies. There will be sizable cash prizes for winning prototypes that meet agreed guidelines. Beyond money and resume enhancement, participating [...]
Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge conference – July 13
Posted on July 9th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
The Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge will be from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI. This event will bring together leaders from Indiana’s healthcare, technology and entrepreneurial communities to foster cross-sector collaborations aimed at improving patient care, reducing healthcare costs and continuing to establish Indiana as [...]
Informatics team lands $1.85 million from Intel to study IT as social, cultural phenomena
Posted on June 28th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
Congratulations to the research group at Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Informatics and Computing upon receiving over $1.85 million to create the Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Computing. The award was announced June 26 by Intel Labs as part of a $12 million research center composed of faculty from IU and four other universities. Three researchers from the IU [...]
