With the 2022 midterm election just over a month away, voters across the country are making plans to vote on Nov. 8. This will be the first time many college students cast a ballot. They face a unique set of challenges, but luckily there are many resources on IUPUI’s campus dedicated to making voting more accessible to students.
TKE hosted their second annual Car Smash for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital on Wednesday. Students had the opportunity to wield a sledgehammer or baseball bat to smash an old black Pontiac Sunfire and partake in burgers, chips, or a drink.
Centered in the heart of downtown Indianapolis and home to more than 29,000 students, many choose IUPUI to remain close to home or simply enjoy the city life. However, adjusting to college can be difficult. The university helps ease the transition with a number of resources.
On Tuesday evening, the IU Natatorium was filled for a competition between student organizations called Battleships. The event was hosted by Jagathon: IUPUI’s Dance Marathon, to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children. Around 250 spectators attended the event.
Many people feel like life is returning to normal in the wake of lifted mask mandates and more events on campus regaining their in-person status for the first time in over two years. But for many students, the sustained isolation has affected them for the long haul, and it’s something that lifted restrictions and a vaccine can’t cure.
On Thursday, the Indianapolis Society of the Classical Guitar held their first concert of the 2022-2023 series in the Informatics and Communications Technology Complex at IUPUI, featuring professional classical guitarists from around the state. Their next concert will be on October 13th and will feature the winner of the prestigious 2021 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition.
Early Friday morning IU and Purdue University administrators announced that IUPUI would once again split into two separate universities. IUPUC could be next.
On June 10th, Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced he would retire at the end of the year and announced his successor. This continues the retirement wave among high profile university presidents in recent years.
IU made the transition to Outlook in May in response to Google's price increase last year.
The Sagamore, IUPUI's old student-run news publication, ran from 1971 to 2009. It shuttered in 2009 for a number of reasons. The established difficulties of print journalism combined with administrative overreach produced a paper in an existential crisis - that lost its appeal to writers and readers. But it didn't have to happen. In fact, a former Sagamore editor successfully prevented it from shutting down thirty years before.
Jagathon: IUPUI's Dance Marathon gets a new board of leaders in preparation for their 2023 event. The group looks forward to the future and continuing to make miracles for Riley Hospital for Children.
USG President Julia Cilleruelo Fernández del Moral and USG Vice President Melissa Aceves are graduating but their legacy will remain at IUPUI forever.
A few weeks ago I was doing homework in the library. I am a commuter, so for me this was a little out of the ordinary. I had been sitting there for about an hour, and I was making good progress until I was approached by two members of the The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
University Library is open as a polling location for the primary election on Tuesday, May 3 until 6 p.m.
The lack of a plan for Indiana University to achieve carbon neutrality prompted scientists to call on University president Pamela Whitten for a commitment to net zero carbon emissions earlier this year.
Jagapalooza returned for its first event since 2020.
Genesis Magazine recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, releasing their latest issue on Wednesday.
It was announced that the chancellor position remains unfilled. Even though two more finalists were presented to campus earlier this month, no one has been hired to fill the role.
Students gathered in the Campus Center Atrium to donate and swap out used items at the first ever Stuff Swap hosted by the Office of Sustainability and the Residence Hall Association (RHA).
Many students started petitions to be able to walk across the graduation stage and be recognized individually. In light of this, each school, department, or program have chosen to hold their own smaller, more personal recognition events.
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