Indiana University facts for kids
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| Latin: Indianensis Universitas | |
| Motto | Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth) |
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| Type | Public university system |
| Established | January 20, 1820 |
| Endowment | $3.56 billion (2023) (system-wide) |
| President | Pamela Whitten |
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Academic staff
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8,733 university-wide |
| Students | 110,436 university-wide |
| Undergraduates | 89,176 university-wide |
| Postgraduates | 21,260 university-wide |
| Location |
39°10′N 86°30′W / 39.167°N 86.500°W |
| Campus | 3,640 acres (14.7 km2) across 9 campuses |
| Colors | Cream and Crimson |
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Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
- Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) is the flagship campus of Indiana University. The Bloomington campus is home to numerous premier Indiana University schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences, the Jacobs School of Music, an extension of the Indiana University School of Medicine, the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, which includes the former School of Library and Information Science (now Department of Library and Information Science), School of Optometry, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the Maurer School of Law, the School of Education, and the Kelley School of Business.
- Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a partnership established between Indiana University and Purdue University in 1969, is Indiana's urban research and academic health sciences campus. Located just west of downtown Indianapolis, it is the central location of several Indiana University schools, including the primary campus of the School of Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, the School of Informatics and Computing, the School of Dentistry, the Kelley School of Business, the School of Nursing, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the School of Social Work, the Herron School of Art and Design, the world's first School of Philanthropy, and the Robert H. McKinney School of Law. On August 12, 2022, the boards of trustees of both Purdue and IU announced that IUPUI will split into two separate universities, with completion of the split to be finished by the fall 2024 semester.
In addition to its core campuses, Indiana University maintains five regional campuses throughout Indiana:
- Indiana University East (IU East) established 1971, located in Richmond.
- Indiana University Kokomo (IU Kokomo) established 1945, located in Kokomo.
- Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) established 1963, located in Gary.
- Indiana University South Bend (IU South Bend) established 1922, located in South Bend.
- Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast or IUS) established 1941, located in New Albany.
Finally, there are two regional campuses under the administration of IUPUI:
- Indiana University–Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) established 1970, located in Columbus. After IUPUI splits in 2024, IUPUC will become Indiana University Columbus. Two degree programs at the school, biology and mechanical engineering, are currently offered by Purdue; IU Columbus will continue to grant biology degrees through Indiana University, but mechanical engineering will no longer be offered by the school following the split.
- Indiana University Fort Wayne (IU Fort Wayne) established 2018, located in Fort Wayne. It was established after the dissolution of the former entity Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been an extension similar to that of IUPUI under the administration of Purdue University. IU Fort Wayne took over IPFW's academic programs in health sciences, with all other IPFW academic programs taken over by the new entity, Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).
The School of Medicine and the School of Social Work have degree programs running across multiple IU campuses. Kelley School of Business, the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and the School of Education have degree programs at both the Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campuses, with the IUPUI programs transferring to the new IU Indianapolis. The School of Nursing has degree programs at the IUB, IUPUI, and IU Fort Wayne campuses, with the IUPUI program transferring to IU Indianapolis. The Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health has degree programs at the IUPUI and IU Fort Wayne campuses, with the IUPUI program also transferring to IU Indianapolis.
Endowment
According to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the value of the endowment of the Indiana University and affiliated foundations in 2016 is over $1.986 billion. The annual budget across all campuses totals over $3 Billion.
The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is a not-for-profit agency that assists IU faculty and researchers in realizing the commercial potential of their discoveries. Since 1997, university clients have been responsible for more than 1,800 inventions, nearly 500 patents, and 38 start-up companies.
In fiscal year 2016, the IURTC was issued 53 U.S. patents and 112 global patents.
Notable alumni
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- Jerome Adams – American anesthesiologist and 20th surgeon general of the United States
- Laura Aikin – operatic coloratura soprano
- Grace Alexander – writer, journalist, teacher
- Trigger Alpert – Jazz bassist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra
- OG Anunoby – Professional basketball player
- Howard Ashman – Oscar-winning playwright and lyricist, known for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
- Emilie Autumn – violinist and singer
- Sima Sami Bahous (born 1956) - Jordanian Executive Director of UN Women
- Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos – Liberian ethnomusicologist, choral conductor, composer
- Jonathan Banks — actor known from Breaking Bad, Airplane!
- David Bell – author of Cemetery Girl and The Hiding Place
- Joshua Bell – Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor
- Howard Biddulph – political scientist specializing in the Soviet Union
- Thomas Bryant – Professional basketball player
- Meg Cabot – Author of The Princess Diaries series, The Mediator series, and stand-alone novels.
- Bob Chapek – CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- Hoagy Carmichael – composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader
- John T. Chambers – Chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems
- Calbert Cheaney – Professional basketball player and assistant coach
- Nicole Chevalier – Operatic soprano
- Sougwen Chung – Multidisciplinary visual and performance artist
- Alton Dorian Clark (known by stage name Dorian) – Hip-hop recording artist and record producer
- Sarah Clarke – Actress
- Pamela Coburn – Soprano
- Suzanne Collins – Author of The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy
- Laverne Cox – Actress known for Orange Is the New Black, LGBT advocate
- Mark Cuban – Owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks
- John Cynn – Professional poker player. 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion.
- Mary Czerwinski – Computer scientist at Microsoft Research and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Alex Dickerson (born 1990) – Professional baseball player
- Colin Donnell – Actor and singer
- Thomas P. Dooley – Author, minister and research scientist
- Michel du Cille – Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist
- Melerson Guy Dunham – Educator, civil and women's rights activist, historian
- Judith Lynn Ferguson – Author of 65 cookery related books, cookery editor of Woman's Realm women's magazine, and Head of Diploma Course at Le Cordon Bleu- London
- Janet Foutty – Former CEO and chairperson of Deloitte Consulting
- Julia Garner – Actress
- George Goehl – Community organizer, activist and executive director of People's Action
- Neil Goodman – Sculptor and educator
- Eric Gordon – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Houston Rockets
- Hardy – Country music singer and songwriter
- Michael D. Higgins – 9th President of Ireland
- Jordan Howard – Professional football player
- Lissa Hunter – Artist
- Jamie Hyneman – Host of the television series MythBusters
- Mahmudul Islam - Bangladeshi lawyer and former attorney general of Bangladesh
- Narendra Jadhav – Economist, educationist, and writer
- William E. Jenner – Indiana state senator and U.S. Senator
- Jason Jordan – Professional wrestler
- Wilbur Lin – Orchestra conductor
- Nina Kasniunas – Political scientist, author, and professor
- E.W. Kelley – Businessman; former chairman of Steak 'n Shake restaurants
- Kevin Kline — Actor
- J. Lee – Actor
- Judith McCulloh – Folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor
- Sylvia McNair – Singer
- Kristin Merscher – Pianist; professor at the Hochschule für Musik Saar
- Christopher Mattheisen – American-Hungarian businessman, historian, economist, CEO of Magyar Telekom
- Keith O'Conner Murphy – International recording artist, singer, songwriter, rockabilly hall of fame
- Ryan Murphy – Film and TV screenwriter, director, and producer
- Gregory Nagy – Classical scholar at Harvard University
- Victor Oladipo – Professional basketball player
- Danielle Orchard – Painter
- George Coleman Osborn (1904–1982) - American historian
- Jane Pauley – Journalist, TV anchor on CBS This Morning
- Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
- Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist
- Marjorie Rusche - composer
- Catt Sadler – TV personality for E! News
- Jay Schottenstein – CEO of Schottenstein Stores
- Kyle Schwarber – Professional baseball player
- Will Shortz – The New York Times crossword puzzle editor
- Ranveer Singh – Bollywood actor
- Tavis Smiley – Host of The Tavis Smiley Show; author
- James B. Smith – Dean of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Mary McCarty Snow – Composer
- Sage Steele – Sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter
- Brad Stephens – Professional Australian rules football player
- Straight No Chaser – A cappella group
- Jeri Taylor – Television screenwriter and producer
- Miles Taylor – GOP staffer who made an anti-Trump ad for Republican Voters Against Trump
- Randy Tobias – Former Administrator of USAID; former CEO of Eli Lilly & Company
- Isiah Thomas – Professional basketball player and coach
- Michael E. Uslan – Producer of the Batman films and first instructor to teach an accredited course on comic book folklore at a university
- Noah Vonleh – Professional basketball player
- Jimmy Wales – Entrepreneur; co-founder of Wikipedia
- Aaron Waltke – Emmy-award winning screenwriter and television producer
- James Watson – Molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist; Nobel Prize winner
- Cody Zeller – Professional basketball player
Notable faculty
- Carolyn Begley – Emerita Professor of Optometry and medical researcher
- Asher Cohen – psychologist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Daniel P. Friedman – professor of Computer Science
- Ronald A. Hites – chemist
- Elinor Ostrom – Nobel laureate and political economist
- Richard DiMarchi – chairman in Biomolecular Sciences and professor of Chemistry
Athletics
Both of the core campuses of the IU systems sponsor NCAA Division I athletic programs. The Indiana Hoosiers represent the flagship institution in Bloomington, and are founding members of the Big Ten Conference, where they compete in 24 different sports. The IUPUI Jaguars field 18 different sports, and have competed in the Horizon League since 2017; upon IUPUI's split into two universities in 2024, administration of the Jaguar's athletics programs will remain under IU Indianapolis.
Additionally, all but one of IU's regional campuses sponsors athletics within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The IU Northwest RedHawks and IU South Bend Titans compete as members of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while the IU East Red Wolves, IU Kokomo Cougars, IU Southeast Grenadiers, and IUPUC Crimson Pride compete as members of the River States Conference.
Awards
Indiana University has three medals to recognize individuals.
- The University Medal, the only IU medal that requires approval from the board of trustees, was created in 1982 by then IU President John W. Ryan and is the highest award bestowed by the university. It honors individuals for singular or noteworthy contributions, including service to the university and achievement in arts, letters, science, and law. The first recipient was Thomas T. Solley, former director of the IU Art Museum.
- Indiana University President's Medal for Excellence honors individuals for distinction in public service, service to Indiana University, achievement in a profession, and/or extraordinary merit and achievement in the arts, humanities, science, education, and industry. The first recipients were member of the Beaux Arts Trio on September 20, 1985.
- Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion "recognizes individuals who are shining examples of the values of IU and the universal academic community." President Ryan was the first to award this honor. It was first awarded to the president of Nanjing University on July 21, 1986. It honors individuals for distinction in public office or service, a significant relationship to Indiana University or Indiana, significant service to IU programs, students, or faculty, significant contribution to research or support for research.
Indiana University has several ways to recognize the accomplishments of faculty.
- Distinguished Professorships – Indiana University's most prestigious academic appointment
- University Distinguished Teaching Awards – recognizing "shining examples of dedication and excellence"
- Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service Learning – recognizing excellence in service-learning. The recipient is also the IU nominee for the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service Learning.
See also
In Spanish: Sistema Universitario de Indiana para niños
- List of colleges and universities in Indiana
- Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences
- Purdue University system
