Awards and Prizes

IU's minority recruiting falling short of goal

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University's efforts to recruit more black students and faculty to its Bloomington campus have fallen well short of the school's goals, but some on campus hope the hiring of a new associate vice president in a campus...

Tags: Indiana University, Students, Ku Klux Klan, Teaching and Learning, Education

Ivy Tech giving a break to students

ELKHART COUNTY – Hundreds of students in Elkhart County will be able to attend community college for even less money. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Ivy Tech Community College,  Mervin and Dorothy Lung donated more money to their...

Tags: Financial Aid, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education

Slain South Bend nurse remembered through awards program

SOUTH BEND – It has been five years since a nurse from our area was gunned down along with four others at a clothing store near Chicago. On Wednesday, scholarships were given out in her memory. Jeni Bishop was a Memorial Hospital ICU nurse who...

Tags: Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing, Human Interest

Indiana court upholds broadest school voucher program

The Indiana Supreme Court is upholding the Hoosier state's school voucher program. The vote to continue using taxpayer money to send kids to private school was unanimous. While some are celebrating others are not so pleased with the ruling.  The...

Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Lawyers, Trials, Christianity

Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer

PARIS (AP) — New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos — how it began, what...

Tags: Cosmology, Inflation and Deflation, NASA, Applied Physics, Higgs Boson Search

Special ministry to be honored by Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND (AP) — The University of Notre Dame is giving its top award to the founders of a program that brings religion to people with developmental disabilities. The school says it will present the Laetare (lay-TAH-ray) Medal to Sister Susanne...

Tags: Religion and Belief, John F. Kennedy

Indiana hairstylists say all agreed to share jackpots

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Seven hairstylists who are fighting for a share of a $9.5 million lottery prize bought by a co-worker at an Indianapolis salon testified Wednesday that they had all agreed to share any winnings from tickets purchased at the...

Tags: Trials, Justice System, Judges, Court Preliminary, Lifestyle and Leisure

Pentagon creates new medal for cyber, drone wars

WASHINGTON (AP) — They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens. But the troops that launch the drone strikes and direct the cyberattacks that can kill or disable an enemy may never set foot in the combat zone. Now, defense officials...

Tags: Armed Conflicts, Stuxnet Virus, Security, Iran, Leon Panetta

Breasts, buttocks banned by CBS from Grammys

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. The network requests that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the televised award show. The memo sent out Wednesday also warned...

Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Grammy Awards, CBS Corp., Entertainment Events, Fines

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY: Strong showing for Notre Dame

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NOTRE DAME - One month removed from playing for the BCS national championship, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly and his staff are adding to the foundation of the Irish football program by signing several highly rated high school seniors to national letters of...

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Soldier's medals arrive in Mich. 42 years later

ALANSON, Mich. (AP) — Medals earned in Vietnam by a northern Michigan soldier have been received by his family — 42 years later. Doug Tanner of Petoskey was killed in the war in 1970 at age 20. Relatives in the Petoskey area recently...

Notre Dame's Kelly wins another 'Coach of the Year' award

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Just hours before his team's final matchup of the college football season, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly on Monday was named the Liberty Mutual Insurance 'Coach of the Year.' The annual award, which honors sportsmanship,...

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