September 25, 2020
“If communities follow new guidance from the CDC for Halloween, families should consider creating new traditions that do not involve trick-or-treating, parties, and get-togethers,” said Jill Walls, an associate professor of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies at Ball State University in a media release.
September 24, 2020
Story focuses on Nick Elam, a professor in Teachers College, who spent the summer working for the Cincinnati Reds.
September 21, 2020
Ball State has received $5 million in grant funding from the Menard family and $1.5 million from the Charles Koch Foundation to fund two institutes.
September 21, 2020
A new Ball State study recently released in the 'Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research' found that the rise in labor costs will soon force restaurant owners to turn to robotics.
September 19, 2020
Last month, in an effort to humanize the former Central State patients, the museum, with help from Ball State University archaeologists, set out to delineate the cemetery’s boundaries and identify what patients — and how many of them — are buried there.
September 19, 2020
Ball State University Assistant Professor of Political Science Chad Kinsella said we can expect both republicans and democrats will be fired up from this as we move forward.
September 18, 2020
Ball State announced two major grants to help foster leadership on campus.
September 18, 2020
Ball State University will start its spring semester classes a week later than usual and eliminate Spring Break.
September 16, 2020
Story quotes CBER director Michael Hicks.
September 15, 2020
In the spring of 2021, Chinese students will learn about American history and the Cold War from the unique perspective of Sergei Zhuk, a Ball State University history professor.
September 15, 2020
Each year Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research analyzes how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing. Recently it released its Manufacturing Scorecard 2020.
September 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic sent millions of households into isolation. While dads report doing more household chores, mothers are still doing the majority of the work, says a new study from researchers from Ball State University and two other schools.
September 3, 2020
Ball State’s Urban Planning program has moved into a storefront in Muncie Mall to help community leaders develop a comprehensive plan for Delaware County.
September 3, 2020
Michigan’s manufacturing sector remains as steady in 2020 as it has in years past, says a report from Ball State's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER).
August 31, 2020
Corporate America has a gender problem when it comes to parental leave, with a new Ball State study finding that Fortune 500 companies are far likelier to provide paid leave to mothers than fathers.
August 28, 2020
Story notes a CBER study found that thousands of K-12 students lack access to the Internet at home.
August 26, 2020
Story quotes Rachael D. Smith, assistant lecturer of Women’s & Gender Studies and affiliate faculty in the Department of History at Ball State.
August 26, 2020
Story notes that a new study from Ball State University found that about 68,649 to 84,118 Indiana school-age children do not have internet access at home.
August 26, 2020
Story notes a new study released by Ball State finds that many Fortune 500 firms offer far benefits to dads.
August 26, 2020
Story quotes Dom Caristi, a telecommunications professor.
August 25, 2020
Gabe Cochard wants students, faculty and staff at Ball State University to mask up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cochard, a nursing student from Greenfield who will graduate in 2021, is featured on the side of Teachers College.
August 24, 2020
Story features the expertise of Lynn Bielski, an assistant professor of audiology at Ball State.
August 21, 2020
In a speech to kick off fall semester on Friday, Ball State University's president talked about two challenges on everyone's mind over the summer: the coronavirus pandemic and the civil unrest "that has demonstrated an urgent need for us to accelerate our efforts to create a campus, a community and a country that are more equitable and more just."
August 21, 2020
Ball State University has opened its new academic year with a traditional convocation ceremony – with an untraditionally small in-person audience because of the coronavirus pandemic.