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JCA is working towards diversity and inclusion. What are the other colleges doing?
The deans of LAS, CCOM and COPHS are all adamant about improving conditions for students of different backgrounds. Creating welcoming environments, hiring diverse faculty, and creating diverse curriculum seem to be a priority for all.
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Non-profit tech organization Nextech moves into Sunset Avenue parking garage vacancy
Nextech aims to increase access to computer technology for K-12 students in Marion county.
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Wendi Thomas, Butler alum and founder of nonprofit newsroom MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, speaks Feb. 17
The 1993 Butler University graduate spoke Feb. 17 in the Johnson Room in Robertson Hall about her role as founder and editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit online news platform that produces journalism that “disrupts the status quo,” as she described it.
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Butler student struck by car on West Hampton Drive
Around 9:20 p.m. on Feb. 12 a Butler student was hit by a car while crossing Hampton Drive.
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Butler University prohibits sports betting on Butler athletics
Students, faculty, staff, trustees and independent contractors are not allowed to place wagers — in which they gain any monetary value — on Butler sporting events.
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Coronavirus impacts Butler study abroad programs, focus of research on campus
How the Wuhan coronavirus is expected to impact Butler study abroad. What Dr. Stobart’s lab could mean for future coronaviruses.
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Butler continues construction and renovation for new science building
The new building will include more collaborative spaces and classrooms for the school’s science programs to grow into.
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Delta Delta Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha housing plans announced for 2020-21 school year
Active Delta Delta Delta members will have the opportunity to live in the UT apartment complex during the 2020-21 school year and the reinstated Lambda Chi Alpha chapter will rent and live in the Phi Kappa Psi house on campus.
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Students and faculty travel to National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
A group of approximately 50 Butler University students and faculty traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio to visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center museum last Saturday. The trip was organized by members of the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab as well as SGA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion board.
