Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will continue a 15-day visit to East Asia in Guangzhou on Thursday and Friday with meetings at Sun Yat-sen University, one of China's most prestigious universities.

The Leading Index for Indiana continued to lose ground in May, following a slight side in April, from a revised value of 100.9 to 100.8.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will continue a 15-day visit to East Asia on Tuesday in Beijing, where he will renew a partnership agreement with one of China's pre-eminent research universities, meet with IU alumni and business and government leaders, and participate in a special event for newly admitted Chinese students and their families.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will kick off a 15-day visit to East Asia with meetings Monday with South Korean higher education leaders and a reception for new students in Seoul, South Korea.

Agricultural industries contributed $37.9 billion to Indiana's economy in 2011, according to a new report from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

Kelley Executive Partners, the custom executive education arm of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, has again been ranked among the world's best by the Financial Times in its annual survey of custom executive education providers.

Teams of Indiana University students who created a real-time interactive platform for sports fans and an Internet-based tuxedo rental business that provides online fittings have won IU Bloomington's BEST Competition. Each start-up company, founded by students from Kelley School of Business and the School of Informatics and Computing, will receive a $100,000 investment.

Idalene "Idie" Kesner, an accomplished educator, administrator and leading researcher on strategic management, will head Indiana University's Kelley School of Business as its next dean, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann will keynote the next event in the Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Series on May 10 in downtown Indianapolis. The theme for the conference is, "Public-Private Partnerships: Transferring Discoveries Out of Universities."

The Leading Index for Indiana declined slightly in April, from 100.9 to 100.8, suggesting a continued mixed economic picture for the state.

Five alumni of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business will be honored for professional achievement during the 44th Annual Alumni Awards Gala and Leadership Forum on Saturday, April 20, in Indianapolis.

The inaurugal forum on business analytics will be hosted by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business on April 11-12 to spotlight the opportunities and challenges in applying business analytics in organizations.

Scott A. Jones, a veteran entrepreneur, inventor, strategist and venture capitalist, will speak at this year's IU Entrepreneurial Connection Day at 1 p.m. on April 11 in the atrium of the Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

Deloitte is expanding its relationship with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to become the founding member of its Institute for Business Analytics.

The Leading Index for Indiana continued its slow creep upward in March with a 0.1 increase from February's revised level of 100.8.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business continued its surge upward in new rankings of undergraduate programs by Bloomberg Businessweek, moving up three positions to 13th overall. Companies that recruit its graduates ranked the school No. 1, up from fourth a year ago.

As health care organizations restructure and merge, the role of a physician is growing to include more business and leadership responsibilities. To address the leadership needs of a rapidly changing health care system, Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis has launched the Business of Medicine MBA to prepare practicing physicians nationwide to assume unprecedented leadership roles.

Population growth in many of Indiana's suburban communities was still not back up to speed in 2012, and population decline was widespread in many other regions of the state, according to population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

U.S. News and World Report again gave high marks to Indiana University programs in education, business, law and medicine in its annual Best Graduate Schools rankings. The School of Library and Information Sciences at IU Bloomington was rated eighth-best in the country, and the College of Arts and Sciences' humanities and social-science programs were among the nation's best.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has achieved CFA Program Partner status with CFA Institute, which offers the premier certification in the investment industry worldwide.

The Leading Index for Indiana, while rising slightly from its revised January level, looks to have lost its mojo in the closing months of 2012, leaving a mixed picture so far for 2013.

Customers are sure to be the losers if the proposed merger of U.S. Airways and American Airlines goes through, says Max Huffman, an expert on antitrust and consumer law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. He is available to speak with news media on the topic.

Students at Indiana University have a new tool that provides them with quick and easy access to knowledge about how to conduct business effectively with people all over the world. IU is the first university in the United States to offer enterprise-wide GlobeSmart, a web-based product from Aperian Global, a company that offers consulting, training, and web tools for global talent development. GlobeSmart provides in-depth information and advice about business, culture, and travel-related topics in more than 65 countries.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and School of Education are teaming up to assist three Indiana schools that are seeking to improve academic performance through long-term action plans

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has entered into a partnership with the newly formed American University of Mongolia to offer an MBA for global executives beginning in September.