The Indiana Business Research Center at IU's Kelley School of Business has been named winner of three of the seven Awards of Excellence presented this year by the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

Of the 65 business schools ranked worldwide by The Financial Times, IU's Kelley School of Business has been ranked fourth among U.S. public institutions, 11th nationally and 26th overall.

During spring break, an increasing number of Indiana University students are opting for international locales, where they often travel as part of classes. This year, Korea is a "hot spot" for business, journalism and liberal arts students.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business continues to be ranked among the nation's elite, ranking second among Big Ten schools and 20th overall in Business Week magazine's new evaluations of undergraduate business programs.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business publicly announced a $15 million gift, which will ignite an ambitious $60 million capital campaign to transform its facilities for undergraduate students. The gift is from a graduate of the Kelley School who wishes to remain anonymous.

The Kelley School of Business Living Learning Center (LLC) will open its doors for the fall semester of 2009, housing 250 undergraduate students who live together, take courses together and participate in extracurricular programs that develop a sense of community among students and enable faculty to mentor students.

The Lilly Library announced today (Nov. 17) that Deborah Meier, considered the founder of the small schools movement in the U.S., will donate her personal papers to the library's collection. The announcement came during today's commemoration ceremony for the Indiana University School of Education's 100th anniversary. Meier gave the keynote address during a dinner celebration Sunday night.

A $15 million gift from William R. Fry, an alumnus of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, will provide for a new, life-changing undergraduate scholarship program for financially challenged students from underrepresented areas of society.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several world-class alumni back to share insights with students and other alumni about working with some of America's most popular brands. The third Brand Leadership Conference will be held Sept. 18-19 at IU Bloomington.

Due to increasing demand for executive education provided by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, today (Sept. 9) it is announcing it has built an entirely new campus -- a virtual one in the world of Second Life -- which bears a striking resemblance to buildings on the IU Bloomington campus.

More companies are requiring employees to demonstrate leadership skills at earlier stages in their careers. Senior honors students in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business will be given an opportunity to hone their abilities through a development program being established this fall. The school's Honors Leadership Program initially will enable 30 students to cultivate managerial abilities by working with 300 of their peers both as individuals and as members of student teams enrolled in an integrated group of classes. They will develop interpersonal, leadership and coaching skills that are highly valued by future employers.

Eleven students have been selected as Kelley Scholars by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

STATS Indiana, an award-winning online resource that provides in-depth information about Indiana and other states, is being relaunched with a new, user-friendly design, a large infusion of new data from state government agencies and other enhancements. It is maintained by the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

More than a third of all undergraduate students in IU's Kelley School of Business will have traveled abroad by the time they complete their studies, including an increasing number of them who travel to emerging economic markets. Many more students now will have that opportunity thanks to a generous $400,000 gift from IU alumnus Ed Hutton.

A team of students representing Indiana University's Kelley School of Business earned a victory at the annual Kelley-Krannert Case Competition, held recently at Purdue University.

A team of second-year Master of Business Administration students at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business won first-place team honors in the 2007 Dell & Microsoft Marketing Case Competition at the National Society of Hispanic MBAs 18th Annual Conference and Career Expo.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has again been given top honors by students who praise its faculty, facilities and the overall classroom experience in a new Princeton Review survey. Its MBA program ranked No. 1 in a new category, "Best Classroom Experience," just ahead of Harvard University.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several alumni back to share insights with students and other alumni about working with some of America's most popular brands. The second Brand Leadership Conference, to be held Sept. 20-21 at IU Bloomington, will feature Kelley School alumni who are or have been in senior-level positions at companies such as PepsiCo, Dollar General, General Mills and Hanesbrands.

Starting this fall, more than 1,200 undergraduate majors each year in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business will benefit from a new, hands-on leadership development program being created through a generous grant from Target.

Business professionals, economic leaders, scholars and students in Indianapolis and Bloomington will have an opportunity on Sept. 7 to hear from one of the nation's leading experts on China at events in both cities.

Fortune Small Business magazine reports that both the undergraduate and MBA programs offered by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business are among the top programs nationally "for aspiring entrepreneurs."

Ten new students have been selected as Kelley Scholars by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.