Sophomore Caitlyn Foye Crowned 500 Festival Queen

Sophomore Biology major Caitlyn Foye of Newburgh, Indiana, has been crowned the 2016 Indianapolis 500 Festival queen. See WTHR’s interview with her here. Foye was chosen from a final field of 33. The 2016 500 Festival Princesses represent 13 Indiana colleges and universities and 21 cities and towns across the state. With a cumulative GPA…

Evans Woollen, Who Designed Clowes Hall, Dies at 88

Evans Woollen, the Indianapolis architect who designed Clowes Memorial Hall, died Tuesday, May 17. He was 88. In 2013, the 50th anniversary of Butler’s beloved theater, he gave an interview to Butler Magazine in which he talked about how he was hired, why he decided to use exposed concrete, and how the building has held…

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Reducing Food Waste Is Their Goal. This Is Their Story.

The Food Recovery Network is one of several sustainability efforts on campus. By Hayley Ross ’17 Making sure they don’t throw out the extra food on their plate is not enough for Bailey Armstrong ’16 and Olivia Carroll ’17. As executive members of Butler’s Food Recovery Network, their goal is bigger: eliminating food waste across…

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Hahn, Pingel Named Most Outstanding Students

Rachel Hahn ’16, a Spanish and Communication Sciences and Disorders double-major from Zionsville, Indiana, and Chad Pingel ’16, a Finance and Marketing double-major from Des Moines, Iowa, have been selected as Butler University’s Most Outstanding Female and Male students, respectively. Hahn has a 4.0 grade-point average and achieved seven different academic honors, including being named…

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Professor Rao’s Artwork Is All Over Indy This Summer

Summer break? What summer break? Just as school is letting out, Art + Design Associate Professor Gautam Rao finds himself participating in three upcoming high-profile events. The first is the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s miniature golf course, which opens to the public May 10. The course features 18 holes designed by local and regional artists,…