Stephen Standifird Named New College of Business Dean
Stephen Standifird, Dean of the Schroeder School of Business at the University of Evansville, will become the Dean of Butler University’s College of Business beginning June 1. At Butler, he will take over the University’s third-largest college, with approximately 900 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. Butler’s College of Business was ranked 47th in the 2013…
Jordan College of the Arts Bestows Its First Legend Awards
Poet and musician Mari Evans, jazz vocalist Everett Greene, and attorney and arts advocate Fay H. Williams received the Jordan College of the Arts’s inaugural Legend Awards during ceremonies March 18 at Butler University’s Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. Congressman Andre Carson (left) and Dean Ronald Caltabiano (right) with the first…
Jackson Aldridge Tries to Make Fans Comfortable
When he’s not making a name for himself playing basketball, Butler guard Jackson Aldridge is working on his career as a businessman/entrepreneur. As part of his Real Business Experience course, the sophomore economics major from Sydney, Australia, has created Stadium Sidekick, an inflatable drink holder that doubles as a seat cushion. The Stadium Sidekick Stadium…
Butler Library Faculty Help Shortridge Students with Senior Projects
When seniors at Shortridge Magnet High School start work on their required Senior Service Learning Project, they—and their teachers—will be backed with help from several members of the Butler library faculty. Under the leadership of Associate Dean of the Libraries Sally Neal, and with the support of Dean Julie Miller, members of the Butler libraries…
Graduate Student Kurt Carlson Earns Fulbright Award
Kurt Carlson, a graduate student in music history in Butler’s Jordan College of the Arts, has received a Fulbright award for 2013-2014 to conduct research in Austria, through the University of Vienna, on 18th century composer Paul Wranitzky and the First Viennese School. Kurt Carlson Carlson’s work will include searching for Wranitzky’s letters in the…
Professor Eyerly Finds Her Roots, and Her Research Topic
Assistant Professor of Music Sarah Eyerly studies the practice of musical improvisation in the 18th-century communities of the Moravian Church. It’s a topic that seems obscure—until you know the backstory. Sarah Eyerly Rewind to 2002. A cousin sent her father a Pennsylvania Historical Society article about her great-great-great-great grandfather, Johann Jacob Eyerly, Jr., whose newly…
Meet the New Butler Aphasia Community
Students playing games using their non-dominant hands, partners working together to find locations on a map, students and their partners creating beautiful works of art—this is the new Butler Aphasia Community. Members of the Butler Aphasia Community participating in a painting party About 11 students in Butler University’s Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Department began…
LAS Dean Jay Howard Receives Prestigious Teaching Award
Jay Howard, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will receive the American Sociological Association (ASA) 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, which is given annually to honor an educator for his or her efforts to improve the teaching of sociology. Jay Howard Howard will receive the award—the highest award a teacher…
U.S. News Ranks Butler Part-time MBA Program 67th in Nation
Butler Univesity’s part-time MBA program ranks 67th in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools, 2014 Edition, a two-point improvement over its 2013 ranking at 69th. Butler is the top-ranked private school program in Indiana. This is the third consecutive year Butler has made the list; it placed 105th in the 2012 rankings. College…
McGrath Named to College Sports Information Directors’ Hall of Fame
Butler University Associate Athletic Director Jim McGrath has been selected for induction into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame. This honor is presented to members of CoSIDA who have made outstanding contributions to the field of college athletic communications. McGrath will be inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame…
Butler Students Perform Well in Model Arab League
Butler University’s delegation turned in a strong showing in its first appearance in the Model Arab League, held Feb. 21-23 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Kirstie Dobbs, Delaney Barr, Needa Malik Individual honors for Butler include Delaney Barr (International Studies), who received Honorable Mention in Social Affairs; Needa Malik (International Studies), Honorable Mention in…
A Freshman, and Also a National Champion
As a child, Ernie Stevens would watch figure skating on TV and skate around in his socks on the hardwood floor in his house. A decade later, the Butler University freshman is a national figure-skating champion, winning the United States National Championship on Jan. 22 in Omaha, Neb. Ernie Stevens and Christina Zaitsev Stevens and…
Professor’s Study Links Over-the-Counter Drugs With Kidney Disease in Children
Three years ago, physicians specializing in kidney diseases at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis noticed a recurring problem in their patients: Children who had been given ibuprofen at home were experiencing kidney injuries. Chad Knoderer, now an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Butler University, was a consultant for a physician group at Riley…
ChaCha Wins Butler Business Accelerator Test of Mobile Search Engines, Question and Answer Platforms
A new study by the Butler Business Accelerator found that ChaCha answered questions better than 10 other mobile search engines and question-and-answer platforms, including Ask.com, Answers.com, Google, Quora, Siri, and Yahoo Answers. The Butler University Q&A Intelligence Index measured the likelihood that a user could expect to receive a correct answer in a timely manner…
Six from Butler Named to IBJ’s 40 Under 40
Butler is well represented in the Indianapolis Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2013, with five graduates and the director of the University’s Center for Urban Ecology among those selected. The honorees with Butler ties are: -Linda Broadfoot ’98, executive director of the Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation. -Tim Carter, director of Butler’s Center…