Stories BySarvary Koller ’15

On April 11, the Butler Women’s Club Volleyball team won the national championship by defeating the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “I think our energy throughout the whole day helped us get through,” said Kerry Risley, the club president. “I know we were all exhausted, but our adrenaline and keeping each other pumped up got us […]

COB students finish third with their mobile charitable giving app

Graduate student Luke Flynn’s composition has won two international competition awards.

Hannah Hendricks’ experience with sexual assault hits especially close to home for Butler students—she was raped during her first year on campus. “Students know that sexual assault exists,” said Noelle Rich, founder of Stand Tall, a student organization dedicated to awareness and prevention of sexual assault. “But not everyone knows it exists on our campus. […]

Butler freshman gets 15 seconds of fame with Kathie Lee and Hoda

Computer Science Professor Ankur Gupta found himself teaching computer coding to young Indian children.

After more than 30 years as Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Opera and guest conducting across the country, James Caraher now relies on his vast expertise to prepare the next generation of opera talent—students. Caraher, who joined the Butler Opera Theatre as Music Director in January, has opera students preparing for the upcoming “A Night […]

Three days at New York Fashion Week, three backstage runway passes, and three girls from Indiana. Sound like an impossible combination? Not for Fashion at Butler University (FABU), a fashion club in its second year on campus. FABU President Savannah Kleiner ’17, Vice President Brittany Zoet ’17, and Treasurer Katie Reed ’15 received a phone […]

When Anna and Bobby closed their eyes to make a birthday wish on December 11, a birthday shared with the state of Indiana, they had no idea of the adventure that would ensue. What happened next to the two 10-year-old book characters set them on a historical quest—they travel back in time with Native American […]

Ellen DeGeneres surprised her friends at Butler University’s Delta Gamma sorority—again. Barely a month after making a Skype phone call to the sorority, DeGeneres flew 10 DGs to Los Angeles to appear on the Thursday, February 12, episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (Watch their segment here.) But the fun didn’t end with a free […]

By Sarvary Koller ’15 Andres Pena ’15 sat in his Intro to Marketing class at Butler University last year mulling over a prompt: change the world through a mobile device. Pena considered how the smartphone, with its seemingly endless capability, could be used as a tool to help those in need. He came up with […]

In a kindergarten classroom at Indianapolis Public School 91, Anissa Hakim ’15 calms a young girl who is terrified of receiving a vaccine. This is not the first time Hakim has spoken with a child scared of vaccination, but this time, she knew exactly how to approach the subject to ease her student’s nerves. Hakim […]