Championing academic excellence across campus

Rahul Shrivastav is the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Indiana University Bloomington. 

As chief academic officer, he leads the campus in advancing academic excellence—supporting faculty, promoting student success, and fostering a collaborative environment for learning, research, and creative activity.

 

Momentum at every level

74,000+undergrad applications, up 39% from 52,000 in 2022.

48,424students enrolled, up 6% from 45,328 in 2021.

60+new faculty hired through the Faculty 100 initiative

Impact around campus

Luddy’s Crandall collaborates on $900,000 research grant for AI tools to help middle school students

LUDDY SCHOOL

Luddy Professor David Crandall is part of a collaborative research group that has received a $900,000 NSF grant to develop AI tools to aid in science education by helping middle school students better learn to interpret science diagrams.

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Rethinking what a degree can be: Building IUB’s interdisciplinary future

FROM THE PROVOST

Provost Shrivastav highlights the importance of IU Bloomington’s interdisciplinary degree programs in preparing students to tackle complex challenges, collaborate across fields and drive meaningful impact.

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SPH-B faculty provide their expertise to first-year undergraduate students in new eight-week program

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - IUB

Jared Allsop and Miriam Jocelyn Rodriguez provided expertise and mentorship to first-year undergraduates in IU Bloomington’s new eight-week First-Year Seminar, helping students build critical thinking and career skills.

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New GenAI 101 course available to IU community

Indiana University’s new GenAI 101 course empowers anyone with an IU login to gain practical generative AI skills in a free, self-paced online course with no prior experience needed. This free, self-paced online course will focus on 20 key GenAI skills and three critical areas:

  • Foundational prompt engineering
  • Using AI as a thought partner
  • AI as a productivity amplifier

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64%Increased campus fundraising from $120 M (2022) to $197 M (2025)

$75 Millioninvestment to expand engineering academic programs

16 new degreesto meet market demands