A helmeted biology professor Tim Carter holds a small bat in the palm of his hands.

Ball State’s bat man hopes to eliminate white nose syndrome, which has killed millions of the flying mammals he so loves.

A group of researchers stand outside El Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, Canary Islands.

Powerful lenses off Africa’s northwestern coast and in Arizona and Chile are accessible, thanks to Ball State being in collegiate astronomy research group.

Photo shows Mongolia’s Eg River.

Mark Pyron faces a daunting task over the next five years as part of an international research team examining how climate change is affecting large river basins in North America and Central Asia. Pyron, a professor who studies aquatic systems, is a co-principal investigator on a $4.2 million study funded by the National Science Foundation. […]

Kristen McCauliff addresses her class

Once-dogmatic, the communication studies professor now collaborates with her students and has won the respect of colleagues.

Jennifer Blacker and Mike Goldsby discuss entrepreneurial learning.

They discuss the teaching style key to Ball State becoming a top student-centered and community-engaged 21st-century public research institution.

The Beneficence statue

Ball State officials navigate doubts as they try to sell entrepreneurial learning, a student-driven teaching method that touts risk-taking and creativity.

Photo shows two people pointing at monitors in the the A. Umit Taftali Center for Capital Markets and Investing.

The college will add centers this fall focusing on digital marketing and supply chain management as it marks a half-century at Ball State.