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119-894: The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) is a public school corporation serving Evansville, Indiana and Vanderburgh County ; its boundary includes the entire county. It is the third largest school district in the state of Indiana , behind Indianapolis Public Schools and Fort Wayne Community Schools and the largest in Southern Indiana . The headquarters are located on Walnut Street in downtown Evansville. The school district serves nearly 23,000 students educated by more than 1,600 teachers. The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation comprises 37 different schools – 17 elementary schools , 7 middle schools , 4 K-8 schools , 5 high schools and 4 magnet schools , one of which draws students from 8 other school corporations across 4 other counties. On November 4, 2008 voters approved

238-539: A skybridge to IU Health's new $ 4.3 billion flagship facility, a consolidation of University and Methodist hospitals, that itself is planned to open in 2027. In 2003, it was one of ten medical schools nationwide chosen by the American Medical Association to develop new methods of teaching professionalism to doctors. To ensure that its educational process more accurately reflected its commitment to graduating caring and competent physicians,

357-513: A $ 149 million bond issue for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, which paid for the new North High school and a list of other projects. *The Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center draws students from eight school districts. Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana , United States. With a population of 118,414 at

476-627: A National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. In federal fiscal year 2023, IUSM ranked 29th for National Institutes of Health funding among all US medical schools (13th among all public US medical schools) with $ 243,608,100 of funding. It was the only medical school in the state from when the Valparaiso University School of Medicine closed in 1917 to when the Tom and Julie Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine at Marian University opened in 2010. IUSM remains

595-539: A block schedule was announced in early 2022, in part because the program was very challenging to coordinate and due to higher-level school administrative pressure for each IUSM campus to be more uniform and less autonomous. The Evansville campus was founded in 1972 as part of IUSM's regional campus system founded in 1971 which would allow medical students to complete their first and second years away from Indianapolis. The first class of five students split their time between Indiana State University–Evansville (which would become

714-678: A campus in Evansville. Other local educational institutions include the nationally ranked Signature School , the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library , and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation . There has been a continuous human presence in the area that became Evansville from at least 8,000 BC by Paleo-Indians . Archaeologists have identified several archaic and ancient sites in and near Evansville, with

833-567: A consortium model with the Deaconess Health System , St. Vincent Evansville , Memorial Hospital and Health Care, and Owensboro Health . In 2013, Indiana University, the University of Evansville, the University of Southern Indiana, and Ivy Tech Community College jointly signed letters of intent to co-locate a new interdisciplinary academic health science education in research campus in the Evansville region. The new campus

952-430: A curative therapy for testicular cancer, the development of echocardiography, the identification of several genes linked to Alzheimer's disease , and the creation of inner ear sensory cells from pluripotent stem cells. In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best graduate schools for medicine, the school ranked 23rd in the nation for primary care and 41st for research out of 192 medical schools. In

1071-709: A fish consumption advisory for fish from the Ohio River based on PCB contamination. The recommended consumption limit for most fish, including carp , striped bass and flathead catfish is no more than 8 oz. per month, but for channel catfish , the recommendation is only 8oz every two months. Six very large coal-fired power plant complexes operate within 30 miles of Evansville: Indiana-Michigan Power 's Rockport Generating Station , near Rockport, Indiana , AES Indiana 's Petersburg Generating Station near Petersburg , and Duke Energy 's Gibson Generating Station near Mount Carmel . Evansville-based Vectren operates

1190-408: A maximum temperature of 90 °F (32 °C) or above and 17 days with a maximum at or below freezing; the mean first and last freeze dates are October 26 and April 7, resulting in a frost-free period of 201 days. Extreme temperatures range from −23 °F (−31 °C) on February 2, 1951, up to 111 °F (44 °C) on July 28, 1930; the record cold maximum of −3 °F (−19 °C)

1309-575: A partnership with the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, an MD/ MS or MD/ MA through various IU schools, an MD/ MS BME in a partnership with Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering , and an MD/ JD in a partnership with the IU McKinney School of Law . The MD/PhD program, which offers full tuition and a stipend to students, is one of many programs to be designated a Medical Scientist Training Program by

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1428-465: A positive evaluation from Flexner, primarily because of its strong emphasis on college preparatory coursework in the sciences prior to enrolling in medical school and its additional training in the basic sciences as part of its medical school curriculum. In its early years in Indianapolis, IUSM used the former SCPS facilities (themselves the former CCPS facilities), erected in 1902 and located at

1547-417: A recommendation for the progress of the school: "In order to make the school attractive to highly qualified students, it will be necessary (1) to employ full-time men in the work of the first two years, (2) to strengthen the laboratory equipment, (3) greatly improve the organization and conduct of the clinical courses." The IU School of Medicine was one of few medical schools in the nation at the time to receive

1666-591: A regional campus without transfer to Indianapolis. In 2009, IUSM and IU Health opened Fairbanks Hall along the Indiana Central Canal , a six-story office and clinical studies building. Nearby is IU Health's Goodman Hall neuroscience center, which opened in 2012, that houses IUSM's Stark Neurosciences Research Institute. On October 19, 2022, IUSM broke ground to create a new, $ 230 million medical education and research building in Indianapolis expected to open November 2024. It will be connected via

1785-479: A scholarly project, and submit a manuscript for publication along with a poster presentation of their project. Projects are traditionally begun in the first year, with presentation and publication by the end of year four. Each campus hosts one to four topics that leverage the expertise of that particular campus. The following are the concentration topics available at each campus: The school's main facilities are located on IU Indy's campus in Indianapolis. In addition,

1904-706: A steady pace of economic diversification and stability. On December 6, 2022, in recognition of the city's massive production efforts during World War II, it was announced that Evansville had been designated Indiana's American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service . The Evansville metropolitan area , the 142nd largest in the United States, includes three Indiana counties ( Posey , Vanderburgh , and Warrick ) and two Kentucky counties ( Henderson , and Webster ). The metropolitan area does not include Owensboro, Kentucky , which

2023-648: A team-based interdisciplinary setting. It also allows students who decide to permanently leave the MD program to apply for the Master of Science in Medical Science degree, provided they have completed all requirements of Phase 1 (years 1 and 2) of their medical education. IUSM offers many combined degree programs: an MD/PhD, an MD/ MBA in a partnership with the IU Kelley School of Business , an MD/ MPH in

2142-451: A university on February 15, 1838, it had the sole authorization to provide state-supported instruction in medicine; but, the development of a medical school had been delayed due to a lack of sufficient funding. A legal opinion published by a W. H. H. Miller on October 31, 1905, stated that the university did not have clear authority to conduct a medical program outside Monroe County , as that legislative act only mentioned medical education "on

2261-469: Is a chaotic mixture of several earlier medical colleges. The 19th and early 20th centuries saw many short-lived medical schools established in Indiana, mostly in Indianapolis, with the majority lasting less than a decade. This is mostly attributable to financial reasons and because most of medical education at this time was taught through an apprenticeship system . The first school was established in 1833 as

2380-558: Is a multi-use indoor arena downtown with a maximum seating capacity of 11,000 connected via Sky Bridge to the Evansville DoubleTree Hotel . It officially opened in 2011 and is used mainly for basketball , ice hockey , and music concerts . Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville The school has pioneered research in multiple specialties, including oncology, immunology, substance use, neuroscience, and endocrinology. Research discoveries include

2499-434: Is also a regional energy hub because of regional energy-related facilities such as BWX Technologies Nuclear Operations Group, coal mines , Global Blade Technology, several large ethanol and biofuel facilities, and a network of gas and oil pipelines. The city of Evansville offers a tax structure for companies locating inside the Evansville urban enterprise zone. Established in 1984 as one of five enterprise zones in

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2618-427: Is an adjacent metropolitan area about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Evansville. This area is sometimes referred to as " Kentuckiana ", although it is usually referred to as the “tri-state" by the local media. According to the 2010 census, Evansville has an area of 44.622 square miles (115.57 km ), of which 44.15 square miles (114.35 km ) (or 98.94%) is land and 0.472 square miles (1.22 km ) (or 1.06%)

2737-686: Is dug up from each yard then dumped in a nearby landfill. The work has many more years to go. The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if a separate race. According to the 2020 U.S. Census , the racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 75.34% (88,374) White alone , 13.65% (16,006) Black alone , 0.31% (362) Native American alone , 1.24% (1,455) Asian alone , 0.51% (596) Pacific Islander alone , 1.97% (2,315) Other Race alone , and 6.98% (8,190) Multiracial or Mixed Race . The racial and ethnic makeup (where Hispanics are excluded from

2856-534: Is home to Bally's Evansville , the state's first casino; Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden , one of the state's oldest and largest zoos; and sports tourism industry . The city has several notable educational institutions. The University of Evansville is a private school on the city's east side, while the University of Southern Indiana is a larger public institution just outside the city's westside limits. The Indiana University School of Medicine also maintains

2975-524: Is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana 62 within the city's east side. Situated on an oxbow in the Ohio River , the city is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River City". Early French explorers named it La Belle Rivière ("The Beautiful River"). The area has been inhabited by various indigenous cultures for millennia, dating back at least 10,000 years. Angel Mounds

3094-486: Is water. The city's southern boundary lies on an oxbow in the Ohio River. Most of the city lies in a shallow valley surrounded by low rolling hills. The city's west side is built on these rolling hills and is home to Burdette Park , Mesker Amphitheatre , and Mesker Park Zoo . The eastern portion developed in the valley and is protected by a series of levees that closely follow the path of I-69 . Notable landmarks on

3213-526: The 2020 census , it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne , the most populous city in Southern Indiana , and the 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area , a hub of commercial, medical, and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area , which

3332-704: The Ball Residence for Nurses , dedicated on October 7, 1928; and Fesler Hall , built in 1939. Long Hospital received the addition of Willis D. Gatch Hall in 1938. Myers Hall was built in Bloomington in 1937 for the medical students there. The school's medical research building was expanded in 1947 with a five-year grant from the Riley Children's Foundation. The Van Nuys Medical Science Building opened in Indianapolis in 1958. The nearby Ruth Lilly Medical Library building opened in 1989. Following

3451-419: The Evansville campus of Indiana State. By 1990 all regional campuses were able to provide the first two years of education before transfer to Indianapolis (prior to this only Bloomington, South Bend, and West Lafayette provided the first two years). Faced with another call for more physicians in the early 2000s, all campuses offered full four-year programs by 2014, allowing students to complete their degrees at

3570-823: The Indiana General Assembly authorized IU to operate a medical school in Marion County. In March 1903, William Lowe Bryan , the tenth president of IU, proposed the formation of a department of medicine at IU Bloomington to the university trustees. The new department was approved and established in May of the same year. The IU School of Medicine was admitted as a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 1904. In addition to IUSM in Bloomington, IU's leaders wanted to locate medical training facilities in Indianapolis. Their initial plan

3689-512: The Indiana Law School formed a loose collection of colleges named the University of Indianapolis (U of I), not related to the modern university of the same name . The Indiana Dental College joined U of I in 1904. Plans existed to create a central campus and expand the number of component colleges but they never materialized, and thus U of I remained an amorphous entity. Its component colleges gradually joined with IU over time with

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3808-576: The National Institutes of Health . IUSM also offers certificates in various fields. IUSM also offers baccalaureate to MD (B/MD) programs at the Muncie, Terre Haute, and Evansville campuses; the programs are only available to Hoosiers . Upon successful completion of an undergraduate degree and meeting other academic and testing requirements, students of a B/MD program at Ball State University (Muncie), Indiana State University (Terre Haute), or

3927-865: The National Register of Historic Places . Evansville lies within the northern limits of the humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), and straddles the border between USDA plant hardiness zones 6b and 7a. Summers are hot and humid, winters are cold to cool. Average temperatures range from 32.5 °F (0.3 °C) in January to 78.0 °F (25.6 °C) in July. Annual precipitation averages 45.3 inches (1,150 mm), including an average seasonal snowfall of 11.8 inches (30 cm). Evansville winters can range from just 0.5 in (1.3 cm) of snowfall in 2011–12, up to 37.9 in (96 cm) in 1969–70. On average, there are 41 days annually with

4046-401: The Ohio River flood of 1937 covered 500 city blocks in Evansville, resulting in a major crisis. With steamboats less necessary to the local economy, city and federal officials responded to the flood and its destruction by constructing more and higher levees: construction that penned and hid the Ohio River behind a barrier of earthen berms and concrete walls. During World War II , Evansville

4165-583: The U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best hospitals, the Indiana University Health Medical Center had seventeen nationally ranked clinical programs. The Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health is nationally ranked in 9 of 10 designated specialties for children in the U.S. News & World Report. The IU School of Medicine is also home to the Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center,

4284-576: The University of Southern Indiana [USI] in 1985) and the University of Evansville (UE). Students attended gross anatomy lab in the back of UE's student union until better arrangements were established. In 1994, all courses moved to USI's Health Professions Center and in 2014, students were able to complete all four years at the regional campus. In 2018, courses moved to the new 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m ) Stone Family Center for Health Sciences in downtown Evansville. The Evansville campus includes expanded graduate medical education residencies through

4403-481: The University of Southern Indiana also contribute thousands of jobs to the tri-state annually. Evansville's strategic location on the Ohio River , strong rail and highway infrastructure, and its designation as a U.S. Customs Port of Entry , make it an ideal location for the transfer of cargo, including internationally. Chemicals make up 64% of international exports from the metro area, followed by transportation equipment (18%) and food manufacturing (5%). Evansville

4522-581: The tri-state 's major center for the healthcare and medical sciences industries. Deaconess Health System and St. Vincent Evansville (formerly St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center ), including the Deaconess Gateway and Women's Hospital just outside city limits, provide the anchors for a health care system that are among the region's largest employers. Educational institutions such as Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation , Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana , University of Evansville and

4641-618: The 1910s and 1920s on property that would eventually become the site of the IU Medical Center on the present-day IU Indianapolis campus. In February 1912, IU acquired property on West Michigan Street, near the Indianapolis City Hospital (the modern-day Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital ), to erect the Robert W. Long Hospital . Construction on the new teaching hospital began in 1912. Although its cornerstone

4760-474: The 1930s: a Kiwanis Unit, dedicated in 1930; a Rotary Unit, dedicated in 1931; and a hydrotherapy pool in 1935. Another of the medical school's early teaching hospitals was the William H. Coleman Hospital for Women . Erected west of Long Hospital and dedicated on October 20, 1927, Coleman Hospital's total cost was about $ 300,000. Other early buildings erected on the medical school campus in Indianapolis included

4879-523: The 2010 census, there were 117,429 people, 50,588 households, and 28,085 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,659.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,027.0/km ). There were 57,799 housing units at an average density of 1,309.2 per square mile (505.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 82.0% White , 12.6% African American , 0.3% Native American , 1.0% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.3% from other races , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of

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4998-632: The Bloomington Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (BLIC) program was a unique aspect of the Bloomington campus and was a motivating factor for students to stay on a regional campus for their clinical education. For example, instead of doing a 4-week rotation in neurology, an 8-week rotation in pediatrics, and then an 8-week rotation in surgery, students would be in a neurology clinic on Monday, a pedatrics clinic on Tuesday, and an operating room on Wednesday, and so on for select rotations for most of third year. Due to

5117-702: The CCM&;S in Chicago. After VU declared bankruptcy in 1917, the CCM&S was sold to Loyola University Chicago and would go on to become the Stritch School of Medicine . Thus, IUSM was left as the last school remaining after a tumultuous century of competition for medical education in Indiana. Dr. Allison Maxwell agreed to serve as the first dean of the four-year IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis in April 1908; he remained as its dean until 1911. Maxwell led

5236-760: The Chicago-based American College of Medicine and Surgery, itself founded in 1901 as the Chicago Eclectic Medical College. Renamed as the Chicago College of Medicine & Surgery (CCM&S) in 1907, the CCM&S functioned as VUSM's physical facilities, clinical sites, and laboratories. In a similar arrangement to IUSM's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, VUSM allowed students to complete their preclinical studies in Valparaiso before transferring to

5355-501: The Christian College at New Albany . It was largely regarded as a fraudulent diploma mill , and offered courses, but not degrees, in medicine. It closed the same year. The first public medical school, Vincennes University 's department of medicine, was short lived as well, only lasting 1837–1838. Many other schools of varying quality and regard would open and close throughout the next 70 years. The first successful school

5474-758: The ICMC in 1851; the ICMC would itself close in 1852. In 1869, another school, also named the Indiana Medical College (IMC), was launched by Bobbs and colleagues as an outgrowth of the Indianapolis Academy of Medicine. Initial classes were held in the Old Indiana Statehouse ; as the building was actively falling apart around this time, classes were soon moved to a building at the northwest corner of Delaware and Court streets. The IMC would associate with IU in 1871; though

5593-677: The IU board of trustees agreed to a merger of the IU School of Medicine in Bloomington with the SCPS in Indianapolis but agreed to take financial responsibility only for the school's facilities in Monroe County. The first two years of training continued at Bloomington and the final two years of clinical training were held at the SCPS in Indianapolis, with a Doctor of Medicine degree conferred by Indiana University. To resolve their ongoing dispute,

5712-706: The Indiana Molecular Biology Institute in response to both institutions' growing needs, with the school relocating to a modified space in the basement of Jordan Hall, now known simply as the Biology Building. In August 2021, IUSM–Bloomington, the Bloomington campuses of the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work, and the IU Bloomington Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences moved into

5831-576: The Indiana University School of Medicine initiated a competency curriculum in 1999. To support the values expressed in the competency-based curriculum, the IU School of Medicine simultaneously implemented a school-wide "relationship-centered care initiative" to address its informal curriculum. In 2016, IUSM implemented a new curriculum to prepare students to meet the challenges of a complex, ever-evolving healthcare environment. The new curriculum prepares students to practice medicine in

5950-523: The Medical College of Indiana (MCI) and associated with Butler University in 1878. The MCI's building was located at the northeast corner of South Pennsylvania and East Maryland streets; it was destroyed by a fire in 1894. Following a bequest by physician William Lomax (a graduate of LPSM), a new medical education building named in Lomax's honor was constructed in 1895. It was razed in 1960 for

6069-515: The South, Catholic Irish coming for canal or railroad work, New England businessmen, Germans fleeing Europe after the 1848 revolutions, and freedmen from western Kentucky. By the 1890 census , Evansville ranked as the 56th-largest urban area in the United States, but it was surpassed in population by other cities in the early 1900s. As the new century began, the city continued to develop to its eastern areas. Manufacturing also took off, particularly in

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6188-531: The University of Evansville, the University of Southern Indiana, or Indiana University Southeast (all for Evansville) will matriculate directly into IUSM at their home campus. Beginning in the fall of 2024, IUSM will offer a "pathway to medicine" program at the new IU Indianapolis campus. The program is partly the result of IU's takeover of the Purdue University School of Science at IUPUI, which allowed for more administrative integration of

6307-591: The air in Vanderburgh County were almost as high as in Manhattan , New York City . A large portion of the downtown and north side areas were declared contaminated by lead and arsenic because of factory dumping dating back to the Civil War. Contractors have been working for more than 20 years to dig up the lawns of residents to make them safe for children to play. About 18 inches of contaminated dirt

6426-488: The automobile and refrigeration industries. The Graham brothers, Ray, Robert, and Joseph, got their start with a successful glass factory in Evansville. After they sold it in 1907, the glass factory became Libbey-Owens-Ford. In 1916, seeing the need for a dependable truck, the Graham brothers entered the truck chassis business. Evansville was home to Graham Brothers Trucks from then until 1929. The dependability of Graham trucks

6545-722: The billions," and many other companies switched over to the manufacture of war material. In 1942, an aircraft factory was constructed adjacent to the airport north of the city for the manufacture of the Republic P-47D fighter aircraft, the legendary P-47 Thunderbolt . Evansville produced a total of 6,242 P-47s, almost half of the P-47s made nationally during the war. After the war, Evansville's manufacturing base of automobiles, household appliances, and farm equipment benefited from growing post-war demand. A growing housing demand also caused residential development to leap north and east of

6664-524: The cardinal points, due north–south, and east–west. Thus, anyone entering or leaving downtown finds the street makes a confusing oblique-angle turn in one direction or another. In the 1970s, the city suffered from problems such as decreased economic activity and suburban flight, but city-sponsored revitalization has improved downtown conditions. The business district and riverfront feature land-based casino gambling, restaurants, bars, and shops that attract tens of thousands of visitors each year. Although much of

6783-773: The city include Alcoa in Newburgh , AK Steel in Rockport , SABIC in Mount Vernon , and Toyota in Princeton . Other major employers with workforces of 500 or more in the area include AT&T , Bristol-Myers Squibb , SRG Global , Industrial Contractors , Mead Johnson , Peabody Energy , PGW Pittsburgh Glass, T.J. Maxx , and Bally's Evansville . Evansville was the headquarters of natural gas and electric utility Vectren from its 2000 founding to its 2019 merger into CenterPoint Energy . Evansville has emerged as

6902-822: The city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. Evansville is the regional center for a large trade area in Indiana , Kentucky , and Illinois . The largest industry sectors in size in Evansville are healthcare, finance, education, and manufacturing. Other major industries by employment are energy, warehousing and distribution, and retail. Corporate headquarters in Evansville include Accuride , Ameriqual Group, Anchor Industries, Atlas Van Lines , Berry Global , Evana Tool & Engineering, Karges Furniture , Koch Enterprises, Lewis Bakeries, Metronet, Old National Bank , Red Spot Paint & Varnish, Shoe Carnival , OneMain Financial , and Traylor Brothers. Major manufacturing operations near

7021-412: The city. However, between 1955 and 1963, a nationwide recession hit Evansville. Among other closures, Servel (which produced refrigerators) went out of business and Chrysler ended its local operations. The economy was saved from near total collapse by 28 businesses that moved into the area, including Whirlpool , Alcoa , and General Electric . During the final third of the 20th century, Evansville became

7140-545: The concurrent negotiations between IU and the MCI. In May 1905, the MCI submitted the same proposal ("...to give its property and assets of an appraised value of $ 100,000 to the University, and to accompany the gift by its good will and the gratuitous services of its faculty; the motive being to permanently establish a medical college of high order in connection with an educational institution of good standing.") that had failed ratification with IU to Purdue's trustees. The trustees took

7259-664: The construction of the Indiana Government Center North . Two more medical schools opened in 1879: the Indianapolis-based Central College of Physicians and Surgeons (CCPS) and the Fort Wayne College of Medicine (FWCM). The CCPS was founded by dissidents from the MCI unhappy with the association with Butler. The FWCM briefly associated with Taylor University from 1890 to 1893. In 1896, the MCI, Butler, and

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7378-481: The corner of Market Street and Senate Avenue. After the consolidation of IUSM with the SCPS and the Purdue School of Medicine in 1908, the medical school used the former Purdue School of Medicine facilities (which were the former MCI's facilities) for about ten years while it secured financing to construct new medical school buildings. Several of the medical school's early buildings in Indianapolis were erected in

7497-559: The creek an industrial corridor. The land comprising the former town of Lamasco was platted in 1837 and was annexed in 1870. Evansville's economy received a boost in the early 1830s when Indiana unveiled plans to build the longest canal in the world , a 400-mile ditch to connect the Great Lakes at Toledo, Ohio with the inland rivers at Evansville. The project was intended to open Indiana to commerce and improve transportation from New Orleans to New York City . The project bankrupted

7616-550: The early twentieth century with the production of lumber and the manufacturing of furniture. By 1920, Evansville had more than two dozen furniture companies. In the decades of the 1920s and 1930s, city leaders attempted to improve Evansville's transportation position and successfully lobbied to be on the Chicago-to-Miami "Dixie Bee Highway" ( U.S. Highway 41 ). A bridge was built across the Ohio River in 1932 and in that same decade steps were taken to develop an airport. But

7735-614: The east side are the 240-acre (1.0 km ) Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve and the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, just southeast of Evansville, between Evansville and Newburgh . For more details on this topic, see List of tallest buildings in Evansville Evansville's original downtown plat was made on about 200 acres, with streets running parallel to the river from northwest to southeast. Other streets nearby were later laid out on

7854-427: The exception of Butler, which remains independent to this day. After IUSM was founded in 1903, formal negotiations opened between IU and the MCI for the MCI to leave U of I and join with IU; however, due to fundamental disagreements on where the resulting school of medicine would be located (the MCI wished it to remain in Indianapolis while IU wanted to move it to Bloomington), the proposal was not ratified, and by 1904

7973-541: The first Europeans to come to the area, using Vincennes as a base of operations for fur trading. As a testament to the Ohio River's grandeur, early French explorers named it La Belle Rivière ("The Beautiful River"). The land encompassing Evansville was formally relinquished by the Delaware in 1805 to General William Henry Harrison , then governor of the Indiana Territory . The city of Evansville, Indiana

8092-485: The first two years of basic science training of the MD program with a master's degree or PhD. A similar program was available at Stanford University at the time. About half of the Bloomington medical school faculty moved, with the remaining half forming the Department of Anatomy and Physiology at IU Bloomington. Medical education resumed at Bloomington in the early 1960s. In 2002, IUSM–Bloomington traded spaces with

8211-497: The first woman graduate of the newly consolidated school, Lillian Mueller, did so in 1909. Abraham Flexner , a renowned American educator whose work helped reform many medical schools, visited IUSM in November 1909. He noted in his later Flexner Report (1910): "The situation in the state [was], thanks to the intelligent attitude of the university, distinctly hopeful, though it will take time to work it fully." Flexner also made

8330-535: The fledgling school through a difficult time when financial budgets were an issue and the consolidation of IU's and Purdue's medical school faculties in Indianapolis and Bloomington was completed. The combined faculty would support the four-year medical school at Indianapolis and maintain the two-year, pre-clinical coursework at Bloomington. In addition to Maxwell, other leaders in IUSM's early history were drawn from Johns Hopkins University , including Charles P. Emerson, who

8449-467: The former MCI's facilities (the Lomax Building) at 212 North Senate Avenue in Indianapolis (the northwest corner of Market Street), in the immediate vicinity of the Indiana Statehouse . The building that housed the CCPS was sold. In May 1906, 122 students received medical degrees from Purdue University and successfully passed the examination of the State Board of Medical Registration. In the spring of 1907, Purdue graduated 68 men and four women; in that class

8568-622: The full title of "the Indiana Medical College, the School of Medicine of Purdue University". On September 25, 1905, the trustees of the CCPS voted to suspend operations and to transfer the students, alumni, personal property, and funds of the college to the Purdue School of Medicine. Later on October 2, the Fort Wayne College of Medicine voted to likewise merge with the Purdue School of Medicine and transfer personnel and equipment to Indianapolis. The Purdue School of Medicine operated out of

8687-480: The grounds of the university". The rivalry was so intense that it is sometimes labeled as the instigating factor for the cancellation of athletic events between the universities from 1906 to 1908; however, newspapers from the time cite a fight that occurred at a baseball game in West Lafayette on May 31, 1906, as the cause. The building that was sold and had housed the former CCPS would eventually come under

8806-403: The hub of the tri-state region's commercial, medical, and service industries. A 1990s economic spurt was fueled by the growth of the University of Southern Indiana . The arrival of giant Toyota and AK Steel manufacturing plants, as well as Casino Aztar (now Bally's), Indiana's first gaming boat, also contributed to the growth of jobs. As the twenty-first century began, Evansville continued in

8925-597: The leaders of IU and Purdue, along with each of their supporters, sought approval from the Indiana General Assembly to operate their own schools of medicine in Marion County, with the 1907 legislative session hearing proposals from both IU and Purdue to operate separate schools. Divided over competing loyalties to IU or Purdue (the state's largest public schools and historic rivals ), legislators debated for months, with neither bill being passed. Eventually, Purdue's president, Winthrop E. Stone , relented and

9044-535: The main campus at IU Indianapolis Indianapolis or at one of the eight regional centers. Students may elect to complete all coursework and clerkships at a regional center, or transfer to the Indianapolis campus for third- and fourth-year clerkships. Regional center students part of the Early Decision Program (a program where Indiana residents apply to only IUSM and are notified of a decision by October 1 of that application cycle) are required to complete

9163-602: The majority of their third- and fourth-year clinical clerkships at their regional center. Due to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation requirement stating that students must have some interaction with a resident physician , campuses that do not have a nearby residency program must allow students to attend at least one third-year rotation at a campus that does. IUSM traces its roots to Bloomington, being founded there in 1903 by president William Lowe Bryan. The Bloomington medical school building

9282-537: The matter was indefinitely abandoned. While negotiations were ongoing between IU and the Medical College of Indiana, representatives from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons approached Purdue University's medical department in West Lafayette , which had been established sometime prior to 1895, to arrange a similar union. The Purdue trustees declined the offer, not wanting to interfere with

9401-416: The most complex at Angel Mounds . This was built and occupied from about AD 900 to about AD 1600, just before the arrival of Europeans to North America. Following the abandonment of Angel Mounds between the years 1400 and 1450, tribes of the historic Miami , Shawnee , Piankeshaw , Wyandot , Delaware and other Native American peoples were known to be in the area. French hunters and trappers were among

9520-525: The nature of this schedule, clerkship National Board of Medical Examiners shelf exams, which are normally taken at the end of a rotation, were all taken at similar times at the conclusion of the program. Because of the intense, multi-subject studying required throughout the program, BLIC students consistently scored higher on shelf exams and on Step 2 CK . Another benefit of BLIC was the development of long-term, meaningful relationships with faculty and patients. The end of BLIC and IUSM–Bloomington's transition to

9639-601: The newly constructed Health Sciences Building, a part of the Regional Academic Health Center (the RAHC). The RAHC also houses IU Health Bloomington Hospital and is located northeast of IU Bloomington's campus at the corner of East Discovery Parkway and State Road 45 . Prior to the 2023 academic year, third-year clerkships at the Bloomington campus were longitudinal, as opposed to the standard block schedule found at other IUSM campuses. Founded in 2012,

9758-415: The opening of Van Nuys, all medical instruction was moved to Indianapolis. Due to a projected shortage of American physicians in the early 1960s, some state politicians called for a second medical school. Rather than face competition, IU proposed the creation of a statewide medical school system under its control. IUSM ceased its consolidatory efforts in Indianapolis and instead looked for partners throughout

9877-443: The other two; the A. B. Brown Generating Station , located just west of Evansville, and Warrick County Generating Station / F. B. Culley Generating Station complex, east of Newburgh , largely owned by Alcoa . In addition, another coal fired power plant complex, The R.D. Green Station, operated by Touchstone Energy 's Big Rivers Electric, exists 20 miles south of Evansville, near Sebree, Kentucky . The levels of fine particles in

9996-699: The outer city's architecture is typical suburban design, the city's downtown district retains early twentieth-century architecture. A few blocks east of the main business district is the Riverside district , featuring tree-lined brick streets full of turn of the twentieth-century homes. The Reitz Home Museum is one of the finest examples of French second empire architecture in the United States. Other homes nearby feature similar character and design and include Italianate , Colonial Revival , and Renaissance Revival styles. Evansville has thirteen neighborhoods that have qualified as historic districts and are listed on

10115-520: The ownership of IU supporters, who would establish a separate medical school, the State College of Physicians and Surgeons (SCPS), there in 1906. Clinical faculty were recruited from those unhappy with the arrangement with Purdue. This school offered clinical instructions to IU Bloomington's third- and fourth-year medical students. The SCPS enrolled 109 students in September 1906. In August 1907,

10234-513: The partnership ended in 1876 when IU failed to receive state funding for medical instruction. The MD program at the IMC was not particularly rigorous, and one could graduate after only five months of study. In 1874, the College of Physicians and Surgeons opened in Indianapolis as a breakaway school from the Indiana Medical College following a dispute over admissions policies; the schools reunited as

10353-443: The population. There were 50,588 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.5% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

10472-463: The proposal into consideration, and were "convinced that the conditions were unusually favorable to the consummation of a union of interests where all previous efforts had failed, and to the inauguration of a progressive educational movement of great value to the State". By September the proposal was accepted subject to the approval of the state legislature, and the MCI became part of Purdue University with

10591-450: The racial counts and placed in their own category) was 74.18% (87,008) White alone (non-Hispanic) , 13.50% (15,834) Black alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.23% (273) Native American alone (non-Hispanic) , 1.23% (1,438) Asian alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.50% (590) Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.48% (558) Other Race alone (non-Hispanic) , 5.62% (6,589) Multiracial or Mixed Race (non-Hispanic) , and 4.27% (5,008) Hispanic or Latino . As of

10710-845: The school be governed by a board of directors consisting of representatives from IU, Purdue, and the Indiana State Medical Association. This shared governance came to an end on February 26, 1909, when the state legislature formally authorized IU to operate a medical school in Marion County and clearly mandated that IU assume total responsibility for the state's public medical school. The state legislature's authorization enabled IU's medical students to complete years two through four of their medical education in Indianapolis or remain in Bloomington for their first two years before transferring. Students still had to complete at least one year in Bloomington. Following Indiana University's near-total consolidation of medical education in

10829-409: The school maintains eight regional centers on college campuses throughout the state at Bloomington (IU Bloomington), Muncie (Ball State University), Fort Wayne (IU Fort Wayne) , South Bend (University of Notre Dame), Terre Haute (Indiana State University), Evansville, West Lafayette (Purdue University), and Northwest–Gary (IU Northwest). First- and second-year medical students attend classes at either

10948-456: The school than was previously possible. Seven- and eight-year programs will exist; eligible freshmen admitted into the school of science at the new IU Indianapolis will have direct acceptance into IUSM provided they meet and continue to meet the rigorous program requirements. The Scholarly Concentration Program is an optional experience that complements a student's core medical curriculum. Students may research topics of personal interest, complete

11067-487: The site of a new courthouse in 1891. The era of Evansville's greatest growth occurred in the second half of the 19th century, following the disruptions of the Civil War . The city was a major stop for steamboats along the Ohio River, and it was the home port for a number of companies engaged in trade via the river. Coal mining, manufacturing, and hardwood lumber was a major source of economic activity. By 1900, Evansville

11186-478: The state and was so poorly engineered that it would not hold water. By the time the Wabash and Erie Canal was finished in 1853, Evansville's first railroad, Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad , was opened to Terre Haute. The expansion of railroads in this territory had made the canal obsolete. Only two flat barges ever made the entire trip. The canal basin at Fifth and Court street in downtown Evansville became

11305-568: The state legislature accepted IU's proposal and established a statewide system for medical education, and five other first-year training sites were added throughout the state by 1981 at IU Northwest in Gary , Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne , Ball State University in Muncie , Indiana State University in Terre Haute , and at a joint venture of the University of Evansville and

11424-526: The state to expand medical education; the first two years of medical education resumed at Bloomington as well. In 1968, IUSM found its first partners: the University of Notre Dame in South Bend and its old rival, Purdue in West Lafayette. Pilot programs were established at each campus, and about a dozen students at both Notre Dame and Purdue were allowed to complete the first two years at their regional campuses before transferring to Indianapolis. In 1971,

11543-571: The state's only allopathic , MD degree-granting school. Indiana University (IU) established a department of medicine at Bloomington in 1903, but the school in Indianapolis traces its founding to 1908, following the resolution of a rivalry with Purdue University over which institution had the legal authority to establish a medical school in Marion County . A year after the IU- and Purdue-affiliated schools in Indianapolis were consolidated in 1908,

11662-560: The state, only two proprietary schools remained, both of which would close in the following years (the Eclectic Medical College of Indiana, 1900–1908; and the Physiomedical College of Indiana, 1873–1909, which was held in high regard among contemporaries at the time). The final independent medical institution was the Valparaiso University School of Medicine (VUSM), founded in 1902 after VU's purchase of

11781-518: The state, the 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km ) area offers inventory tax credits and other tax credits to eligible businesses. Historic Bosse Field , a 7,180-seat baseball stadium in Garvin Park, was built in 1915 and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use in the United States. It is surpassed only by Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1914) in Chicago. The Ford Center

11900-411: Was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.91. Median household income was $ 36,330 (2016), with the per capita income being $ 21,368 (2016). Poverty level was 21.7%. The median age in the city was 36.5 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 25.8% were from 45 to 64, and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

12019-451: Was Arett C. Arnett, a physician who helped establish a Lafayette clinic in 1922 later known as Arnett Clinic and today known as Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital . The founding of Purdue's medical school triggered a debate over which state university, IU or Purdue, had the legal authority to establish a state-supported, four-year medical school in Indianapolis. IU believed that under the legislative act that elevated Indiana College to

12138-486: Was a major center of industrial production which helped revive the regional economy after the Great Depression . A huge, 45-acre shipyard complex was constructed on the riverfront east of St. Joseph Avenue for the production of oceangoing LSTs ( Landing Ship-Tanks ). The Evansville Shipyard was the nation's largest inland producer of LSTs. The Plymouth factory was converted into a plant which turned out "bullets by

12257-672: Was a permanent settlement of the Mississippian culture from AD 1000 to around AD 1400. The European-American city was founded in 1812. Evansville anchors a regional economic hub based primarily on trade, transportation, and utilities; professional and business services; education and health services; government; leisure and hospitality; and manufacturing. Two NYSE -listed companies ( Berry Global and OneMain Financial ) are headquartered in Evansville, and three companies traded on NASDAQ ( Escalade , Old National Bank , and Shoe Carnival ) are also headquartered in Evansville. Evansville

12376-458: Was appointed as the second dean of IUSM in 1911 and served in that role until 1931. Willis Dew Gatch became the third dean of the medical school in 1932. In 1909, Gatch invented the Gatch adjustable hospital bed , which used a crank to raise and lower the patient's head and feet. John D. VanNuys, a 1936 graduate of IUSM, became its fourth dean in 1947. Amelia R. Keller , department of pediatrics,

12495-568: Was constructed about 200 feet (61 m) northeast of Long Hospital and completed in the fall of 1919 at a cost of $ 257,699. Long Hospital was considered for demolition in the 1950s and was ultimately replaced by University Hospital in 1970; the building remains in service to IU Health and IUSM as Long Hall. The cornerstone of the Riley Hospital for Children was laid on October 7, 1923, and dedicated on October 7, 1924. The hospital, named in honor of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley ,

12614-514: Was constructed in 1937 using funds from the Works Progress Administration . Following the opening of VanNuys in 1958 and subsequent movement of all medical education to Indianapolis, the Bloomington medical science building was renamed as Myers Hall in honor of medical school dean Burton D. Myers. Not wanting Myers Hall to go unused, IU president Herman B. Wells secured funding for an advanced degree program that combined

12733-528: Was designated as the county seat on January 7, 1818. The county was named for Henry Vanderburgh, a deceased chief judge of the Indiana Territorial Supreme Court. Evansville became a thriving commercial town with a river trade, and the town began to expand outside of its original footprint. Evansville's west side was for many years cut off from the city's main part by Pigeon Creek and the factories that developed along it, making

12852-504: Was due in part to their use of Torbensen internal gear drive rear axles. In 1921, after the death of both Dodge brothers, Graham Brothers started selling 1.5 ton pickups through Dodge dealers. (Dodge did not manufacture trucks at the time). These vehicles had Graham chassis and some Dodge parts. Dodge Brothers bought a controlling interest in Graham Brothers in 1925, picking up the rest in 1926. The city saw exponential growth in

12971-491: Was erected north of Long Hospital. The James Whitcomb Riley Association (now known as the Riley Children's Foundation ) hoped to raise an initial $ 250,000 in funding to add to the state's appropriation. By 1923 it had received $ 911,518 in pledges from more than 30,000 citizens, including $ 45,000 in donations from a mass fundraising event. Significant additions to the hospital were built over the years, including three in

13090-407: Was expected to open fall 2018. The interdisciplinary campus plan included a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m ) simulation center with an advanced collaborative space. The facility was planned to be a combination of immersive training space, research, and potential product development. Following a $ 15 million donation from philanthropists and Evansville natives Bill and Mary Stone, the new building

13209-412: Was founded in 1812 and incorporated in 1817. It is situated on an oxbow in the Ohio River , and is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River City". On March 27, 1812, Hugh McGary Jr. purchased about 441 acres and named it "McGary's Landing". In 1814, to attract more people, McGary renamed his village "Evansville" in honor of Colonel Robert Morgan Evans . Evansville incorporated in 1817 and

13328-479: Was hailed as a peacemaker, stating that Purdue should leave medical education to IU since it was not central to Purdue's mission as an agricultural and mechanical university and because the problem was so disruptive. In April 1908, IU and Purdue reached an agreement that incorporated the SCPS and the Purdue School of Medicine into the school of medicine in Bloomington and retained the name Indiana University School of Medicine. The agreement additionally stipulated that

13447-626: Was laid on November 1, 1912, the Great Flood of 1913 delayed the building's opening until 1914. Long Hospital was dedicated on June 15, 1914, and admitted its first patients the following day. Also planned with the opening of Long Hospital was the creation of the IU Training School for Nurses. Originally a part of IUSM, it became its own school (the IU School of Nursing ) in 1956. Emerson Hall , another early medical school building,

13566-562: Was named the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences. In addition to the Evansville campus of IUSM, the Stone Center also houses healthcare and related programs from USI, UE, and Ivy Tech. IUSM–Fort Wayne is IUSM's newest campus, being founded in 1981 when it moved into the third floor of a classroom and laboratory building at IPFW. In 2009, it moved to a new 43,000-square-foot medical education building. IUSM–Fort Wayne

13685-607: Was one of the world's largest hardwood furniture centers, with 41 factories employing approximately 2,000 workers. Railroads eventually became more important and in 1887 the L&;N Railroad constructed a bridge across the Ohio River. Along with a major rail yard southwest of Evansville in Howell, which was annexed in 1916 and completed the city's counterclockwise march around the horseshoe bend. Throughout this period, Evansville's main ethnic groups consisted of Protestant Scotch-Irish from

13804-752: Was set on January 20, 1985 and December 22, 1989, while, conversely, the record warm minimum of 82 °F (28 °C) was last reached July 8, 1980. In August 2018, the mayor of Evansville sent a letter to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORVWSO) opposing a proposal to eliminate pollution control standards for the Ohio River. Evansville is located downstream from the river's origin. Sources of pollution that affect water quality include agricultural runoff , raw sewage discharges from combined sewer overflows , and toxic chemicals released by companies with water pollution permits . The state of Indiana issues

13923-543: Was the private LaPorte University School of Medicine (LPSM) founded in 1841. The first proprietary school was the Indiana Central Medical College (ICMC) founded in Indianapolis in 1849; it served as the medical department of Indiana Asbury University, today known as DePauw University . John Stough Bobbs , a pioneer local physician, served as the ICMC's dean. LPSM was renamed to the Indiana Medical College in 1846 and would ultimately merge into

14042-519: Was the sole woman on the clinical faculty of the IU Medical School in Indianapolis after the school's consolidation with the Purdue School of Medicine in 1908. IUSM graduated its first class of twenty-seven students and conferred its first Doctor of Medicine degree in May 1907. The first graduation of the consolidated IU and Purdue schools of medicine took place the following year. IUSM's first black student, Clarence Lucas, graduated in 1908;

14161-438: Was to provide medical students with the first two years of coursework at Bloomington and the final two years at Indianapolis, where students would receive clinically based training as part of their studies. Prior to 1908, due primarily to the high cost of establishing its own medical facilities in Indianapolis, IU attempted to merge with existing medical schools, but the effort was unsuccessful. The current school in Indianapolis

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