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Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the witty and suspenseful play "Holmes Is Where the Heart Is" at the University’s Art and Journalism Building, Room 225, at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 1–4, and 6–8; and at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 3.

Recent projects from Ball State University’s Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA) Lab are creating new ways to explore Muncie’s past—reflecting IDIA Lab’s ongoing use of digital technology to make local history more accessible to researchers, students, and the community.

Ball State University will celebrate the official opening of its new Center for Innovation and Collaboration with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the corner of Martin Street and Ashland Avenue in Muncie.

Ball State University’s College of Communication, Information, and Media (CCIM) has welcomed accomplished animator, game creator, and entrepreneur Ben Vu, ’00, back to campus this Fall as the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Visiting Expert in Residence for Media.

Ball State University has received funding through the Indiana Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce and expand access to health services in East Central Indiana.

On view Sept. 17–Dec. 18, 2026, Jan Petry's Gift: Outsider and Folk Art in the Museum features 25 original works of art from the estate of Jan Petry, ’61, an advertising executive, collector, curator, and artist.

Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will open its 2026-27 production season with The Fantasticks, presented at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17–20 and Sept. 22–26, with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 27, in Korsgaard Dance Studio, located in Ball Gymnasium, Room 213.

Ball State University Libraries has announced a series of community programs for the 2026-27 academic year, kicking off on Sept. 25 with a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of Homecoming at Ball State.

Ball State University’s College of Health will welcome nationally recognized obesity treatment expert Dr. Ariana M. Chao for the inaugural Elaine Damler Nutrition Lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Room 103 of the Health Professions Building.

A new research brief from Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) finds no statistically significant negative effects on residential property values associated with proximity to large wind or utility-scale solar projects in Indiana.