Meet the IU team saving languages and lives with linguistics
Linguists are in the business of studying language, scientifically. Like anthropologists of the spoken word, they document and examine what we say, how we…
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Faculty Star Becomes Planetary Protector
The title of “Planetary Protection Officer” might sound like something straight out of Star Trek—but it’s not. It’s all science, hold the fiction. NASA…
Indiana University’s Rural Renaissance
Coming soon: a bike path, a social services advocacy center, and a youth artisan apprenticeship program. These are just a few of the projects…
James Hamblin on ‘Maintaining a Human Body’
In his book, If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body, James Hamblin, MD’09, tackles an array of questions—the…
The Business of Craft Beer
Sometimes there’s nothing better than heading to your favorite local watering hole and grabbing a glass of ice-cold beer. Today, thanks to the rise…
Ask an Archivist: IU East’s Beth South
What is your favorite collection in the IU East archives? My favorite collection is the student newspaper collection. It is our most complete collection,…
IU Prof Helps Fight Fear
Jeff Nelsen gets scared when he performs. We all do. But, he says, “Fear is a choice.” He should know. Nelsen, a French horn…
Small House, Big Living
When Laura Yates, MS/MPA’16, came to Bloomington in 2014 for the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs’s grad program, she brought The Little…
A Voice for the Voiceless: Alum becomes leading advocate for refugees
It takes a special kind of person to dedicate his or her career to helping people who are fleeing from war and political strife….
A Vision for Success: Alum achieves dream of being an NFL referee
“Blind zebra” is one of the tamer terms irate football fans have shouted at NFL referee Bryan Neale, BS’92, but it’s a label he’s…
Meet Madame Fromage: An IU Grad Spreading Her Love for Cheese
Tenaya Darlington, MFA’97, has a not-so-secret identity: Madame Fromage, cheese blogger extraordinaire with a sense of humor sharper than any cheddar. “I’ve always thought…
Hammering Out a Better Neighborhood
When Mina Starsiak, BGS’07, and her mother, Karen E Laine, JD’92, bought a fixer-upper home in the Fountain Square neighborhood just south of downtown…