A Spectacular Pumpkin Artist
“The bigger, the better—and smooth” is Amie Villiger Harris’s definition of the perfect pumpkin. She compares finding her ideal orange canvas to the scene…
Arts & Culture
Excerpt: More Than Marmalade: Michael Bond and the Story of Paddington Bear
Michael Bond never intended to be a children’s writer. Though an avid reader, he was by no means a model student and quit school…
Marbles, Metal, and Physics Magic
Tom Harold, BA’94, was both delighted and positively transfixed. “It was George Rhoads’s rolling ball sculpture in the [Indianapolis] Children’s Museum,” he recalls. The…
Rosanne Tolin Authors First Bio of Paddington Bear Creator
Rosanne Tolin, BA’90, “devoured” the Paddington Bear book series as a kid. “I read my first Paddington book [when] I was probably about 8…
IU in Your Queue: 28 Podcasts Worth Subscribing To
Members of the IU family are standouts in every field, and podcasting is no exception. Listen to Erica Mandy, BAJ’07, deliver the news in…
Katy O’Brian’s Acting Résumé Includes Your Favorite TV Shows
Since its inception in 2007, HoosOnFirst Improv Comedy club at IU Bloomington has bred a slew of talented entertainers. Katy O’Brian, BA’11, an original…
Excerpt: You Should See Me in a Crown
Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it’s okay—Liz…
Leah Johnson Rises to Young-Adult Author Fame with Debut Novel
The inaugural young adult (YA) pick for Reese Witherspoon’s book club. A 2021 Stonewall Honor Book. One of the “Best Young Adult Books of…
Out in the Heartland
It was Thanksgiving when Sheldon Raisor, BS’10, came out to his parents as gay. They didn’t take the news well. If he wanted to…
Honoring the History of Our Asian American Alumni
The stories of Asian Americans are often skimmed over by U.S. history books. Younger generations tend to know very little about the experiences of…
The Pursuit of Asian American Equality
In pursuit of the “American dream,” Paul Park’s parents immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s. “[My dad is] the oldest son of eight…
Surviving Heart Mountain
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Yoshito Kawahara, PhD’79, and his family—because they were of Japanese descent—were forced from their…