Arts & Culture

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 homes and imprisoned by the U.S.…

In 1979, when she was 4 years old, Khai (Truong) Yang, BA’97, and her family fled Vietnam. “We lost the war in 1975. We fought on the South Vietnamese side…

Working as a private investigator didn’t inspire New York Times best-selling novelist Michael Koryta, BA’06, to create Lincoln Perry, his protagonist of four novels. “It certainly informed [him]. But I…

Lindsey Seavert, BAJ’01, was working as a general assignment reporter for KARE 11, an NBC affiliate television station in Minneapolis, when she covered the drive-by shooting of a 2-year-old. Seavert…

You have Patrick Kelly to thank for the stunt choreography seen on the History Channel’s Vikings. Kelly and the Vikings stunt team, led by Richard Ryan, have created some of the…

The first button Christen Carter, BA’94, ever bought was a yellow one-inch pin with an illustration of Snoopy and Woodstock on a unicycle. She was 12 years old. Jump to…

Marc Tschida, BA’96, maneuvers his scroll saw through striking images of the Sample Gates, Griffy Lake, Beck Chapel, and more. But the Bloomington-based Press Puzzles owner isn’t just handcrafting original…

For all of us, IU is a permanent part of our story. But for these 12 alumni, IU left a special mark—literally—thanks to their tattoo artists. Keep reading for the…

If you’re a die-hard fan of all things IU, there’s a good chance you’ve already heard of … Pulitzer Prize recipient Ernie Pyle, LHD Hon’44 Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom Grammy…

An iconic big red dog. A dystopian battle to the death for scarce resources. A pioneering work of feminist literary criticism. Indiana University authors have produced a diverse range of…

The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black people have exposed a painful but important truth: Many institutions and individuals, despite their best intentions, have…

Hugs, science says, are good for you. That news comes from a 2014 study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, in which they found that hugging can help our…