Before and After: The IUPUI Campus
The urban space currently occupied by the IUPUI campus has undergone a significant transformation from what it was in the mid-20th century. As we…
IU History
True or False? Myths of IU, Fluoride
Time and imagination can bury the truth of a person, place, or event under layers of mythology. By excavating facts from the deep sediment…
True or False? Myths of IU, The Dunn Family
Time and imagination can bury the truth of a person, place, or event under layers of mythology. By excavating facts from the deep sediment…
A Gift in Gratitude
In the fall of 1916, as war was raging in Europe, twelve international students at Indiana University formed the Bloomington branch of the Association…
New Light on an Old Story: The Secret of the Faculty War
By virtue of repetition, stories acquire momentum and thus endure. A story connected with the institutional saga of Indiana University – the “Faculty War”…
A Day in the Life of a 19th-Century IU Student
Descending from the chugging train, the freshman clutches his trunk. The air is full of ashy fumes. The young man surveys the bustling train…