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Pride & Tradition

An Oral History of IU

What does IU mean to you? Alexis Morales, an intern with the Office of the Bicentennial, always makes a point to end her interviews…

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Health & Medicine, Research & Innovation, Science

New Cancer Treatment May Ease Nerves

For patients who have just received a cancer diagnosis, the immediate need is clear: battling the life-threatening dangers of the cancer itself. Yet often…

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Alumni News, Pride & Tradition

Startup CEO Washes Cars, Waxes Conservation

As car washes go, the business model has remained largely unchanged: wash, rinse, and repeat. But Alex Bajzatt, BS’18, the 22-year-old CEO of startup…

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Advice & Expertise, Faculty Spotlights

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…

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Arts & Culture, Cultural Development

In Care of IU

Scattered across seven floors and thousands of shelves, you’ll find them, pampered and padded for their protection, cozy in a climate set just for…

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Arts & Culture

No Space Necessary: Preservation’s Final Frontier

What do a suffragist-era mug, a statue of Benjamin Harrison, and an Indy 500 racing suit have in common? They’re just a few of…

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Research & Innovation

A Field, A Farm, and a Food-Sourcing Feat

Take 10th Street east out of Bloomington, past the bypass, and to your right, tucked into a pocket of apartment complexes, you’ll find the…

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Advice & Expertise

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…

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Arts & Culture

Culture Keepers

On the southern coast of Mexico’s isthmus, in the centuries-old city of Juchitán, a child dips his hand in paint and presses his palm…

The image shows a well-worn, slightly damaged image of the front page of the first issue of what would become the Indiana Daily Student. The masthead reads "The Indiana Student." Below that, issue and date details are listed, followed by a listing of the terms (single copy, one college year: $1.50), board of trustees, and a lengthy article titled "How the Indiana Student was named."

Pride & Tradition

Page Turner

To look through the Indiana Daily Student archives is to look upon the better part of Indiana University’s history. When the past is so…

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Arts & Culture

Screen Savor

“If the ancient Greeks had invented cinema, they’d have a temple like this,” director Peter Weir mused during his visit to the Indiana University…

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Back to Campus

To Protect and Preserve

Along a highway about 30 miles outside of Chicago, you can find IU Northwest biology professor Spencer Cortwright weaving through eye-high prairie grass, picking…