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In 1997, Time Out crowned Rayman Boozer, BA’82, the “color guru.” And nearly 30 years later, that title still suits the IU alum, who, as you might expect, calls white…

Bill Benner, BS’73, and his wife, Sherry (Parker) Benner, BS’74, planned to go on their first IU Travels trip two years ago, before the pandemic derailed their plans. After two…

Young Richard Antoine White and his mother don’t have a key to a room or a house. Sometimes they have shelter, but they never have a place to call home.…

A sign in IU Bloomington’s Dunn Meadow read, “Take a flower if you need a smile.” Noelani Edwards (Lani for short), BA’22, became known for gestures like that. In fact,…

In the summer of 2020, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic and at the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests, the United States seemed more divided than ever before.…

Cecilia Sanchez has always had a sense of longing. Sanchez’s father was separated from his family, like other Native children in the years before the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.…

Durand Jones, MM’15, is the latest in a long line of IU Soul Revue alumni contributing to the Great American Songbook . As one of two lead vocalists for Durand…

The following is an excerpt from a speech by Jordan Davis, BS’22, a Kelley School of Business alumna, Herman B Wells Award winner, and IU Bloomington’s 2022 undergraduate Commencement speaker.…

Wearing a lab coat and unruly white wig—think Einstein or a dandelion gone to seed—Walker Smith takes the stage as Maestro Molecules. His instrument: a laptop. His music: the chemical…

IU established the Distinguished Alumni Service Award program in 1953 to honor alumni service, achievement in their fields, and commitment to improving their communities on the local, state, or national…

In 1991, Pearl Jam’s debut album, Ten catapulted the little-known Seattle-based band into superstardom. Then, at the height of their popularity, the band shunned the spotlight, refusing to shoot videos or do…

Jonathan Cohen, BAJ’98, had always been a Pearl Jam fan, so he made it his goal when he got a job at Billboard magazine to interview the band. “I was…