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“I Owe Everything to IU”
Eleanor Cox Riggs, BA’55, MA’82, began cheering for Indiana University before she could spell it. As a little girl in Terre Haute, she sat on the living room floor, listening…
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A Heartbeat from Home
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.…
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Soul Survivor: Celebrating 50 Years of the IU Soul Revue
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…
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IU Podcast Festival Inspires Stories of Survival and Renewal
The power of podcasts is something that excites Julie Deem. “Hearing our voices, the emotions are so much more raw, and you really feel it,” said Deem, an IU Kokomo…
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IUPUI Researchers See Promise in the Guts of Blow Flies
Could blow flies become a critical line of defense in wartime? Absolutely, say IUPUI researchers. A team from IUPUI’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program has uncovered the ability of blow…
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“Be Irrationally Imaginative” Says IU Commencement Speaker
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.…
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What Do Molecules Sound Like?
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…
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Justice Is Served—By IU Alums
Is IU a pillar of justice(s)? You bet. Allow us to make the case. Between Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law (at IU Bloomington) and Robert H. McKinney School of…
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Our Cosmic Cleanup Problem—And Its IU-Led Solution
Here’s an unnerving thought: Floating miles above your head at this very moment are more than 34,000 pieces of space debris. That’s more than the undergraduate population at IU Bloomington—and…
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IU Geniuses And The ‘Intellectual Room To Roam’
By almost any measure, the word “genius” is overused these days. Your co-worker is a self-proclaimed “basketball genius”; your neighbor admiringly dubs you a “genius at landscaping.” But in the…
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Want To Be Happier? Try Gratitude.
If you are one of the many folks who found yourself struggling with mental health during the pandemic (or anytime for that matter), Y. Joel Wong, professor of counseling psychology…
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In Tokyo, IU Olympians Prove Mettle, Win Medals
There was an easy trick to spot an IU Olympian at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo: Where there was a pool, there was most likely a Hoosier. Swimming, diving,…