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A day of reflection, remembrance and revelry
Indiana University Bloomington held its annual Winter Commencement this morning at Assembly Hall, giving the university’s newest graduates an opportunity to look toward a future of promise and also to...
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A new basketball bond
This has been a winter of content for those of us who bleed IU cream and crimson. Our Hoosier men’s basketball team, currently 18-2 and ranked No. 3 in the nation, will take on archrival Purdue this...
View ArticleGood Luck, Hoosiers!
On “Show Your Stripes Day” was there really any question what we’d be bantering about down in Btown? So, without further adieu, here you go. Hoosier Nation is out today in full force wishing the IU...
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We’re social and you know it
Rankings are often subjective, we know. Still, it was nice to see IU Bloomington ranked as the No. 2 large school (and No. 6 overall) on a list of “The Top 100 Best and Most Collaborative U.S....
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Things I love
I admit, I’m a bit of a romantic, especially when it comes to IU and Btown, where I’ve lived for the last 15 years. I received a master’s degree here. Met my lovely wife my first day of school. Have...
View ArticleMathers brings research work to life
Within the modest exterior of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures — one of my favorite places to visit on the IU Bloomington campus — something pretty illuminating is going on. The Mathers, which...
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Consider the possibilities
How do you become the most trusted man in news? If you’re Tom Brokaw, you “consider the possibilities.” In the March/April 2014 issue of Public Administration Review, a leading scholarly publication...
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The TEDx factor
By now, I suspect you’re familiar with TED — the now 20-year-old event series that has spread knowledge and ideas to tens of millions of curious souls around the world. Perhaps you even have your...
View ArticleRolling out the Big Red carpet
We’re still basking in the glow of Move In Day here at IU Bloomington and the fun, energy and excitement that comes with welcoming all of our new and returning students, their families and their loved...
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A best value
For the second straight year, Indiana University Bloomington has been recognized by Washington Monthly for being one of the nation’s top values in higher education. In its 2014 “Best Bang for the Buck”...
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All abuzz about Jonathan Banks
For a guy who’s built a career in film and on TV for playing sinister types and villains, including Mike Ehrmantraut on the award-winning TV drama “Breaking Bad,” Jonathan Banks seemed to have no...
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IU student veterans and the ‘experience of war’
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a...
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Reception to honor Herb Terry, Distinguished Service Award recipient
Herb Terry Guest post courtesy of Steve Hinnefeld, who normally writes at the Policy Briefings blog. If there were a dictionary entry for “faculty governance at Indiana University Bloomington,” it...
View ArticleTelling the inspiring story of a safe haven
“For me the office has really served as a home away from home. It’s kind of this place where I can be sure that there will be acceptance no matter what. No matter what problem I have or what issue...
View ArticleLiving B1G and what it means to be a Hoosier
Beginning this month and throughout the winter and spring, viewers of Big Ten Network basketball and other sports programming will be given a special glimpse into the work being done by IU Bloomington...
View ArticleFor the glory of cold IU!
Let’s get it out of the way. It’s freaking cold out there. How cold is it? It’s so cold I’m having flashbacks to traipsing through a foot of snow to get to class at my old college campus in Siberia …...
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Her story
“She’s the pride of Indiana, Hail to old IU!” For a university to make history, it has to have a powerful “her” story. As Indiana University fast approaches its third century (in 2020), its Bloomington...
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The stories behind Commencement
It’s my favorite time of the year here in Btown. Commencement. A time for taking selfies and smiling snapshots at the Sample Gates. Caps, gowns and the turning of the tassles. Hugs, handshakes and,...
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Welcome Week and the renewal of IU traditions
Newly planted trees in spring 2011 at IU Bloomington’s Dunn Meadow. Walking through Dunn Meadow this afternoon, I was reminded of how quickly time passes in a university community such as ours. It had...
View ArticleBtown bands together for the bees
That’s IU graduate student Ellie Symes, who’s part of a growing network of IU students, faculty, staff and Btown residents taking on the cause of the honeybee and its perilous existence. Ellie, in her...
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