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Alum Stephen Hofer: More than an ‘Aviation Attorney to the Stars’
Game show contestant. Genealogical curator of Dunn Cemetery. Aviation attorney. Stephen Hofer, BA’76, walks readers through his life.
Affinity Giving at Indiana University now accepting grant applications
The Affinity Giving program at Indiana University is pleased to announce the opening of the application window for the 2024 grant cycle.
Legendary Loss
Bob Knight, the legendary and often controversial former Hoosier men’s basketball head coach, died Nov. 1, 2023. He was 83.
Stories Set in Stone: An Old Cemetery Tells Tales of IU’s Deep Past
Dunn Cemetery has been a family gravesite since the 1820s. Approximately 68 people are buried in the cemetery, possibly a few more in unmarked graves.
A Dirty Job—With Bright Results
Are you one of the millions of people who have ever had strep throat? Or pink eye? Or a urinary tract infection? If so, chances are good that antibiotics helped you get better.
Tailoring a New White Coat
Our health is precious to us. And choosing a medical doctor is essential, yet personal. But for many members of minority communities, it can be difficult to find a skilled physician who shares their background and identifies with their challenges.
The Man Behind the Gates
Edson W. Sample, MS’71, who funded one of IU Bloomington’s most cherished landmarks—the Sample Gates—died in early December 2022.
How Do We Live and Thrive in a World with AI?
Artificial intelligence could write this article and you might not even notice. AI is getting so good—some might say scary good—that the line between humans and technology seems blurrier than ever before.
Finding Fibbers
Baloney, hogwash, hooey, rubbish, poppycock, bull. Call it what you will, disinformation is a problem. The proliferation of provably false information is only growing and becoming more subtle, sophisticated, and subversive.
IU to Honor Three Alumni with Highest Award
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Three Indiana University alumni will receive IU’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award on Oct. 19, during Homecoming weekend on the Bloomington campus. The award is the highest honor bestowed on IU alumni by the university.
Educating Entrepreneurs Like Nobody’s Business
The Business Opportunities for Self-Starters program at IU East (BOSS for short) imparts this fundamental lesson to local high school students by teaching economics, entrepreneurship, and, yes, how to write a business plan.
The Indiana University Foundation welcomes five distinguished members to its Board of Directors
The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) welcomes five new members to its Board of Directors: Amy Balcius, Pamela Carter, Robert Johnson, Sallie Jo Tardy Mitzell, and Cheng Wu.
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