Arts & Culture
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Travel Like a Local: South Bend, Indiana
Kristopher Robinson, BA’09, grew up in South Bend. In this story, he’s sharing all his favorite local haunts, including an IU alum-owned distillery.
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Achieving the Possible
Richard Antoine White, MM’99, DM’12, discusses growing up on the streets of Baltimore before being adopted and finding his passion for music.
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IU Alumna Shares Stories of Syrian Women in Jordan Refugee Camp
Second-generation international alumna, Waed Athamneh, PhD’14, returned to her native Jordan to gather heart-wrenching stories from women who escaped civil war in Syria.
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Excerpt: Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan by Waed Athamneh
Read the story of Fatima, a mother who escaped a war zone, in an excerpt from Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan by Waed Athamneh.
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Travel Like a Local: Berlin
Emily Lines, BA’10, has been living in Berlin since 2011. She shares her favorite Berlin haunts in this Q&A.
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IU Alumni Walk in Ernie Pyle’s Footsteps
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…
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Excerpt: I’m Possible by Richard Antoine White
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.…
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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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Excerpt: Pearl Jam Twenty co-written by Jonathan Cohen
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…
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Jonathan Cohen Pens Pearl Jam Biography
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…