IU Fun Facts For Your Birthday Month
January On January 20, 1820, Indiana University was “born” in Bloomington, Indiana. Today, IU has nearly 765,000 living alumni—one of the largest alumni bodies…
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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…
McKinney Law Alumnus J.B. Stradford was Prominent on Black Wall Street
One hundred years ago, a section of Tulsa, Okla., called Greenwood, or more commonly known as “Black Wall Street,” was destroyed by a hostile…
Olympic Gold Medalist: Milton Campbell
Milton “Milt” G. Campbell Sr., ’57, was the first African American to win Olympic gold in the decathlon. Campbell was a senior in high…
The Woman Behind The IU Trident
When Maura Young Johnston, BA’97, MIS’99, received her 2021 edition of Imagine magazine, something caught her eye. “I saw your mystery and went looking,”…
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)…
Jacobs At 100: Celebrating A Century Of Beautiful Music
When Barzille Winfred Merrill accepted the position as head of the IU Department of Music in 1919, he hoped to create a music school…
Who Is KDVD? An IU History Mystery
We don’t know who KDVD is. We don’t know what KDVD stands for. But we may have KDVD to thank for Indiana University’s most…
IU’s Latino Legacy
In 1973, the Office of Latino Affairs was established at IU Bloomington. With Horacio Lewis serving as director, four principles guided the OLA’s work:…
Decoding Commencement
For what is believed to be the first time in IU history, university officials were compelled to cancel Commencement festivities for the class of…
5 Facts of IU Commencements Past
Much has changed over the course of IU’s 200-year history, including the largest and most symbolic of the university’s ceremonies—Commencement. With historical research and…
IU Football, Preston E. Eagleson, and the 1885 Civil Rights Act
The Eagleson name is familiar to many at Indiana University and in Monroe County, as the prominent African American family is riddled with “firsts”…