Best of the Best
IU established the Distinguished Alumni Service Award program in 1953 to honor alumni service, achievement in their fields, and commitment to improving their communities…
Pride & Tradition
Study, Work, Repeat: Alumni Reminisce About the Jobs They Held While Attending IU
In the Summer/Fall 2022 issue of the IU Alumni Magazine, readers wrote in about their work experiences while students at IU. Our inbox was…
Contestant Chronicles
More than a dozen IU alumni have appeared on some of the most iconic, nationally televised game shows, including “Wheel of Fortune.”
Jonathan Banks’s IU Roots Run Deep
Jonathan Banks’s grandfather laid the foundation of Indiana University—literally. Henry Sherman Adams, a farmer and limestone cutter, helped cut and lay the stone for…
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…
Tales of First Dates
In the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of the IU Alumni Magazine, readers submitted first-date memories from their time at IU. To say our inbox was…
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…
Donors Join Forces To Support IU’s LGBTQ+ Community
“It’s not enough to pay lip service to diversity and inclusion. We must actively strive to improve the lives of those who are marginalized…