IU Bicentennial

The main library (rededicated as the Herman B Wells Library in 2005) was dedicated in October of 1970, and almost since the building’s construction was announced, rumors questioning its ability…

When World War II ended in 1945, the country welcomed back hundreds of thousands of young men, many of whom had cut their higher education short, or skipped it all…

On the evening of April 24, 1957, in the auditorium of the chemistry building, Assistant Professor Charles Rohrer prepared the final demonstration for the Southern Indiana section of the American…

Popular Methodist minister William “Bill” Daily, BA 1836, served as Indiana University’s third president from 1853-59. His election was marked by political maneuvering and his resignation was due to ecclesiastical scandal.…

The iconic photo of three freshmen looking at the Lilly Library, which appeared on page nine of the October 1960 issue of the Indiana Alumni Magazine, is missing what has…

When angry letters from Indiana citizens arrived in August 1946, IU President Herman B Wells, BS’24, MA’27, LLD’62, knew he had a problem on his hands. “Take steps to fire the Reds…

The 1960s are often remembered for the Vietnam War, civil rights protests, long hair, and assassinations, but it was also a time when Indiana communities aggressively sought extension centers, branch…

In the summer of 1896, a twenty-six-year-old art historian and recent graduate of Harvard University, Alfred Mansfield Brooks, made the long trek cross country to the relatively young Indiana University…

Each year, current and prospective students hear the popular myth about former IU President Herman B Wells, BS’24, MA’27, LLD’62, and the IU Bloomington lamp posts. The myth goes as…

In Fall 2018, the IU Alumni Association launched a private label wine program–the 1820 Collection—to celebrate the IU Bicentennial. The winemaker? Indiana University alumnus David Brutocao, MBA’83. Brutocao Family Vineyards…

Those of us who attended Indiana University fifty years ago started 1969 with a sense of change and uncertainty. As I look back on 1969, I’m struck by how that…

One of the greatest records of public service ever compiled by a graduate of Indiana University belonged to Otis R. Bowen, BA’39, MD’42, LLD’76. From IU, Bowen went on to…