IU Bloomington
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In Care of IU
Scattered across seven floors and thousands of shelves, you’ll find them, pampered and padded for their protection, cozy in a climate set just for their comfort. They are the artifacts…
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A Field, a Farm, and a Food-Sourcing Feat
Take 10th Street east out of Bloomington, past the bypass, and to your right, tucked into a pocket of apartment complexes, you’ll find the future of urban farming nestled in…
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Indiana University’s Rural Renaissance
Coming soon: a bike path, a social services advocacy center, and a youth artisan apprenticeship program. These are just a few of the projects on deck this year for Orange…
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Culture Keepers
On the southern coast of Mexico’s isthmus, in the centuries-old city of Juchitán, a child dips his hand in paint and presses his palm against a stone wall—one of the…
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Into the Wood
With more than 30 years professional experience as a designer-builder, Nancy R. Hiller, BA’93, MA’96, has run her own custom furniture and cabinetry business in Bloomington, Ind., since the mid-1990s.…
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Hail to Old IU!
IU’s alma mater is sung at countless university events, from football games to Commencement. But have you ever wondered about the origin of our beloved song, its author, and that…
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Alumna Tasked with Telling ‘Obama Story’
In July 2017, IU alumna Louise Bernard, MA’95, MA’97, was named museum director of the Obama Presidential Center, scheduled to open in 2021 in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side.…
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Michael Anthony’s Potato Dumplings Recipe
Michael Anthony, BA’90, who is featured in the Summer 2018 issue of the IU Alumni Magazine, got his culinary start in a Bloomington rental house by testing recipes on his roommates before…
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Anthony DeCurtis: Rock & Roll Writer
As a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine for more than 30 years, Anthony DeCurtis, MA’77, PhD’80, has interviewed dozens of musicians — John Mellencamp, DM Hon’00 (read the 1989 article at…
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Michael Adams: Professor of Profanity
Michael Adams, linguist and IU English professor, wrote the book on profanity—literally; his 2016 book is titled In Praise of Profanity— though he describes himself as more sarcastic than profane. Featured in…
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Jason Vuic: Finding Success Through Failure
Here’s a bit of irony: Author Jason Vuic, PhD’05, has become a success by writing about failure. The books he wrote about the joke-of-a-car Yugo, and the comically terrible Tampa…
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Meg Cabot: Hoosier and Prolific “Princess”
The writer Meg Cabot’s, BA’91, life could have gone in an entirely different artistic direction. Raised in Bloomington, Ind., the author of The Princess Diaries attended IU, lived in the…