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Looking Back at an American Tragedy
Mere weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, six IU alumni shared their first-hand accounts from that devastating day. Their stories were then shared in the IU Alumni Magazine.
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A Physician’s View of the Drug Epidemic Ravaging Rural America
Will Cooke, BA’94, MS’95, MD’01, had no idea what he was in for when he moved back home to southern Indiana after completing his medical residency in Muncie, Ind. In…
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Herron Alum Shares Indian Culture Through Design
Ria Vavhal, BFA’23, a two-time Top 100 honoree from Mumbai, discusses finding community while being the only international student in her Herron School of Art and Design program and incorporating Indian tribal art into her coursework.
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Nobel Prize Lands at IU
The late Elinor “Lin” Ostrom was named a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009.
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IUPUI Grads and Sisters Create Online Platform to Match Nonprofits with Donors
Launched in 2022, becauseOne, which resembles an online gift registry, supports nonprofit organizations and their specific needs.
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Stone Maidens Author Sells 100,000 Books After Going Viral on TikTok
Eleven years after publishing his book Stone Maidens, Lloyd Devereux Richards, JD’80, became a best-selling author on Amazon.
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Children’s Book Illustrates Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom’s Uncommon Life
Lin’s Uncommon Life, written by Scott Shackelford, BA’05, and Emily Castle, follows Elinor Ostrom from childhood to winning a Nobel Prize.
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Salary Negotiation: Earn What You’re Worth
Receiving a job offer is thrilling, but negotiating the salary can be daunting. Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow, JD’91, clinical assistant professor of business law and management at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, shares six tips for negotiating the salary you’re worth.
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Revisit IU Bloomington in the 1970s with Films by Al Edyvean
From freshman orientation and sorority recruitment to the 1975–76 men’s basketball team, Al Edyvean, BA’72, MS’75, captured it all on camera.
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Triathlete Jenny Smith Reflects on One of the World’s Toughest Events and Surviving a Shark Encounter
Only 52 athletes in the world have successfully completed the Enduroman Arch 2 Arc challenge—Jenny (Johnson) Smith, BS’99, is one of them.
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IU South Bend Alumna Dedicates 50 Years to Her Local Kroger
In 1972, Linda (Holderread) Pearl, BS’76, started working at her local Kroger in Plymouth, Ind. She retired from that store 50 years later.
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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.