Photo by Chris Meyer
Kelly Richardson, assistant curator of IU's Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection, adjusts the sleeve of an outfit from the "Was there a Mrs. Kinsey?" exhibit at the Monroe County History Center. Writer Tracy James was there as the exhibit, which runs through March 26, was constructed.
Today's Feature
Celebration and preservation
While mastodons have been extinct for 10,000 years or so, there have been many sightings along the green spaces around the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne. The public art initiative called Mastodons on Parade has added thousands of dollars to the United Way of Allen County. Down the way in Hamilton County, the IPFW Archaeological Survey is promoting the importance of Midwestern archaeology through programs centering on a small town called Strawtown, which hasn't been inhabited for more than six centuries
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IU President Adam Herbert announced last week that the search process for a Bloomington campus chancellor, which carries with it the additional responsibilities of senior vice president of academic affairs for all IU campuses, will continue. The IU Board of Trustees responded with a resolution passed at its Nov. 4 meeting.
Hoosiers and philanthropy
Hoosiers in their wage-earning years are more likely to give, and to give more, than people of comparable ages elsewhere in the U.S.
The statistics suggest a bright future for Indiana philanthropy, says Gene Tempel, director of the IU Center on Philanthropy. In related stories,
the IU campuses respond to the needs of their local United Way campaigns, and writer Nicole Roales charts the course of an IU East
initiative to revitalize a Richmond neighborhood.
Carol Polsgrove's advanced journalism students are on site in Louisiana and Mississippi to report on the progress of hurricane recovery efforts. Click here to
read daily reports of their experiences on a Web log
The Brooking Institution's Alice Rivlin discusses U.S. economic policy and issues a challenge to public policy schools to "start a more reasonable dialogue, in a new segment of
"Conversations online," a monthly audiostream featuring IU faculty and distinguished visitors to campuses throughout the state.
Symposia you can use
Faculty members are invited to an afternoon introduction on Nov. 18 to Turnitin.com, a plagiarism detection software that has been acquired for the Bloomington, Indianapolis, South Bend and Richmond campuses. The half-day
Fall Research Symposium on Dec. 2 at IUB will feature a review of the university's research landscape through the last year, by IU VP Michael McRobbie.
