On a sunny Saturday last April, nearly 1,000 women rolled up their sleeves for breast cancer research. Another 1,500 volunteers tomorrow are expected to give blood for a study being conducted at the IU Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
Social theorist Richard Florida's most recent book explores the "flight of the creative class." Join him at IUPUI May 12 for a discussion of cultural tourism.
Senegalese novelist Boubacar Boris Diop's exploration of Rwandan genocide in 1994 was written in French in 2000.
Murambi, The Book of Bones will be published next week by the IU Press in the first English translation of the writer's works.
Jackie Harding is administrative secretary for aerospace studies. Recently, she jumped aboard a KC-135 and followed her cadets to Cape Canaveral.
An IU Southeast business professor chose the
Wall Street Journal as a teaching tool in her classrooms; now she's serving as an educational consultant and maintains a Web log for the highly respected newspaper.
Felisha Legette-Jack is named head women's coach.
Commencement week at IU's eight campuses begins May 6. The first ceremonies are on the Bloomington campus, and film producer Michael Uslan will be the commencement speaker.
The spring edition of
Research and Creative Activity takes as its theme the life sciences and biology. The IU magazine will receive an award next month from the international competition of the Society for Technical Communication.