Photo by Chris Meyer IU's Troy Grosfield (left) and Leslie Majors (right) tackle a Purdue player during the Old Oaken Bucket game last fall. Data recorded in the IU helmets are transmitted to personnel on the sidelines.

Today's Feature

150 years after the

Dred Scott decision

After 11 years of litigation that began in St. Louis Circuit Court, the U.S. Supreme Court in March 1857 denied Dred Scott and his family their freedom, claiming that neither free blacks nor slaves could be U.S. citizens, that slaves were, in fact, "personal property" and thus lacked civil rights to bring a federal suit in the first place. During Black History Month in February, the IU campuses set aside time to explore the African-American experience, both current and historical. Image from the U.S. Library of Congress archives

  • Historical roots: IUPUI launches cultural education web site
  • Black Man’s Think Tank at IU South Bend
  • Men of Color conference at IU Bloomington
  • Black History Month events at IUB
  • Events at IU East
  • WFIU hosts “Every Voice And Sing!” a series examining the founding of black colleges and universities and their singing groups during the Civil War/Reconstruction era
  • From the IU Archives: Butternut Badges and the Civil War
  • And speaking of the U.S. Supreme Court: Joe Hoffmann will be a commentator on an upcoming PBS special

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    Football's a head game

    If you’re a Hoosier with visions of Super Bowl on your mind, here’s another head game. Trainers for the IU football squad are now able to gauge the g-force impact of a tackle through sensors in the players’ helmets.

    A steward of hope

    In today's IU Home Pages' audiostream, meet former IU trustee Jim Morris, the outgoing director of the U.N. World Food Programme.

    What’s in a name?

    IU Northwest researchers are assisting in coming up with a re-branding for "the Region."

    Transitions

    Meet Gary Roberts of Tulane University Law School who has been named dean of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, and IUAA head Ken Beckley, "a retiring kind of guy." Read more "Triumphs and Transitions."

    Hope School launches faculty show

    On the cusp of ArtsWeek in Bloomington (Feb. 21-March 3), check out the new exhibition at the IU Art Museum. It opens tomorrow.

    @WORK

    Meet Tara Halbrook. She’s the “Radar” of IU Kokomo’s Physical Plant.