Photo by Chris Meyer 1:47 A film documentary about the downtown explosion in Richmond that claimed the lives of 41 and continues to reverberate through the generations nearly 40 years later was announced on the IU East campus April 6.

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Million dollar wheels

The Little 500 bicycle races on the Bloomington campus this weekend have been a campus tradition for 57 years; the races also have raised $1 million for scholarships through the years. Photo by Chris Meyer

 

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IU commencements fast approaching

Tavis Smiley will be the commencement speaker at IU Bloomington May 5, beginning the traditional round of commencement exercises throughout the state that finishes with IUPUI's ceremony on Mother's Day.

IUSM to build Glick Eye Institute

If society spent one-tenth of the money it spent to support unnecessary blindness, said Helen Keller, the rewards would be both economic and far-reaching for humanity. Philanthropists Eugene and Marilyn Glick have taken those words to heart.

It’s a great IDeA!

IUPUI's IDeA and IU Bloomington's IUScholarWorks are new repositories to store faculty research on the Internet, allowing both accessibility, preservation and broader exposure to other researchers globally.

Behind the scenes at the Ogle

There's diversity of both performers and regional audiences that come to one of IU Southeast's beautiful campus landmarks each year. Read about the behind-the-scenes crew that keeps the Ogle perking, and about an upcoming performance featuring the premiere of a work by an IUS staff member.

Street violinist

IU alumnus Joshua Bell added the prestigious $75,000 Avery Fisher Prize to his accomplishments this month, but his stint as a street performer during a federal rush hour in D.C., proved less than formidable, reported the Washington Post Magazine April 8.

IU's first female Ph.D

She was a zoologist, a suffragist, an educator and a pioneer lecturer on rural sanitation. Meet Effa Funk Muhse.