Photo by Chris Meyer
The Old Oaken Bucket
A bucket by any other name is simply not as sweet, as IU’s Brandon Mosley (left) can attest. The Old Oaken Bucket is now in IU possession, following the defeat of Purdue University 27-24 in the annual pairing of Indiana’s gridiron greats Nov. 17 at IU Bloomington’s Memorial Stadium. Waiting to place a smooch on the 82-year-old trophy is Ben Wyss (jersey 61). IU will make its ninth bowl appearance New Year’s Eve. See story at right for details.Today's Feature
Changing the course
“Now and then in our lives, we have the opportunity to meet individuals with the energy and vision to alter what would otherwise constitute the inexorable course of history,” writes the IU Foundation’s Tyagan Miller of the AMPATH program, which is addressing the tragedy that is AIDS in Kenya. To view images from Miller's recent trip, click on the photo to the left.
Photo by Tyagan Miller/Courtesy IU-Kenya Partnership.
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Babes and toyland
Mattel’s Barbie was named the most requested toy for girls by the National Retail Federation last month — the fifth year in a row - but Mattel chairman and CEO Robert Eckert, who served as a Kelley School of Business faculty member last month, discusses the heavy issues of toy making: safety, accountability, the intricacies of globalization and other matters in today’s “Conversation online.”Making a joyful noise
There are some interesting data from an oncology fellow at the IU School of Nursing: young children whose care includes music-based activities, such as playing instruments or singing action songs, have a greater frequency of positive coping behaviors.SeaChange at South Bend
A legendary whale expert and a British actress who played the lead in the BBC series “All Creatures Great and Small” will be at IU South Bend Jan. 15 for a free lecture performance that embraces science and prose toward promoting sustainable communities.
Connecting global dots
IU’s new International Strategic Plan was unveiled Dec. 6 mapping a strategy for expanded study abroad and international service learning programs, as well as recruitment of international students. Click here to read about some of IU’s most recent international partnerships
IUB commencement
IU President Michael McRobbie will preside at his first on Dec. 15, and alumnus John Chambers (left), chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, will be the speaker.
War as infamy
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Among today’s stories, IUB historian Jim Madison reflects on a Mishawaka Red Cross worker who died in 1944 while working in France, and historian Jim Lane and colleagues reflect on the Vietnam War in a special edition of IU Northwest’s Steel Shavings.
Who is wealthy?
WTIU radio ran a great segment from NPR recently with the Wall Street Journal’s Robert Frank on definitions of wealth; after you know how rich you are, read a new study on charity donors from the IU Center on Philanthropy. (Higher income donor households--those with incomes of $100,000 or more--give a lower percentage of their income on average than do those with incomes under $50,000.)
Giovanni to keynote
Poet Nikki Giovanni, a regular visitor to the IU campuses, will speak at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. dinner in Indianapolis on Jan. 20.
AlcoholEDU
A right of passage at IU Bloomington is completion of a cognitive/ behavioral skills course on alcohol, required of all IUB freshmen before they arrive on campus. A new SPEA study on Hoosier traffic safety bears witness to one incontrovertible consequence of irresponsible drinking habits.
