Extending personal boundaries and creating opportunities for engagement are at the heart of the IU College of Arts and Sciences’ Leadership, Ethics and Social Action program. A capstone project inspires undergraduates to expand their senses of community — with activity that takes place a few blocks or a few continents away. Senior Richa Sharma (above) arrived in Kenya the day after Christmas, just as violence was breaking out. Still, her ties to the community surrounding Oloolaimutia Primary School are likely to remain strong ones.
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Aiding Kenya
Contributions are flowing into IU’s Kenya Recovery Fund. You can help, too.Cranky babes
Relax, new parents, just because your infant is a terror doesn’t mean that first grade will be a nightmare.Race and gender
If these two issues are the elephants in the parlor of the Democratic primary, a panel of IU professors suggests there are other critters lurking about as well.Dream job
When Ruby Dee, the 2008 Oscar nominee for best supporting actress, was on the Bloomington campus in 2002, she recorded an audiostream, revealing the role she would most like to play: that of Janie Stark in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.IDAH rather be an artist
The Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities will enable and expand digitally based arts and humanities projects by bringing together scholars, artists, librarians and IT experts.
Dream economy
A global perspective is becoming essential to Indiana’s economy, and the IU Business Conference March 5 in Indianapolis will offer analysis, assessment and tactical ideas for businesses of every size — plus a vision of the future from the governor.
‘On Shame’
Michael Morgan’s new book, On Shame, deals with shame as a response to genocide. Join him Feb. 27 at the new College Arts and Humanities Institute for a discussion.
Monkey business
Stress have a hold on you? Come hear Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky (a MacArthur “genius”), discuss his research with zebras, monkeys and other primates, all of which do a much better job of processing the life’s ups and downs.
Stressed-out bacteria
An IU biologist who studies adaptive mutations in E. coli has been elected to the American Society for Microbiology.
Darwin at 199
At IU Northwest, there’s always a cake for Charles Darwin. Bob Mucci thinks it’s good for science to remember the controversial figure. (Did you know that Darwin and Abraham Lincoln share a birth date?)
Cupid for child care
Fort Wayne housing staff spent their free time Feb. 14 dispensing heart-shaped doughnuts; funds will go the IPFW Childcare Center.
