The College of Arts and Sciences values diversity, equity, and inclusion as core strengths and essential elements in the success of its educational mission. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is grounded in our aspiration to cultivate intellectual rigor and curiosity among our students and to prepare them to thrive in and contribute to a globally diverse, complex, and interconnected world.
Eduardo S. Brondizio, Distinguished Professor of anthropology, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences recognizes achievement in science by election to its membership. He is only the 32nd faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences in the university’s history.
Read the full storyMore than 3,000 students took part in College Care Week, which offered an eclectic mixture of events across the Bloomington campus. Activities represented some of the unique topics of study that students can explore via the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Walker Smith might just be a polymath in training - majoring in chemistry and music composition, with many other interests between and aside. His journey into musical chemistry (or chemical music?) combines these seemingly very different disciplines and can teach us all a thing or two about the beauty of studying the arts and sciences.
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the United States, has elected three College faculty members -- Jamsheed K. Choksy, Lynda F. Delph, and Elisabeth A. Lloyd -- to its ranks in its latest class of honorees.
Read about their workMelanie Pennington, a lecturer in sculpture at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, encourages her students to gather everyday objects from IU Surplus to transform into creative sculptures. This semester, students’ creations included a solar system constructed from records and CDs, a mouse trap built from electronic waste, and a grandfather clock repurposed as a coffin.
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Rachael Nez, a filmmaker, academic, and teacher from the Navajo reservation, is also a recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The fellowship enables Nez to conduct their own research into Native American and Media Studies, while teaching and lecturing, remotely, at IU Bloomington.
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