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IU Chemistry unveils science mural with WonderLab and city

A new mural was unveiled in the alley next to WonderLab, funded in part by the new Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design, over the weekend. Focused on science education and outreach, especially for children, this mural features a child looking through a microscope at a leaf. As the mural continues, viewers will see various tiers of magnification on the leaf, all the way down to its nanoparticles.

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Research spotlight: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

A research team that includes Edward Herrmann, a senior research scientist and geoarchaeologist within the College's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, recently discovered evidence of an agricultural system dating back more than 1,000 years at the Angel Mounds State Historic Site.

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Internship spotlight: Joseph Johnson

A love for music and public service have always been central to Joseph Z. Johnson’s life, and part of why he chose to pursue a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with an emphasis on Public Practice and a minor in African American and African Diaspora Studies.

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Student spotlight: Kate Kwan Tiu ('25)

This past summer, Kate Kwan Tiu ('25) worked as an Eli Lilly and Company Talent Development Academy intern with the assistance of a Lawrence M. Blatt Biotechnology Internship Fund scholarship from the College’s Walter Center for Career Achievement. Her internship is a step toward a career that could include focusing on solutions for public health problems.

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New leaders, initiatives to catalyze arts and humanities research, creative activities across IU

Indiana University is investing in new leaders and initiatives in arts, humanities and culture. At a time of accelerating change in and around arts and humanities, the university will expand institutional support, create stronger connections between its hallmark strengths, and drive expanded cultural engagement with local communities across the state and beyond.

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Student spotlight: Rivkah Bunes ('25)

“The POLS D.C. program is one of the best things I’ve done for my academic and professional career. Coming to Washington has taught me so many lessons about myself and the political world in which I plan on having a career. There is nothing like the experience of putting yourself into the political arena as a college student.”

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How IU Libraries Preserves its Collections

Tucked behind IU Health Bloomington Hospital, the Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility provides care to a very different type of patient: the 4.2 million books, documents, and records in the library’s collections.

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Faculty spotlight: Alvin Rosenfeld

For devoting his life to the study of Jewish history and culture and teaching it to the next generation, Professor of English and the Irving M. Glazer Chair of Jewish Studies, Alvin Rosenfeld, has been added to The Algemeiner's "J100," honoring 100 people worldwide that positively influence Jewish life.

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"These 'Things' I Call Art" showcases Eskenazi alumnus and faculty Don Gene Bell

University Collections at McCalla School launches a retrospective exhibition of the innovative and heterogeneous oeuvre of Eskenazi alumnus (B.A. '61, M.F.A. '65) and former faculty member Don Gene Bell with a reception Thursday, November 9, from 5 to 7 pm.

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Internship spotlight: Mickaela Joyce, ’23

This past summer Mickaela had the opportunity to intern at Volition Entertainment in Los Angeles. Her experience as a development intern was funded by the Suzy Kriscunas Internship Scholarship and gave her a peek behind the scenes of what a job in film and television could be like.

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Faculty spotlight: Eduardo Brondizio

Eduardo Brondizio will be awarded the 2023 Volvo Environment Prize for his research examining human-environment interactions and how they’ve transformed the Amazon. Brondizio, Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the first Volvo Environment Prize laureate from IU.

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Faculty spotlight: Aurelian Craiutu

Amidst increasing political polarization, Aurelian Craiutu, a professor and Chair of the Political Science department within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, has published a new trade book, Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals.

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Chemistry Department group finds dazzling arrangements of gold nanoparticles

Xingchen Ye and his group in the Department of Chemistry demonstrated that gold nanoparticles could be induced to form unique crystals with promising properties. Their work was highlighted on the cover of the August 16th edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Spotlight: Sydney Foreman

"As a recipient of the Tracy Gardner Internship Scholarship through the College’s Walter Center for Career Achievement, I not only had the opportunity to further my education and get one step closer to a career in spreading food sovereignty, but also allowed me to make new friends across the Atlantic and made the community of the world all that much smaller. This scholarship provided me with a life changing experience that I will cherish forever!"

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National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute grant

Thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute grant, Dr. Suzanne Godby Ingalsbe, associate director of the Institute for Advanced Study, and Dr. Maria Hamilton Abegunde, assistant professor in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, can bring 25 faculty members from around the country to work on the topic of engaging trauma and controversy in research collections.

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Toddler learning research delivers insights for AI

Professor Linda Smith from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College is part of an IU team studying how children learn and process information visually.

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Internship spotlight: McKenzie Bennett, '24

IU student McKenzie Bennett, a double major in Geography and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, is forging connections and making gains in her fields of study with support from the College.

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Professor bridges academia, humanitarianism on Ukraine-Poland border

In a world marked by profound societal transformations and global challenges, there are individuals who not only grasp the intricacies of contemporary issues but actively strive to make a difference. Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, esteemed anthropologist and geographer at Indiana University, stands out as one such individual. 

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American Chemical Society honors Professor Raghavachari

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has honored Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Krishnan Raghavachari with the Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. This honor is given to those who demonstrate outstanding achievement in using computers to advance chemical or biological research, and the award is given internationally to one person each year.

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Sustainable Food Systems Science team publishes in “Nature”

An article published in "Nature" by researchers at Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Ostrom Workshop, and School of Public Health, reveals how investment in rural sustainability could address issues ranging from rural poverty and social inequity to climate and biodiversity crises.

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IU College of Arts and Sciences to host its annual alumni awards celebration

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences selects several alumni to receive two distinct awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. This year’s honorees exemplify the breadth and depth of a liberal arts education and the many paths to success that it promises.

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IU professor part of cutting-edge publication on neutrino measurement

Using a new instrument, researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington are closer than ever to finding the mass of the so-called ‘ghost particle’, which has been studied for more than 75 years.

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Grad student presents mission design project at NASA's summer school

Over the course of 11 weeks, Brandon Radzom and his colleagues at NASA’s Planetary Science Summer School learned to design objectives, methods, and a budget for a hypothetical billion-dollar New Frontiers mission to one of Saturn’s moons.

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Nobel Laureate Hansen visits College for Festschrift Conference in honor of Joon Park

The international Advances in Econometrics (AiE) Conference and Festschrift in honor of Joon Park, to be held September 29-30, will welcome Lars Hansen, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and currently the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

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Midwest Center for Biodiversity at IU launched at Kent Farm

In a rapidly changing climate, the newly launched Midwest Center for Biodiversity, within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, will be the first center dedicated to studying why the Midwest is losing biodiversity. The center will recommend solutions in conservation practice and policy, and increase awareness of the urgent response needed to stop this loss.

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New advanced electron microscope enables atomic-level discovery of novel energy-efficient materials

A new NEOARM Transmission Electron Microscope will enable researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and partners in the region to examine materials used in the making of plastics, metals, fuels, and even quantum matter at single-atom resolution.

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Psychology program in the College of Arts + Sciences ranks high in U.S. News and World Report

The psychology program within the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington are among the nation's top undergraduate programs, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges rankings unveiled Monday.

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Courses, coaches help students design meaningful career pathways

“Design Your Life and Career” is an eight-week course, offered in 7 sections twice per semester by the College of Arts and Sciences Walter Center for Career Achievement at IU Bloomington. Approximately 700 students engage in the course each semester, which is open to students in any year of study. 

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Biology professor’s plant development research has big implications

Luke Nikolov, a professor in the Department of Biology, is working to understand plant development to such a detailed degree that it could lead to easier gene manipulation with specific benefits for humans, such as greater crop yields and increased biofuel production. Nikolov is the primary investigator for the Floral Development and Diversity Lab, which will include undergraduate and graduate students.

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College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington names new ODI Faculty Fellows for 2023-24 academic year

The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington has named Ishan Ashutosh, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, and Asaad Alsaleh, an associate professor and chair of the Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures in the Hamilton-Lugar School of Global and International Studies, as the College’s 2023-24 Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) Faculty Fellows.

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Seven Indiana University students awarded Critical Language Scholarships

Seven students from Indiana University Bloomington participated in the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program during the summer of 2023. They are among approximately 500 competitively selected American students at U.S. colleges and universities who received a CLS award in 2023. 

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College of Arts and Sciences hires more than 40 new tenure-track faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington has hired more than 40 new tenure-track or tenured faculty, who will be starting either this fall or who joined the College last spring semester, in and across dozens of academic departments and disciplines, and who will contribute significantly to the College’s and IU Bloomington’s intellectual vitality while providing breadth and depth to the campus’ teaching mission and research enterprise.

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The Cold War in Berlin: Building Global Perspectives through ASPIRE Study Abroad Tour

Professor Tatiana Saburova led a group of 10 students on an 10 day study tour of Berlin, Germany, to serve as the companion course to her HIST-D 312: Histories of the Cold War.

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Internship Spotlight: Lauren "Wren" Garcia

Undergraduate Lauren "Wren" Garcia shares her experience interning with Eli Lilly and Company and the experiences and skills she gained from her time there. 

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2023 McKinney Climate Fellows

In its seventh year, the McKinney Climate Fellowship has created more than 200 student fellowships. This year, students are leading projects in community climate resilience planning, habitat restoration, and clean energy adoption.

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2023-24 Goldwater Scholars and nominees

Two undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington have been awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarships, while two other undergraduates were nominees.

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Research by IU scientist Juergen Schieber provides new insights into the potential for early steps of biological evolution on Mars

A team of scientists comprised of Juergen Schieber, a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, and colleagues on NASA’s Curiosity Rover mission, uncovered the first tangible evidence for sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars.

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IU bridges language barrier between US military and Ukraine

Within a month of the Russian invasion in February 2022, about one-quarter of Ukraine’s population had fled the country, leading the military to request IU to create a Ukrainian phrase book in order to bridge the language barrier between members of the U.S. military and Ukrainian military partners.

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IU Faculty + Resources + YOU = Scientific Breakthroughs

Dr. Martin F. Jarrold and Dr. David E. Clemmer, from the Department of Chemistry, were featured in 'Chemical and Engineering News' magazine for developing the technology of charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS). 

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Students enrolled in the ASPIRE OAXACA program offered through Anthropology and Collins visited Oaxaca, Mexico in May

"Self-Governance, Sustainability, and the Arts in Oaxaca, Mexico" is an 8-weeks course with a two-week travel component that took students to Oaxaca to study the social, political, economic, and linguistic contexts of contemporary Oaxacans.

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Professor Herrera-Cárdenas recipient of Outstanding Service Award by American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) has named Israel Herrera-Cárdenas, a Teaching Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), the winner of the 2023 AATSP Outstanding Service Award.

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With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

An op-ed by Executive Dean Rick Van Kooten explains why colleges of arts and sciences are the beating hearts of many universities.

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Corpse plant "Wally" to bloom

"It's a bloom," reported John Leichter, gardener and acting supervisor of the Biology Building greenhouse on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. Leichter was referring to the shoot that had emerged from the corm of the greenhouse's corpse plant (Amorphophallus titanum), fondly known as Wally.

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Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities

Ph.D. candidate Sharif A Wahab spent years interviewing Rohingya people – members of an ethnic minority who have lived in Myanmar for centuries but without actual citizenship – in refugee camps in Bangladesh. These talks show the real-life effects of people remaining refugees for years.

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Benedict awarded 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting

Media School alumni James Benedict, B.A.J. ’17, was recently awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting as one of the reporters for the story “Wall Street Traders or Washington Officials? Sometimes It’s Hard to Tell.”  

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Student Voices Abroad: Lila Socks Reflects on Refugees in Jordan

Hamilton Lugar School students in Dr. Elisheva Cohen’s study abroad course: Refugees and Forced Migration in Jordan, traveled to Amman, Jordan. Students volunteered for and learned from refugee aid organizations, local communities, and refugees themselves.  

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IU Bloomington ranks 12th among Peace Corps’ historically top volunteer-producing schools

Twenty-five applicants from IU Bloomington are serving or will serve abroad in 2023. Since the agency’s founding in 1961, more than 1,762 IU alumni have served abroad as Peace Corps volunteers.

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Turkey’s presidential election – how Erdoğan defied the polls to head into runoff as favorite

Ph.D. candidate Salih Yasun writes about Turkey's presidential runoff election in May 2023, after no candidate won more than half the votes in the first round – the barrier needed to be declared an outright winner.

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Elissa Day joins three IU Egyptology alumni at Harvard

After graduating with her M.A., Elissa Day is heading home to London before starting Harvard’s Ancient Near Eastern Studies Ph.D. program with a sub-field in Egyptology this fall. There, she will join three other IU alumni in the same program.

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IPE grants fund student research focused on the environment and sustainability

The Integrated Program for the Environment (IPE) awarded grants to 15 students, ranging from freshman to Ph.D. candidates, for research projects focused on the environment and sustainability.

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Assistant Professor Dr. Vanessa Cruz Nichols awarded Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Vanessa Cruz Nichols, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was recently awarded a 2023-2024 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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20 Under 40: 2023

The College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to present our 2023 list of amazing young alumni who made the 20 Under 40 list.

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Biology department researchers make strides in understanding powerful bacteria impacting millions globally

Irene Newton and MaryAnn Martin’s research, currently in review, for the first time shows interactions between host proteins and those secreted by Wolbachia: a genus of bacteria that’s being used to control the spread of Dengue. 

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New endowed professorship announced

The Michael Henry Heim Chair in Central and East European Letters was created and endowed by Priscilla Heim in honor of her late husband, an eminent literary scholar, translator, and teacher.

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IU Geology professor awarded prestigious Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of Cambridge

Chen Zhu, a globally recognized geologist and professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, will join the University of Cambridge as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor.

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