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A new three-year initiative that seeks to preserve and sustain traditional communication practices among Navajo and Lakota communities has received grant funding of $449,877 from the National Endow... Read more about Navajo and Lakota communities, IU receive NEH, NSF grant for collaborative project to preserve endangered indigenous languages, cultural knowledge
Arts and Humanities News
IU to strengthen, expand presence as national leader through new Washington, DC, location
Indiana University has secured an eight-story building in Washington, D.C., that will serve as a critical hub for research, leadership and learning for members of the IU community.
From emergency permit to licensed teacher thanks to IU pathway program
The Indiana University School of Education in Indianapolis launched the District-Based Alternative Certification program to help bachelor's-degree-holding school district employees become licensed... Read more about From emergency permit to licensed teacher thanks to IU pathway program
Herron students put their creativity on the runway for Wearable Art Show
Students with the Herron School of Art and Design are completing their elaborate designs for the show on March 27. Some of the artists shared the stories behind their wearable pieces.
Late music pioneer’s long-lost synthesizer revitalized with IU music tech researchers’ help
After inventor Don Tavel's death in 1988, the Resynator lay dormant until his daughter found the original synthesizer prototype in her grandmother's attic. She and music technology experts at IU In... Read more about Late music pioneer’s long-lost synthesizer revitalized with IU music tech researchers’ help
Granfalloon 2025 to feature Mavis Staples, Murder by Death farewell performance, much more
The annual celebration of art, ideas and community inspired by Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. returns to Bloomington this summer with an expanded schedule packed with free public programming.
College of Arts and Sciences News
IU Language Workshop celebrates 75 years as beacon of intensive language instruction
Every summer since 1951, the IU Language Workshop at the Hamilton Lugar School has provided students and professionals an opportunity to study languages critical to national security, academic rese... Read more about IU Language Workshop celebrates 75 years as beacon of intensive language instruction
Startup supports addiction recovery through VR therapy using ‘future-self avatars’
A startup company based upon Indiana University research and led by an undergraduate student combines psychology with virtual reality technology to treat substance use disorders by introducing indi... Read more about Startup supports addiction recovery through VR therapy using ‘future-self avatars’
Grant DiDomizio, an IU Bloomington student in the Master of Arts in curatorship program, is showcasing the legacy of Indiana women in the arts through his internship with the Brown County Art Guild... Read more about Curating an opportunity: IU grad student leads ‘Indiana Women Artists’ exhibition as art guild intern
Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
An ongoing collaboration stemming from Juergen Schieber's Fulbright will help answer questions about the role of sedimentary rocks as hydrocarbon source rocks, the type of rock that over time and w... Read more about Fulbright Spotlight: Digging deeper with geologist Juergen Schieber
Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
IU Distinguished Professor Eduardo Brondizio was awarded the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, which honors those whose work advances environmental science, conservation and sus... Read more about Brondizio awarded ‘Nobel Prize for the environment,’ honoring decades-long research on the Amazon
Diversity News
Collaborative project seeks to preserve endangered indigenous languages, cultural knowledge
The project aims to document natural language use and the associated cultural knowledge to use in language revitalization initiatives.
IU Bloomington hosted more than 100 representatives from several global Indigenous groups during the inaugural conference, hosted by the Global Indigenous Studies Network in the IU Hamilton Lugar S... Read more about Indigenous peoples from nearly every continent gather for IU’s first Conference on Global Indigenous Studies
Media invited to preview IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Indigenous Peoples Day
Media are invited to the museum after its multi-million-dollar renovation on Indigenous Peoples Day. Experts and curators will be available to give guided tours and answer questions related to new... Read more about Media invited to preview IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Indigenous Peoples Day
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott to visit IU, donate collection to Black Film Center & Archive
Willmott will visit Indiana University Bloomington this month to donate films, signed movie posters, ephemera and more to the only repository in the world solely dedicated to collecting and preserv... Read more about Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott to visit IU, donate collection to Black Film Center & Archive
Lilly Library takes romance seriously with new ‘Love in the Library’ exhibition
From the turbulent love story between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice" to a steamy alien courtship in "Ice Planet Barbarians," the new exhibition celebrates romance in all forms. Cu... Read more about Lilly Library takes romance seriously with new ‘Love in the Library’ exhibition
Research News
Research Impact: Tourism researcher aims to boost industry’s sustainability and resilience
IU's Becky Liu-Lastres is working to make the tourism and hospitality industry more resilient, while ensuring the health and well-being of employees and tourists.
Indiana added 44,144 residents in 2024 to reach a total population of 6.92 million, according to analysis from the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Busine... Read more about Immigration fuels Indiana’s strong population growth in 2024 — its largest annual increase since 2008
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Late music pioneer’s long-lost synthesizer revitalized with IU music tech researchers’ help
After inventor Don Tavel's death in 1988, the Resynator lay dormant until his daughter found the original synthesizer prototype in her grandmother's attic. She and music technology experts at IU In... Read more about Late music pioneer’s long-lost synthesizer revitalized with IU music tech researchers’ help
Access to ‘gig economy’ may reduce reliance on credit, unemployment insurance
A study led by a professor of finance at Indiana University has found that laid-off Americans with access to Uber as a source of income experienced fewer delinquencies and were less likely to... Read more about Access to ‘gig economy’ may reduce reliance on credit, unemployment insurance
IU completes its first international repatriation of human remains to Easter Island
IU's Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in December as an invited guest of Rapa Nui representatives and is working with them on several research projects focused on the ethics of repatriation.
