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The Walter Center has been named the winner of the 2026 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career Services Excellence Award, in the Large School category, one of the most prestig... Read more about Walter Center for Career Achievement in IU’s College of Arts and Sciences wins 2026 NACE Career Services Excellence Award
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 f... Read more about Lilly Library takes romance seriously with new ‘Love in the Library’ exhibition
Research News
IU’s brain health ‘powerhouse’ targets inflammation in fight against Parkinson’s
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine are exploring new avenues in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects over 1.1 million Americans.
Traumatic brain injury support decreases likelihood of returning to prison, saves taxpayer money
IU School of Medicine researchers partnered with Putnamville Correctional Facility to develop a program for incarcerated people with traumatic brain injuries, significantly reducing re-arrest and r... Read more about Traumatic brain injury support decreases likelihood of returning to prison, saves taxpayer money
IU physicists part of team installing upgrades to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Indiana University Bloomington physicists are part of a global scientific collaboration that will install new components on the world’s largest particle accelerator to help researchers better und... Read more about IU physicists part of team installing upgrades to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Student researchers pursue new treatment for often-misdiagnosed form of hydrocephalus
By developing one of the few laboratory models of normal pressure hydrocephalus, student researchers are supporting the IU Indianapolis Hydrocephalus Research Center’s mission to develop a drug t... Read more about Student researchers pursue new treatment for often-misdiagnosed form of hydrocephalus
The coalition of industry, workforce, clinical, government and research partners is now part of a major U.S. National Science Foundation initiative that will build a regional innovation ecosystem i... Read more about IU-led coalition named NSF IMPACT Engine in Indiana to advance treatment of musculoskeletal health conditions
Arts and Humanities News
IU collaboration brings fresh perspectives to Monon South Trail development
A partnership between Radius Indiana and the IU Center for Rural Engagement brought students, faculty and staff together across disciplines to explore how the developing Monon South Trail can suppo... Read more about IU collaboration brings fresh perspectives to Monon South Trail development
IU Cinema bringing Doug Jones, Marilyn Monroe tribute and spooky classics to Bloomington
With a visit by acclaimed character actor Doug Jones, a centennial celebration of Marilyn Monroe, restored classics and Halloween thrills, Indiana University Cinema’s fall season offers something... Read more about IU Cinema bringing Doug Jones, Marilyn Monroe tribute and spooky classics to Bloomington
Two Master of Library and Information Science students and a recent graduate were selected for the prestigious fellowship to work on projects in Washington or virtually under the tutelage of vetera... Read more about Library of Congress fellowship gives Luddy students experience in archiving and cultural preservation
IU scholars to co-lead $6M NEH grant on project confronting antisemitism worldwide
Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., have been awarded the grant to co-lead a th... Read more about IU scholars to co-lead $6M NEH grant on project confronting antisemitism worldwide
Lilly School summit helps high schoolers become next-gen philanthropists
At the the inaugural Youth Changemakers Summit hosted by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, high school students learned how to improve the effectiveness of their fundraising projects for loc... Read more about Lilly School summit helps high schoolers become next-gen philanthropists
College of Arts and Sciences News
Indiana educators build global connections through initiative in Galápagos
Ten Indiana teachers spent a week in the Galápagos Islands as part of a new environmental education initiative led by the IU School of Education, the Environmental Resilience Institute and the Col... Read more about Indiana educators build global connections through initiative in Galápagos
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IU scholars to co-lead $6M NEH grant on project confronting antisemitism worldwide
Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., have been awarded the grant to co-lead a th... Read more about IU scholars to co-lead $6M NEH grant on project confronting antisemitism worldwide
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IU physicists part of team installing upgrades to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Indiana University Bloomington physicists are part of a global scientific collaboration that will install new components on the world’s largest particle accelerator to help researchers better und... Read more about IU physicists part of team installing upgrades to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Ask the Expert: World Cup music facts from Eduardo Herrera
Eduardo Herrera, an associate professor of folklore and ethnomusicology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington and an expert on the sounds of soccer fandom, shares 10 interesting fac... Read more about Ask the Expert: World Cup music facts from Eduardo Herrera
Students archive marketable skills along with university’s physical and digital data
Students, many in the Luddy School’s Master of Library and Information Science program, work over the summer gaining valuable experience and technical expertise across multiple mediums, learning... Read more about Students archive marketable skills along with university’s physical and digital data
IU names former Navy research and innovation leader as chief advisor for national security R&D
Former acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Brett Seidle, who also performed the duties of the under secretary of the Navy, has been named Indiana Univer... Read more about IU names former Navy research and innovation leader as chief advisor for national security R&D
