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Herron grad debuts feature film
Skyler Lawson returns to Indiana to debut his first feature film, "Whelm," at this year's Heartland Film Festival.
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Grammy-winning alumnus Edgar Meyer returns to Bloomington to open IU Auditorium season
Edgar Meyer answers questions about his career, artistry and memories of Indiana University in advance of the concert.
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For the new director of the Herron galleries, art is about collaboration
Joseph Mella is passionate about making connections across IUPUI to engage students and faculty with art and the possibilities it provides.
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Assistant professors design entry to IU architecture program for Exhibit Columbus
The project welcomes visitors to the Republic Building, home of the IU J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program.
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Meet 3 of the newest faculty at IU Bloomington
This fall, 314 new faculty are starting on campus. Inside IU Bloomington talked to three of them to learn more about their work and goals.
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IU Eskenazi School to construct building inspired by original 1952 Mies van der Rohe design
The building's striking design is akin to many other famous buildings designed by the famed architect and was approved by the IU trustees.
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Epic Wagner opera 'Parsifal' returns to IU Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater
'Parsifal' had been regularly produced at IU from the 1940s to the 1970s. The 2019 production is part of the IU Bicentennial celebration.
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‘Rough and Unequal’ exhibit encourages patrons to look outward to see within
Artist Kevin Everson will visit campus to discuss the film, which he shot shortly after the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally of 2017.
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IU Bicentennial celebration begins; Gov. Holcomb receives inaugural Bicentennial Medal
The IU Bicentennial has officially begun with the presentation of the first Bicentennial Medal to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
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Jane Fortune's $4M estate gift to Eskenazi Museum of Art enables research on female artists
In honor of the gift, the museum's gallery of American and European Art from Medieval to 1900 will be named the "Jane Fortune Gallery."