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Helping Indigenous people tell their own stories
As part of the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, an IUPUI historian will explore how Canadian researchers are telling the stories of indigenous people through linked data on the Internet – knowledge she hopes will be used to help Native communities in the United States tell their own stories using similar approaches.
Learn more about the research
Scholar of Black religion co-leads Center for Religion and the Human
J. Kameron Carter, an expert in the intersections of Blackness with religion, theology, ecology, and American culture, is serving as co-director of the Center for Religion and the Human at IU Bloomington.
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Workshops provide space for conversations about diversity, inclusion and social justice
Students in the Eskenazi and Jacobs schools are talking about anti-racism, cultural appropriation and microaggressions during workshops.
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Eskenazi School staff, students relish their supporting role bringing Glenn Close costumes to life
Preparing a small portion of Close's costumes for exhibition has involved months of cross-campus collaboration.
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Stars in stripes: Cruella De Vil costume among staff favorites from Glenn Close exhibition
Eskenazi Museum of Art staff talk about their favorite Glenn Close costumes from the upcoming 'Art of the Character' exhibition.
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Meet the IU talent behind local rock band Don't Call Me Betty
The Bloomington rock band is made up of three IU employees, an Ivy tech professor and an optometrist, who will perform on campus May 1.
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5 assistant professors named Outstanding Junior Faculty at IU Bloomington
The award identifies promising tenure-track faculty and provides resources to further develop their research or creative activity.
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Media day planned for Glenn Close 'Art of the Character' costume exhibition
Media outlets interested in covering "The Art of the Character" are invited to preview the exhibition May 3 at the Eskenazi Museum of Art.
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'Art of the Character' exhibition reunites IU professor with Glenn Close costumes she helped make
Heather Milam worked at the Broadway shop that made Glenn Close's Cruella de Vil costumes.
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Take a peek inside Maxwell Hall, recently renovated arts and humanities hub
See photos from inside Maxwell Hall, home to the Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts and Humanities.
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Grad students get hands-on opportunity to re-create Cruella De Vil's gloves
Two Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design students helped replicate gloves worn by Glenn Close for "The Art of the Character."
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Singer-swimmer has a star-spangled moment in the Final Four spotlight
Jacobs School of Music sophomore and IU swimmer Max Scott represented the Hoosiers to sing the national anthem at the Final Four.