Indiana University has hundreds of research centers, institutes, and museums spread across its campuses, each of them drawing people together to pursue new understandings and discoveries These special environments for exploring allow researchers from across disciplines, departments, schools, and campuses to collaborate on pursuing important questions and ideas, from the study of religion, ethics, and […]
The most prevalent word in the Hebrew Bible is not God, heaven, or hell; it is the conjunction and, signified by the Hebrew letter vav. Rabbi Sandy Sasso, it seems, has grown fond of this humble word. In her children’s picture book The Story of AND, she tells the story of a girl who loves […]
While there might not be an exchange of flowers and chocolate for Valentine’s Day, there’s plenty of love for IUPUI, its sprawling campus, and the students and staff that make up the university. Being a Jaguar means something similar yet uniquely different to everyone who is part of campus. We prompted stakeholders across the campus […]
The Religion, Spirituality & the Arts Seminar (RSA), a project of the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute, invited 11 Indiana artists to explore and expound upon the story of Jonah and the Whale during the ninth annual Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Seminar and the accompanying art exhibition. Artists include Megan Jefferson, Courtland Blade, Claudia […]
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library welcomes faculty of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute in delivering their first Public Art & Ethics Seminar for 2020 at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. This session will introduce several big ethical questions as a way to think about contemporary public art. Co-hosted by IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Director and KVML […]
The IUPUI Photo Caption Contest looks back to the 1979 IUPUI homecoming when Mayor William Hudnut was the honored guest. Enter your funny captions to the vintage photo from the IUPUI Archives, and you might win our renowned Fabulous Prize. We congratulate Andy Smith for his winning caption to January’s photo: “Prior to being upstaged by the […]
Mid-career faculty and professional staff at IUPUI who are women and/or members of underrepresented populations and interested in seeking leadership opportunities at IUPUI can apply for membership in the 2020-21 cohort of Next Generation 2.0. This leadership development program seeks to meet the goals of the IUPUI Strategic Plan to “develop our faculty and staff” and […]
In 1911, 15-year-old Maggie works 12-hour days in a Belfast linen mill, making tablecloths for the Titanic, which is being built nearby. Amid dust fibers filling the air and standing water drenching her feet, Maggie aspires to go to America and marry a man like her sister’s husband. When she finally gets there 10 years […]
As the saying goes, the best sports officials are the ones you don’t notice — they run a clean game, don’t miss any calls and have no bearing on the final outcome. But what if you don’t notice the officials because they aren’t there at all? That day may not be far off, as state […]
For the first time at IUPUI, students were welcomed to their spring semester with opportunities to have fun, connect with campus resources and get involved. The first week of classes brought screen printed t-shirts, caricature artists, a study abroad fair, the involvement fair, meeting our Multicultural Greek Council and Cram the Coliseum. WOW culminated with a sophomore […]
