Photo by Chris Meyer Just call him Dad
IU student Josephine McRobbie (left) had her hair ruffled by her father, Michael McRobbie at the IU Founders Day ceremony earlier in the spring. But starting Sunday, July 1, he is officially the 18th president of Indiana University. (http://newpres.iu.edu)
Today's Feature

I’ve got the music in me

When IU celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1970, Bloomingtonian Hoagy Carmichael recalled his beginning year at IU, in 1920: “jazz was…rampant,” he said, and the “Indiana hop was something to behold.” While the hop has faded into history, the music continues loud and clear.

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What's a Hoosier?

You've heard all the theories. But here's a new one: It's all about the (19th-century) economy on Indiana's waterways.

Not your father's nursing school

Competition for berths in IU's nursing programs is fiercer than ever before, and health-care delivery is changing the profile of what the School of Nursing is looking for from its applicant pool.

An IU football legend

Community and campus came together June 23 at IUB’s Assembly Hall to celebrate the life of Terry Hoeppner, whose too-brief tenure as head coach nevertheless generated an enthusiasm and pride that will sustain a new era for Hoosier football. Hoeppner died June 19.

No butts about it

IU Southeast and IU Kokomo will become tobacco-free this summer, joining the IU initiative to promote healthier campuses. According to newly published IU research, factors that help young adults kick the habit long term are a smoke-free workplace (and a non-smoking spouse).

IU groundbreakings

IU South Bend and IU Southeast have ceremoniously begun their student housing projects, and IUB's athletic facilities upgrade began this month as well.

Shining I-Light on cancer

While IU East has become the latest regional host for I-Light, the Hoosier state's higher ed. optical fiber network, I-Light, along with IU's supercomputer "Big Red" and its mass data storage systems, is embarking on an open-source bioinformatics software project in proteomics through a grant from the Canary Foundation.

Saving the web

"Born-digital" web content can be here today and gone tomorrow. Bloomington-based archivists and librarians are capturing screens in-state, nationally and from as many as 100 other nations for posterity.

New partnerships

IU Northwest is creating a College of Health and Human Services, and the IU Division of Labor Studies is merging with IU School of Social Work .