OPINION: Students are valid in mourning the loss of their graduation ceremonies
(05/11/20 6:38pm)
I’ve spent the past month or so in my home reminiscing on my years at IU-Bloomington.
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IU Health chaplains share struggles, experiences amid COVID-19 pandemic
(05/03/20 10:01pm)
Josh Coolman sits down in his office. Photos of his family members are spread throughout the room. Christmas lights, which he turns on when he needs some color, brighten the space and distract him from the fact that there are no windows. He turns on music for solace. Recently, he’s been listening to “Be Still” by The Killers.
IU researchers translate coronavirus information into Chin language
(05/01/20 1:16am)
Since the end of March, IU undergraduate and graduate linguistics researchers have been translating information about the coronavirus into Hakha Lai, a common language spoken by many from the Chin State of western Myanmar, IU assistant professor of linguistics Kelly Berkson said. The translations are available on the team’s website.
Pregnant women, health care workers in Indiana share concerns about COVID-19
(04/29/20 11:47pm)
Kristi Alderson wants an enchilada. But at 38 weeks pregnant in the middle of a global pandemic, her cravings take a backseat to her safety. Instead, she’s learned how to make the fluffy tortilla-based food at home, along with a number of Thai recipes taken from cooking shows she watches with her eight-year-old daughter.
IU golfer Priscilla Schmid earns WGCA All-American Honorable Mention despite injury
(04/28/20 9:44pm)
Priscilla Schmid woke up on April 20 to a missed FaceTime call from IU women’s golf coach Clint Wallman. The junior, back home in Montevideo, Uruguay, after the spring season was canceled due to COVID-19, turned on the lights and called him right back.
Mohamed Samy was supposed to go to the Olympics. Now he’s training without water.
(04/26/20 11:31pm)
He went to sleep every morning in Egypt at 5 a.m. to keep himself on Bloomington time with the pool on his mind. Sometimes, he dreamed of swimming — the early morning practices, training for the race of his life or hoping everything goes back to normal once again. In his waking hours, he was surrounded by water that he’s forbidden to enter.
COLUMN: Keeping your workouts creative at home
(04/23/20 10:41pm)
The coronavirus has separated me from my friends, school, my favorite restaurants and coffee shops. But, there is one place I miss most of all:
Finding peace in pain: Kelly Garrison's struggle to realize Little 500 aspirations
(04/22/20 10:27pm)
Kelly Garrison doesn’t remember much from her first spring track practice in 2019. Not the bike jetting into her lane. Not slamming on her breaks. Not flying headfirst over handlebars. Not crashing downward onto the track at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
OPINION: Mark Cuban has been criticizing Trump on right-wing shows. I asked him why.
(04/21/20 5:41pm)
IU’s very own billionaire-businessman-turned-reality-TV-star has been doing an unexpected public service: telling Americans why the president is wrong about reopening the economy.
OPINION: Rep. Trey Hollingsworth is right about reopening the economy
(04/19/20 7:31pm)
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, R-9th District, argued in a radio interview Wednesday that the economic relief provided by reopening the American economy is worth the risk of the further spread of COVID-19. President Donald Trump often refers to this theory as not letting the “cure be worse than the disease.”
Pandemic playbook: How UITS took IU online
(04/13/20 12:26am)
If you watched recordings of all the IU-affiliated Zoom calls from March 9, it would take eight months of nonstop streaming.
IU to receive more than $60 million from federal stimulus
(04/10/20 2:47am)
This story was updated at 4:24 p.m. April 12 to reflect the allocation of funding for IU-Purdue University Columbus and IU-Fort Wayne.
OPINION: Hoosiers must take anti-Asian racism seriously as a consequence of COVID-19
(04/10/20 7:12pm)
These days when I call my dad, a Chinese immigrant, he tells me not to go out — not just because of social distancing, but because he worries about my safety.
On tainted soil
(04/17/20 12:51am)
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. - On Thanksgiving of 2015, Debbie Corcoran watched her daughter pull the hair off her scalp in clumps and pile it next to her plate of turkey and mashed potatoes. Debbie got her a trash can.
OPINION: The end of Sanders' campaign shows the power of America's ruling class
(04/09/20 2:31am)
To anyone concerned about the growing influence of corporations on our government, the hollowing out of the middle class and a Democratic Party elite that primarily serves those with large bank accounts, the end of Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid Wednesday is a depressing moment in history.
OPINION: We should balance despair with gratitude in the time of COVID-19
(04/09/20 2:00am)
Historic job losses, forced isolation and deaths caused by COVID-19 have understandably stirred a great deal of anxiety in many Americans. The Kaiser Family Foundation, a California-based health care nonprofit, released a survey last week reporting that 45% of American adults say the pandemic has affected their mental health with 19% saying it has had a major effect.
Grieving spring: Bloomington grapples with a surreal new normal
(04/07/20 9:51pm)
On the cusp of spring break, IU’s students had filled their calendars with flights, weddings and trips to faraway beaches. But as emails flooded in, events were postponed indefinitely or canceled one by one.
IU deploys 3D printers to make face masks to fill critical need in area hospitals
(04/06/20 9:59pm)
He was used to making models of fossils for the geology department, “World’s Greatest Dad” tokens, even a 10-inch span of intestine. But IU’s 3D lab coordinator Andrew Webb never thought he’d be 3D printing masks to fight a global pandemic.
OPINION: Stop hooking up, and other lessons from IU’s 1918 Spanish flu bans
(04/05/20 11:47pm)
With Gov. Eric Holcomb extending Indiana’s stay-at-home order until April 20, the IU community will become increasingly weary of social distancing, and all the while the coronavirus will continue to spread.
IU professors encourage compassion, flexibility during shift to online learning
(04/05/20 7:44pm)
While students are adjusting to the new online learning environment, IU professors are changing their course expectations, as many have concerns about the health and safety of students during the COVID-19 pandemic and are uncertain whether students will have reliable access to the internet.
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