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Union Board elections begin

By Torie Schumacher · Monday, Nov. 18,2013 10:43 p.m.

Voting begins today for the 105th Union Board elections. Students can choose from 30 candidates. Polling begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday and will close 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Software developers receive $4 million for cancer research

By Ashley Jenkins · Sunday, Nov. 17,2013 10:40 p.m.

IU’s National Center for Genome Analysis Support received a $4 million RNA research grant for software development. The software, called Trinity, processes the measurements of different types of gene levels.

IU selects December commencement speaker

By Alison Graham · Sunday, Nov. 17,2013 10:37 p.m.

Mary Sue Coleman, president of the University of Michigan, has been selected to address students at this year’s winter commencement on Dec. 21.

IU optometry school granted annual $14,000 endowment

By Jessica Kaplan · Sunday, Nov. 17,2013 10:32 p.m.

The IU School of Optometry will be the recipient of an annual $14,000 endowment from the recently dissolved Saving Sight Indiana, a vision welfare organization formerly known as Prevent Blindness Indiana.

Students gather for Model U.N. conference

By Hannah Alani · Sunday, Nov. 17,2013 10:27 p.m.

Students took their diplomacy skills outside the classroom Saturday as they participated in the first IU Model United Nations regional conference. Delegates from IU, Earlham College and Indiana Wesleyan University acted as representatives of over 30 countries.

High school travel program expands

By Angela Hawkins · Wednesday, Nov. 13,2013 11:54 p.m.

Two new sites have been added to the IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages, giving high school students a chance to study abroad through IU.

Female WWI veterans honored in ceremony

By Sarah Zinn · Tuesday, Nov. 12,2013 1:22 a.m.

IU doctoral candidate John Summerlot discovered the 29 women were missing from the Golden Book, which lists the names of more than 14,000 IU veterans. He said it was an unfortunate clerical error that denied the women recognition of their service.

IFC trains students in bystander intervention

By Tori Lawhorn · Monday, Nov. 11,2013 11:13 p.m.

Interfraternity Council members are learning techniques to prevent, recognize and intervene in situations of sexual assault.

Fraternity plans annual scholarship pageant

By Tori Lawhorn · Monday, Nov. 11,2013 11:11 p.m.

The annual Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant will have its call-out meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Neal-Marshall Grand Hall.

Group messaging app donates to IUDM

By Angela Hawkins · Monday, Nov. 11,2013 10:46 p.m.

The group texting app is similar to GroupMe but was created specifically for college students. Quad representatives will be donating $4,000 to IUDM in the name of the top three groups who create quads and get the most points.

SPEA announces partnership with Korean university

By Samantha Schmidt · Sunday, Nov. 10,2013 11:08 p.m.

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs announced a new partnership Friday with South Korea’s elite university, Seoul National University.

Mural dedicated to Hudson and Holland program unveiled

By Aaricka Washington · Sunday, Nov. 10,2013 11 p.m.

Hudson and Holland director Marsha McGriff unveiled a dedication mural to the audience of Hudson and Holland students, alumni and administrators during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Hudson and Holland Scholarship Program.

Alumni donations benefit Disability Services funds

Thursday, Nov. 7,2013 10:31 p.m.

The IU Office of Disability Services for Students recently received two donations totaling more than $500,000 for scholarship money.

Stetkevych to leave IU NELC department

Thursday, Nov. 7,2013 10:26 p.m.

Come spring semester, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures will lose its only professor of classical Arabic literature, Professor Suzanne Stetkevych.

BANGS nonprofit founder visits IU for college tour

By Grayson Harbour · Thursday, Nov. 7,2013 7:27 p.m.

Philanthropist Hannah Davis, founder of non-profit organization BANGS, visited campus this week to build support for her company, which sells shoes to benefit six charities around the world.

Students expand ‘The Swiss List’

By Alli Friedman · Wednesday, Nov. 6,2013 10:54 p.m.

Since "The Swiss List" began in 2010, the texting service has expanded its presence to seven campuses in the state.

Professor earns scholar position

Wednesday, Nov. 6,2013 10:44 p.m.

Professor Alexander Rabinowitch was recently elected as an affiliate research scholar of the Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Institute of History, one of the highest honors Rabinowitch could receive within his field of Russian Revolution history.

Website helps students evaluate courses, grades

Tuesday, Nov. 5,2013 11:55 p.m.

Two IU students have launched a website evaluating potential courses through grade distribution.

Faculty caucus organizes anti-censorship read-in

By Alexis Benveniste · Tuesday, Nov. 5,2013 11:26 p.m.

The IU Progressive Faculty and Staff Caucus organized a read-in Tuesday to protest the Former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ attempted censorship of late historian Howard Zinn’s work.

Students create 'stigma free zone'

By Holly Hays · Monday, Nov. 4,2013 10:28 p.m.

Students in the IU Sociology club and the School of Public Health have been working to eliminate mental illness stigma. The effort coincides with a visit by actress and advocate Glenn Close, who will visit classrooms and deliver a lecture at 3 p.m. today at the Whittenberger Auditorium.

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