Union Board passes new resolutions
The board proposed some changes to its constitution that will be ready for a student body vote Nov. 19 and 20.
The board proposed some changes to its constitution that will be ready for a student body vote Nov. 19 and 20.
Amid dozens of marching soldiers, spirited cheerleaders and a sea of cream and crimson, one group of students was quieter than the rest.
The Union Board, the Office of Alternative Screening and Intervention Services, the IU Health Center and the Student Alumni Association co-sponsored a sober tailgate to offer students free food, drinks, games and prizes before the IU football homecoming game on Saturday.
The Riley Hospital for Children patients gathered for Riley at the Rock, an event organized by IU Athletics and IU Dance Marathon. The event, which is in its sixth year, took place during IU’s Homecoming football game against Minnesota.
The Faculty Council unanimously endorsed President Michael McRobbie’s decision that IU join Freedom Indiana, a state-wide coalition working to defeat the House Joint Resolution 6, Associate Vice President of IU Communications Mark Land said.
Throckmorton worked with IU’s Office of Communications and a small cast and crew Thursday to tape a television commercial promoting IU.
A project known as Youth Enrichment Sports-Ghana recently began to bring after-school sports programs to students in Ghana.
Brady Harman serves as the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Organization, which is the representative student government for graduate students on campus. The GPSO is the graduate equivalent of the IU Student Association, the undergraduate student government, and provides administrators with student perspectives.
The ancestral link between modern humans and Neanderthals remains unknown, according to a recent IU study.
Garvin is the only scientific glassblower serving IU and its satellite campuses. He has spent the last 27 years working with graduate students and researchers in the chemistry, biology, geology and psychology departments.
Freedom Indiana campaign leaders stated in a press release that having the state’s largest university as a part of the coalition will strengthen the force of their message to lawmakers, who will consider HJR6 during the upcoming legislative session.
Moira Gunn, National Public Radio host, delivered the keynote address at the official launch of the IU Center of Excellence for Women in Technology on Monday in the IU Auditorium.
The Black Hawk aircraft orientation Friday morning was the first in a series of weekend training events for IU Army ROTC cadets.
The astronomy, chemistry, geological sciences, mathematics and physics departments invite students and faculty to experience hands-on presentations Saturday.
The new relationship between IU Athletics and IU Army ROTC serves to bridge the gap between the two departments.
IU-Purdue University Indianapolis professor John Krauss will be leaving his position as a professor and director of the IU Public Policy Institute on the Indianapolis campus.
Applications have been posted online for students to run for a Union Board director position. Students may apply online at the Union Board website, ub.indiana.edu, until 7 p.m. Nov. 8.
Kaleb Crain stood — arms outstretched like Christ on the cross — behind campus sidewalk preacher Brother Micah Armstrong. In bold black marker his right arm read, “I’m gay,” and his left, “God loves me.”
Israel Herrera-Cárdenas-Cárdenas, a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, was recently elected to the Board of the European Association of Teachers of Spanish.
The IU School of Public Health has received a $900,000 grant from the Indiana State Department of Health in order to conduct a study to help pregnant women in Indiana quit smoking.