CINCINNATI -- In her five years as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nancy Zimpher became known for getting her school involved in the city.
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- After nearly being halted by a budget crisis, Valparaiso University's science van will hit the road again.
The nominating committee of the IU Board of Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. today in Room M005 of the Indiana Memorial Union to select a slate in anticipation of the board's yearly organization meeting Aug. 14, according to media relations officials.
CHICAGO -- Families with several members afflicted with Alzheimer's disease are being recruited for a new gene bank that might help speed new treatments or even prevention of the mind-robbing ailment.
IU and IBM are working together to enhance computer research capabilities in the field of biomedical research. The Centralized Life Sciences Data System is the new technology that biomedical researchers are using to seek out the origins and effects of diseases.
'Prince of Pops' to lead Summer Music Festival orchestra Maestro Erich Kunzel, who has led the National Symphony Orchestra during "A Capitol Fourth" for the past 13 years, will conduct the Summer Music Festival orchestra during a unique fusion of film and music at 8 p.m. at the Musical Arts Center.
The last presentation by IU Opera Theater of Lucy Simon's "The Secret Garden" sounded almost like a musical.
Jon Krakauer, an outdoor writer and journalist-turned novelist, has struck gold with his fourth book, "Under the Banner of Heaven." In his previous works, Krakauer has explored the relationship man has with nature; "Into the Wild" illustrated the unforgiving nature of the wilderness, and "Into Thin Air" showed the dangers of commercializing treacherous outdoors expeditions. Instead of focusing on man and nature, Krakauer is focusing on man and God in his latest work.
The Monroe County Citizens Corps signed up volunteers at the Monroe County Fair for several programs intended to prepare the county for disasters. The volunteer network -- funded by grants from the Department of Homeland Security -- focused on recruiting for the Community Emergency Response Teams program, the group's chairman, Mark Brostoff said. The program will train groups in neighborhoods and workplaces to put out fires, do light search and rescue and perform basic medical operations during a large-scale disaster.
LOS ANGELES -- The movie industry is trying a new tactic in its war against people who download pirated copies of films over the Internet -- it's asking nicely. Movie studios will launch a campaign Tuesday that includes television ads and in-theater spots featuring makeup artists, set painters and other crafts people saying that piracy robs them of a living.
After a weekend spent at the cinema, partying and complaining about people who leave poor tips, every now and then a bit of news will spring upon you that alters your perspective not only on the present but the past as well.
The power of the pen is mighty. The power of the airwaves might be even mightier. Indeed, there is a reason that the founding fathers felt the right to free speech was so important. When columns are written (well, maybe not this column) and when words are uttered on CNN, people listen.
Before I go further, let's make something clear. I'm a Republican. I voted for Bush. I believe in free-markets, small government, personal responsibility and making sure the world's tyrants see U.S. Marines in their nightmares. I am not one of the "liberal academics" that pundits would have you believe are teaching their students to smoke banana peels as a prelude to socialist revolution. That said, this week's column is directed at my own party and the attitude its officials are taking toward sex and related matters.
Mexico's criminal concerns might lead it to adopt an unusual new technology: microchips, the size of a grain of rice, programmed with a serial number and implanted under a person's skin to protect them from kidnappings or identity theft.
TOKYO -- Several world leaders expressed relief Wednesday over the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons, with some saying they hoped it would help end sporadic fighting in Iraq and speed its progress toward democracy.
LOUDENVIELLE-LE LOURON, France -- Lance Armstrong kept his slender lead in the Tour de France on Sunday, still unhappy with his riding as two key rivals shadow him in the Pyrenees.
SANDWICH, England -- A wacky week at the British Open held one final surprise, and it was the biggest of them all: Ben Curtis holding the claret jug. An unknown PGA Tour rookie in his first major championship, Curtis outlasted Tiger Woods and a collection of All-Stars for perhaps the most stunning conclusion to a Grand Slam event in 90 years.
This past Saturday ESPN aired a four-hour mock trial of perhaps the most controversial figure in baseball for the last two decades. In "Pete Rose on Trial," Harvard Law School became the site of a showdown between Alan Dershowitz and Johnnie Cochran over Rose's potential eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Just a few months removed from her IU graduation, former Hoosier women's swimming and diving star Sara Hildebrand had an impressive weekend at the FINA World Diving Championships this weekend. The former Olympian finished in sixth place in the 3-meter springboard event and placed third in the 3-meter synchronized event preliminaries with IU junior Cassandra Cardinell.
The following crimes were reported by IUPD: July 8 • Non-student William Reed, an employee of Zeta Beta Tau, reported the theft of a mower and chainsaw from the fraternity. Estimated loss is $1,200.
