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  • Three gentlemen -- one young, one elderly, and one middle age, sit and laugh together.
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    Jerry Slocum, puzzle master, visits Bloomington

    Jerry Slocum and his family visited Bloomington on April 8, 2024, for the eclipse and to visit the Slocum room and Jerry's collection of puzzles at the Lilly Library.
    May 16th, 2024
  • A Glossary of Ape
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    A Glossary of Ape

    Edgar Rice Burroughs was not a lexicographer but an author of pulp fiction, dozens of adventure and science fiction novels. He was also an ardent proponent of eugenics. Nowadays…
    May 2nd, 2024
  • Two young adults stand in a crowded lobby area talking to one another with lively interest. One wears a green dress, the other a purple shirt and backpack
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    Students seek wellness at Wells Library

    In a student-focused partnership between IU Libraries and the IU School of Social Work, private wellness sessions led by advanced social work students use peer coaching methods to address issues of social isolation, stress, sleeping habits, time management, budgeting, and more.
    April 24th, 2024
  • Still Unpacking the Kripke Collection
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    Still Unpacking the Kripke Collection

    At the beginning of 2023, I wrote that I’d pull interesting dictionaries and occasionally other language books and items from boxes of the late Madeline Kripke’s collection of 20…
    April 22nd, 2024
  • The words The History Makers are part of a graphic that shows the home screen of a webpage on a laptop and on a mobile device.
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    IU is safeguard for America's Black history

    Personal papers and recordings from both well-known and unsung African Americans are being digitally preserved at IU, under an agreement between IU Libraries, University Information Technology Services (UITS) and The HistoryMakers, a national non-profit organization dedicated to documenting African Americans’ significant contributions to American life, history and culture.
    April 19th, 2024
  • Meet the 2024 Open Educator of the Year
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    Meet the 2024 Open Educator of the Year

    Gabrielle Stecher, Ph.D. was named the 2024 Open Educator of the Year, an honor bestowed annually to an IU Bloomington faculty member for their outstanding contributions to open…
    April 18th, 2024