Named for the slang term of the period for a personal assistant or female office worker, the Girl Friday Club was established in 1964 as a social club for the office workers and…

Dean Rusk Demonstration, October 31, 1967 – Elwood Martin “Barney” Cowherd For freshman Theodore Dreiser in 1889, Indiana University served as fertile ground for his future…

As a new preservation librarian managing a large project for the first time, and faced with what I thought at the time was some huge insurmountable problem, I often sought advice…

The Dagger Throughout history, college students have been prone to griping and airing their grievances with their school’s faculty and administration. Today these grievances are…

Charles Rush Forker, late Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University, was born on March 11, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest son of Edson W. and Mary Rush…

Blog post about IU's office of women's affairs.

Postmortem [pohst-mawr- tuh m] Noun Medicine/Medical. a postmortem examination; autopsy. an evaluation or discussion occurring after the end or fact of something: to do a…

The writer David Giffels suggests that living in the postindustrial Midwest means making peace with loss. This idea is so important to him that he titled his 2014 book after it…

Although you many not know Jean-Paul Darriau’s name, if you live in Bloomington, you have likely seen his work. Darriau, Associate Professor of Sculpture at IU from 1961-1996…

Hoosiers are eager to celebrate Indiana's 200th birthday. This exciting occasion has even prompted the Indiana Association of United Ways to lead the Bison-tennial Public Art Project, endorsed by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission.