By: Allison Larmann, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, International Studies Major, Bloomington The NYT Criteria Since 1851, The New York Times has been considered a premier national news source. The New York Times does not take its responsibility to report news to the nation lightly and therefore its criteria to decide who makes it into… Read more »
Month: May 2017
The Tale of Two Projects
By: Allison Larmann, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, International Studies Major, Bloomington I am a senior studying International Studies with a certificate in the Liberal Arts and Management Program and a minor in Marketing. The bicentennial internship interested me because it was a perfect way to expand upon the research skills I have learned through… Read more »
The Music Scene: Thriving On Any Given Night in Bloomington
By: Noah Sandweiss, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History, Bloomington Bars, basements, and other venues are packed and steamy with students huddling, dancing, or jostling around. In the midst of the crowd, a band carves out a little breathing space. It might be a one-night arrangement, thrown together for the heck of it, or a… Read more »
Returning to Our Roots: The New IU Farm
By: Caroline Wickes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Bloomington Sometimes I miss seeing cornfields. The Bloomington area, unglaciated and hilly, doesn’t have the same symmetrical rows as the rest of Indiana. Of course, there is quite a lot of local food to be found—as any community gardener, farmer’s market… Read more »
Explore the Lilly-Dickey Woods
By: Caroline Wickes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Bloomington Let’s go for a drive. We’re going about twenty miles or so from IU’s campus. It’s a sunny spring day—the kind of day that feels sacrilegious to spend inside. We are headed through the hills of Brown County, just beyond… Read more »
IU’s Biological Field Station Podcast
By: Caroline Wickes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Bloomington This blog is comprised of excerpts from IU’s Biological Field Station podcast. Imagine a scientist. He or she sits in a lab, surrounded by beakers and test tubes and machinery, processing data and scribbling notes madly into a little… Read more »
IU South Bend Oral History Project Part 2
By: Tyler Clements, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Biological Sciences, South Bend Hello, my name is Tyler Clements and I am a spring 2017 intern for the IU Bicentennial Oral History Project for Indiana University South Bend. I’ve learned a lot about the history of IUSB through the eyes and perspectives of faculty, staff, and… Read more »
IPFW Oral History Project Part 2
By: Garett Chrisman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Thus far my time with the Indiana University Bicentennial Oral History Project has been highly productive. I have had the privilege of recording the experiences of a unique collection of IU alumni from several campuses. As a history major eagerly… Read more »
The Time Capsule Project
By: Regine Vincent, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Chemistry, Bloomington The purpose of this project is to generate a time capsule to celebrate IU’s bicentennial. The aim of the project is for the capsule to be buried in 2020 as part of the bicentennial celebration and to mirror the capsule that was buried somewhere on… Read more »
Time Capsule Discoveries Part 2
By: Gabrielle Cantor, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, Intelligent Systems Engineering, Bloomington The Centennial Time Capsule The other portion of my research this semester focused on the centennial time capsule which was buried in 1922 at IUB to commemorate the construction of the first building at the Seminary Square (location of the original campus), which… Read more »