By Emily Vetne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History, Bloomington Breaking news on October 8, 2018 stated that the world has until 2030 to correct climate change before the changes become irreparable.[1] While the majority of the scientific community are aware of the environmental changes forecasting the climate shift, this latest news came as a… Read more »
By Emily Vetne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History, Bloomington If you went through middle and high school in America from roughly the 1970s until now, chances are that you’ve seen a photo by Will Counts in your history textbook. The photo is of a Black high school student, Elizabeth Eckford, walking into Central High… Read more »
By Asher Lubotzky, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2022, Doctoral Student, History, Bloomington Edwin Hardin Sutherland was born in 1883 in Gibbon, Nebraska, to a deeply Protestant family of seven children. He graduated in 1904 from the Grand Island College in Nebraska and received his PhD in 1913 from the University of Chicago. Witnessing poverty, criminality… Read more »
By Hayden S. Sims, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Economics and History, Bloomington In 1894, Indiana University created the Committee on Advanced Degrees to oversee the increasing number of students pursuing graduate studies.[1] Eight years later, this committee adopted a report listing numerous recommendations and actions it deemed necessary to improve graduate education, including the… Read more »
By Jenna Fattah, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History and Media Management, Bloomington Origins IU students will recognize the name Kirkwood from Kirkwood Hall, Kirkwood Avenue, and Kirkwood Observatory, but not many know the story of astronomer and IU professor Dr. Daniel Kirkwood.[1] Daniel Kirkwood was born on September 27, 1814 in Hartford County, Maryland… Read more »