By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The basic reason I’m in academic medicine versus practice is that I want to create new knowledge. If we don’t, we’re doomed to practice the same medicine 20 years from now that we practice today. I know I won’t win the Nobel Prize, but I hope to contribute new… Read more »
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant The Institute of Psychiatric Research (IPR) building has long stood as a symbol for ground breaking medical advancements in psychiatry. For over 50 years the institute served as the center for psychiatric research at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), extending the boundaries and deepening the understanding… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Don’t you dare call me a pioneer woman doctor. There were many good women doctors before I was graduated in 1906, Jane Ketcham in a 1960 interview[1] Although Jane Merrill Ketcham worked as one of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “There is no profession [nursing] that offers so many wonderful opportunities. It is one area where you don’t have to accept the status quo—you can effect change.”–Elizabeth Grossman[1] As an Indiana University employee for nearly… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The important thing for a nurse is that she knows how to be caring, to be caring, and to give the kind of care that being caring demands,” Emily Holmquist. [1] Emily Holmquist devoted her… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “When I arrived in Indiana, the Hospital seemed so lonely and small,”–Alice Fitzgerald upon seeing Long Hospital for the first time. [1] Alice Fitzgerald established a strong foundation for the IU Training School for Nurses…. Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “It is very flat out here and it does look terrible, but I think there is an opportunity to do a great deal and we are going to be very happy.”–Ethel Palmer Clarke[1] As one… Read more »
By Kira Zahedi, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History Edited by Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant All I had wanted was to be a good scholar—to have people say they were going to IPI to take my classes. To give it up, which in essence I am doing, was a very difficult decision. But… Read more »
If there is ever a time for sheer practicality, it is in the measured planning of books and equipment to meet users’ needs.[1]— Florence McMaster By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant An individual’s impact can be felt on an institution in… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “We have courses for fun, self-help and some that might be job-related.” –Marjorie Leamnson Stonehill[1] Stonehill joined IUPUI in 1970 as the coordinator of continuing education in the school of continuing education and retired as… Read more »