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 Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant We wish to congratulate the Black students of Indiana University whose persistent struggle for institutional recognition of their unique needs has resulted in the establishment of the Black Culture Center.–Herman Hudson, 1976.[1] The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC) is the result of several decades of student advocacy at Indiana… Read more »
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants It’s not just elected officials and top executives who are brilliant. There are many individuals who have pretty good insights. I want to enable them.[1]–Elinor Ostrom Indiana University’s… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Office of the Bicentennial Graduate Assistant When Betty LeBus came to Indiana University in 1950 as the newly hired law librarian and instructor in law, she inherited a library that was in its infancy. In the years to come, LeBus would help build the library from the ground up. During her 28-year… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant History is full of unknown and unremembered stories. Once such story is that of Ingeborg Schmidt, an early female professor in the IU School of Optometry. Early Life and Education Ingeborg Schmidt was born on December 26, 1899 near Tartu, Estonia. After she earned her medical degree from the… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants In the decades since the early years of the women’s liberation movement, women’s and gender studies academic programs have swept across the nation’s colleges, including Indiana University South Bend. A professor of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “We look toward a future when feminist thought has a more profound influence on bioethics, when the voices of the socially marginalized are more fully recognized, and the needs of all social groups are integrated… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Ann Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants Dr. Benjamin F. Peery Jr., an astrophysicist and professor at IU from 1960 to 1977, was the second African-American to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy. His research in astronomy and astrophysics were… Read more »
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: Dr. Elizabeth Gritter, Assistant Professor of History, IU Southeast One of the most interesting tidbits of information that I uncovered when doing oral histories last year for the Bicentennial Oral History Project was that Vincent Price, the actor most known for his portrayal of villains in horror films, had spoken at IU Southeast. David… Read more »