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Indiana, Our Indiana

A casual collection of news and notices that remind us what an amazing place IU is.

When a Tree Falls at IUB, People Hear It

After a May storm toppled 300 trees on the IUB campus, former IU Trustee Stephen L. Ferguson and his wife, Connie, donated 150 trees to help restore the campus. They’ve been joined by other IU trustees, IU Foundation board members, the IU Alumni Association, and IU President Michael A. McRobbie and First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie. Many other donors have stepped forward to contribute to the overall restoration process. For more information on how you can help restore IU’s woodland campus, contact Christopher Ritrievi, vice president of development for Indiana University Bloomington, at 812-856-1009 or critriev@indiana.edu.

The Future Looks Cloudy

If you haven’t heard, we’re all going to be on the cloud someday. That’s a virtual space that will host our data, applications, and other virtual assets, which we’ll be able to access from anywhere at any time. Thanks to a partnership with Citrix Systems, IU students and faculty members are already there with their own personal clouds. Innovations like this help IU remain a leader in technology that empowers minds, which is what a university is all about.

Nursing the Kokomo-Korea Connection

Since 2010, IU Kokomo’s exchange of faculty and students with Korean universities has grown, thanks to a gift from Se-Ung Lee and the Korea Foundation. The IUK School of Nursing has been at the forefront of this relationship, sharing insights into curriculum and school accreditation with Korean partners. For students and faculty on both sides of the partnership, the experiences they bring home and share with their respective university communities are transformative.

Conservation Meets Research in Uganda

The Semliki Chimpanzee Project was started by IU Bloomington Professor Kevin Hunt in 1996. The Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve is among the driest chimpanzee study sites, which is why the chimpanzees there are so interesting to study. In addition, the presence of researchers and volunteers has done what Jane Goodall accomplished in her own field work: the conservation of animals. The presence of researchers among any wild species discourages poachers and logging. Researchers are also vocal advocates for species to local and national authorities.

Bridging India and Indiana

The Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program at IU Bloomington furthers the study of Indian culture, history, and contemporary society. It’s the vision of Dr. Sisir Dhar and his wife, Heather Dhar. The program is named after Dr. Dhar’s parents. Dr. Dhar lost one of his parents when he was two years old, and the second when the family was separated by the 1947 war that led to the Partition of India into the modern states of India and Pakistan. His gift honors his father’s career as a teacher and his mother’s devotion to Indian culture. It shares their passions with IU students and faculty members.

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