Indiana University Foundation

The Woodland Campus

A Walk in the Woods

IU’s Bloomington campus is not only beautiful, it also teaches. The School of Public and Environmental Affairs has put together a brochure, The Woodland Campus. Based on a 1966 publication by eminent IU biologist Paul Weatherwax, the brochure offers a self-guided, historic walking tour featuring 24 of the campus’ beloved trees.

Auer New Organ

The Maidee H. & Jackson A. Seward organ

The Jacobs School of Music has a new organ. The magnificent instrument has three manuals (keyboards) and almost 4,000 pipes. Named for donors Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward, the organ fills the wall behind the Auer Hall stage. After an elaborate tuning and testing process, the first concerts are planned for April 2010—in time to help celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary.

Prized Faculty

Douglas Hofstadter

How rare is it to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and win a Pulitzer Prize? Well, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science Douglas Hofstadter is IU’s first faculty member to achieve this honor. He joins a select group of 16 people worldwide, at universities like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford…and Indiana.

The Mouths of Babes

Since 1985, the Learnability Project has provided free, tailored speech therapy to more than 1,000 young children whose speech difficulties render them virtually incomprehensible. The joint program between IU’s Departments of Linguistics and Speech & Hearing Sciences is so successful that the National Institutes of Health has funded it for almost 25 years. Recently, the funding was renewed for another five, through 2014.

Veterans: IU Wants You!

IU is helping veterans get their college degrees through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Yellow Ribbon Program. IU and the VA will split any costs that exceed in-state tuition for these men and women, up to $4,000 per person per year, for undergraduate or graduate work. Their self-sacrifice and discipline have earned these aspiring scholars the chance to make their education dreams come true.