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IU News 040102
Jan. 4, 2002 Welcome to IU News. Please feel free to pass this along to other alumni and friends of IU. GET WIRED TO IU: YOUNGSTER STUDYING AT SCHOOL OF MUSIC AIMS TO TOOT HIS OWN HORN - Julian Bliss has played the clarinet several times for English royalty, appeared more than a dozen times on British television, performed in famous music halls, studied for more than a year at IU's renowned School of Music, and signed a contract with management firm IMG. And he won't even be a teenager until June 3. Read the Indiana Alumni Magazine feature and enjoy a performance by Bliss. http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/magtalk/jan-feb02/bliss.html HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT IU? - The January/February issue of the Indiana Alumni Magazine contains a quiz about IU. Try the online version. Those who send in the most correct answers by noon on Jan. 15 will have their names entered in a drawing for a prize. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate from the IUAA merchandise department. http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/magtalk/jan-feb02/quiztest.cgi?indianahoosiertrivia QUALITY: IU KOKOMO RECOGNIZED FOR SUPPORTING FACULTY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - In a survey conducted by the National Wildlife Foundation, in partnership with Princeton Survey Research Associates, IU Kokomo was recognized as one of the top 21 schools in the nation in supporting faculty environmental research. With the dedication of the new science building in September, IUK's faculty has access to a facility with state-of-the-art technology to aid their classroom instruction and facilitate their research. http://www.iuk.edu/campus_news/prfiles/12142001/nwf-award.htm (Full story) http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/stateofthecampusenvironment/index.html (Read the report) IU SOUTHEAST PROFESSOR'S STUDY OF INSECT SONGS EARNS HIM TWO NATIONAL GRANTS - Randy Hunt, assistant professor of biology at IU Southeast, studies the mating signals of treehopper and leafhopper insects. Hunt and his research colleagues have been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to begin studies of treehopper communication. http://www.ius.edu/publicrelations/campusnews/insectgrant.stm ARTS AND CULTURE: ACCLAIMED SWEDISH PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE TO PLAY AT IU - The Swedish percussion ensemble Kroumata will give a guest recital on Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. in Auer Concert Hall. The group will make its New York debut in Alice Tully Hall on Jan. 19, playing a piece by IU School of Music faculty member Sven-David Sandstrom, among other composers. For more information on Kroumata, visit their Web site. www.kroumata.rikskonserter.se/en/index2.html TWO STAGE LEGENDS AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO HELP DEDICATE THEATRE/NEAL-MARSHALL BUILDING - You are invited to attend on Jan. 18 when IU will formally open a new state-of-the-art home for theater performances, for the education of theater scholars and artists, and for African American cultural and arts centers. The dedication of the Department of Theatre and Drama Center and the Marcellus Neal and Frances Marshall Black Culture Center will feature a joint keynote address by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, noted authors, actors and activists. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in the building's Ruth N. Halls Theatre. You are also invited to a theatre workshop in the morning and a free program that evening. http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/127.html WINTLEY AUGUSTUS PHIPPS TO PERFORM AT IPFW'S ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION - The program on Jan. 15 promises to be exciting with Wintley Augustus Phipps, preacher, world-renowned vocal artist and innovative initiator of special projects. Phipps is the founder and president of the U.S. Dream Academy Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an online values-based, interactive, tutorial and remedial education program targeted to at-risk children and youth through community Family Learning Centers. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Williams Theatre. http://www.ipfw.edu/news/newslinks/campusnews.htm#mlk IU BLOOMINGTON TO MARK KING DAY WITH MUSIC - The IU School of Music and the African American Arts Institute will present the Bloomington campus' annual Martin Luther King Celebration Concert on Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. in the school's Auer Hall. Founded in 1974, the African American Arts Institute is a unique arts program based in African American performance traditions. http://www.indiana.edu/~aaai/home.html PARTNERSHIPS: IUPUI RECEIVES $1 MILLION GIFT TO ADVANCE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES - A former traveling book salesman whose work took him across Europe and Africa, and a retired IUPUI lecturer who once taught English in Malaysia, have generously donated funds to support intercultural communications studies at IUPUI. Karl Zimmer and his wife, Barbara, recently donated $1 million to the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI to advance the linguistic-based programs of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication. http://www.iupui.edu/news/sla_zimmerchair_pr.htm SPORTS: IUPUI JAGUARS END THE YEAR WITH THE BIGGEST WIN IN THEIR HISTORY - Brian Buchanan and Josh Mullins picked one of the best games on the Jags' schedule to unleash some of their best play of the season. Each turned in career highs as IUPUI stormed past the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 98-92, at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta on Dec. 29 in front of nearly 8,000 Tech fans. The Jaguars then opened Mid-Continent League play Thursday (Jan. 3) with a win over Southern Utah. http://www.iupui.edu/~jagsport/mbasketball/home.html# RESOURCES: BROADCAST.IU.EDU - http://broadcast.iu.edu/index.htm IU HOME PAGE - http://www.indiana.edu/ LILLY LIBRARY EXHIBIT OF U.S. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eliblilly/history/history.html IU ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS - http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiuam/exhibitions.html SUBSCRIBE TO IU NEWS - http://www.indiana.edu/~iuinfo/iunews/ CAMPUS WEB SITES: IU BLOOMINGTON - http://www.iub.edu/ IUPUI - http://www.iupui.edu/ IU EAST - http://www.iue.indiana.edu/ IPFW - http://www.ipfw.edu/ IU KOKOMO - http://www.iuk.edu/ IU NORTHWEST - http://www.iun.edu/ IU SOUTH BEND - http://www.iusb.edu/ IU SOUTHEAST - http://www.ius.edu/ Prepared By: Office of Communications and Marketing INDIANA UNIVERSITY Quality Education. Lifetime Opportunities. 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