Office of the President
Christian Hines has been named Indiana University's third Presidential Intern, starting in spring 2012. He will study the feasibility of creating a new program to further the undergraduate experience at IU. The inter-disciplinary program would promote the study of Western master works of art, literature and philosophy in relation to each other as well as the social, historical and political context in which they were produced.
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Indiana is the first state to launch a high-speed 100-gigabits-per-second (Gbps) network link dedicated to research and education. The new network, named Monon100, is 10 times faster than the current network link. With it, scientists and medical researchers will be able to rapidly share the massive amounts of data created by modern digital instruments such as gene sequencers, powerful microscopes or the Large Hadron Collider.
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Indiana University ranks 16th in the nation among public universities in the market value of its endowment, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers-Commonfund Study of Endowments released today, Jan. 31.
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Ten faculty members at Indiana University have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2011-12 academic year. The Fulbright recipients represent three IU campuses -- Bloomington, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne -- and their research and academic activity take place worldwide.
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Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to the United States, will visit Indiana University Bloomington on Thursday, Feb. 2, and present a free, public lecture on India-U.S. relations.
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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to David Baker, distinguished professor of jazz studies and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Jacobs School of Music. The presentation was made during a musical celebration honoring Baker's 80th's birthday on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Musical Arts Center.
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