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The Fall 2008 edition of Research & Creative Activity, offers a package of stories related to sustainability initiatives under way at several IU campuses as well as articles exploring the chemistry of air pollutants, the patterns of deforestation in Indiana and elsewhere, and what Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection can teach us about environmental ethics.
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Synergy Brass brings classical music alive
Nov. 22, 8 p.m., Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- Synergy Brass Quintet performs more concerts than anyone in classical music today, averaging nearly 300 engagements per year. Acclaimed for "blazing precision [and] amazing technique" (The Watertown Daily Times), the Synergy Brass Quintet has emerged as one of the world's most exciting ensembles. Synergy is often heard on National Public Radio, and in 2005 the group broadcast on NBC with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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IU Opera presents 'fantastical farce' "The Love for Three Oranges"
Indiana University Opera Theater will close the first half of its 60th anniversary season with Sergei Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges at the Musical Arts Center. Oranges opened Nov. 14-15; two shows remain, on Nov. 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. at the MAC. A witty new translation by returning guest stage director Nicholas Muni -- commissioned by IU for this production -- the opera will be sung in English with English supertitles.
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Before he came to Indiana University, Justin Stutzman had no background in fashion design -- unless you count "messing around" with clothing and image during his childhood in Syracuse, Ind., where he grew up alongside eight siblings. Stutzman decided to study business at IU after his fine arts portfolio didn't win him enough scholarship money to attend the university. But the Kelley School took a back seat when Justin discovered a latent passion and talent for fashion design.
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Holiday shopping in Bloomington just got a little greener. While Indiana University's Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design prepares for its fourth annual holiday sale (Dec. 4-5 at the Indiana Memorial Union), apparel merchandising lecturer Mary Embry is also helping to organize the city of Bloomington's first "green" holiday festival, scheduled for Dec. 6 at Allison-Jukebox Community Center.
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Bruce Cole, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of comparative literature in Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences, will leave his position as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to join the American Revolution Center as its President and CEO, effective in January 2009.
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Author of the poetry collection Against Which, IU poet Ross Gay is a basketball coach, an occasional demolition man and a painter. He talks with Live at IU about his work. "I'm working on two books, one of which is mostly done, and the other which is in the beginning, exciting stages," he tells readers. "I don't get too much of the 'waves of inspiration,' unfortunately. Mostly I just have to try to write the same poem over about 50 times until I get it right, or give up for some years."
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Students at the Herron School's Furniture Design Program are not only taught the foundations of woodworking, but also are encouraged to demonstrate creativity through their projects. "Our curriculum gives the students a well-rounded ability to execute their designs, and that skill set has a lot of application in the world," said Cory Robinson, assistant professor of furniture design at the Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI.
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Bloomington and regional audiences will be treated to a free concert by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. at the Musical Arts Center at IU Bloomington. The concert will be conducted by music director Mario Venzago and features Alexander Kerr, principal guest concertmaster of the ISO and the Jacobs School's Linda and Jack Gill Chair in the Department of Strings and Zach De Pue, concertmaster of the ISO. Kerr and Pue will perform J.S. Bach's Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins.
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In the Nov. 6, 2008, issue of Live at IU, we featured stories on the College of Arts and Sciences' annual banquet honoring The Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot, mystery author Michael Koryta and Professor Olaf Sporns; Liz Lerman Dance Exchange performing and conducting workshops in Bloomington; a Q-and-A with Harper Jones, star of IU Theatre and Drama's 2008 production of Hamlet; IU Ballet Theater's 50th annual performance of The Nutcracker; a Bloomington performance by Polish group Theatre of the 8th Day; a profile of an IU Auditorium student employee and a Q-and-A with IU East Professor Joanne Passet, author of Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeannette Edward Foster.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie delivered his first State of the University address on Oct. 14, 2008, in the University Place Conference Center Auditorium on the IUPUI campus. In the address, McRobbie, who became IU's 18th president in July 2007, provided an update on the strategic priorities he announced during his 2007 inaugural address. McRobbie reviewed faculty and staff accomplishments and laid out a course for achieving continued and growing excellence in IU's two core missions, education and research. The speech is now available on the Internet in text and video formats.
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