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The spring 2009 issue of Chalkboard, the IU School of Education Alumni magazine, is now online. Read about the school's new Latino initiative and other new partnerships.
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Jonathan Moller's work featured in new exhibit
Now-Aug. 14, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 North Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- "Our Culture is Our Resistance" features images by internationally renowned photographer and human rights activist Jonathan Moller. This exhibit focuses on the history of Guatemala, documenting injustices towards the country's indigenous majority during the civil war at the hands of the Guatemalan government.
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IU Jacobs School of Music announces 2009-2010 IU Opera and Ballet Theater Season
The 2009-2010 IU Opera and Ballet Theater season offers two takes on young love, two new opera productions, a ballet tribute to Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russes' 100th year and an American evening featuring the works of choreography icons George Balanchine and Agnes de Mille. Jacobs School of Music Dean Gwyn Richards said the school's new season offers a wealth of varied opportunities for both student performers and audience members. "In addition to two brand-new opera productions, we are particularly pleased to present West Side Story, in celebration of the recent unprecedented gift from the family of Leonard Bernstein that contains the contents of his Fairfield, Conn., composing studio, and the history of Bernstein's long association with the Jacobs School," said Richards.
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Over the past semester, Indiana University Bloomington undergraduate student Samantha Hutt has strolled through historical Arab markets, traveled throughout the Middle East and gone four-wheeling on a desert safari. The first IU student to "officially" study abroad in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Hutt is now completing a semester at Dubai's American Intercontinental University (AIU).
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IU Auditorium at Indiana University announces its 2009-2010 season, an eclectic, cutting-edge mix of Tony Award-winning Broadway shows, beautifully crafted classical music performances and holiday traditions scheduled to run from September through April. From the sweet sounds of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Sept. 26, to the family-friendly Broadway show Disney's Beauty and the Beast, March 2-4, and the spectacle of Cirque Dreams Illumination, Dec. 11, the new season includes an array of unforgettable performances.
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Just in time for spring commencement, Live at IU spoke with undergraduate students from several Indiana University campuses about their most memorable moments at IU. We talked with students from IU Northwest, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, IU Kokomo, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, all four of whom are poised to graduate this month.
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Soprano Olivia Hairston, a graduate student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took home the Grand Prize of $5,000 from the 2009 Indiana Campus Super Star competition April 19 at the historic Madame Walker Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.
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Indiana University Jacobs School of Music flutist Daniel Stein and viola performance major Dash Nesbitt were recently part of history in the making: both took the Carnegie Hall stage April 15 as part of the first-ever "YouTube Symphony Orchestra." The concert, which included a mix of popular pieces from both the classical repertoire and recently composed and improvised works, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/symphony. The final ensemble was composed of 96 musicians from 30 countries, all of whom auditioned for their spots through the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube. The contest was open to anyone, of any age, from anywhere in the world.
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Writer and artist William Buckley, an IU Northwest professor of English, is an expert on 20th-century British literature. But his heart belongs to a gifted, troubled American poetess: Sylvia Plath. "She is the best American female poet since Emily Dickinson," said Buckley, who teaches Plath and who has also written poems inspired by her work. "She has worldwide appeal. She's been translated into probably 20 languages at this point."
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In the April 16, 2009, Live at IU e-newsletter, we featured stories on IU's annual Little 500 bicycle race; an upcoming "Hammer and Nail" performance, a collaboration between student composers and contemporary dance majors; Q-and-As with IU Distinguished Professor of English Susan Gubar on her new book about Judas and with Jacobs master's student Nemanja Ostojic, a classical guitarist; this year's Big Band Extravaganza; the Department of Theatre and Drama's 75th anniversary festivities -- including a conversation with NPR's Scott Simon and legendary lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim; and a performance of Godspell at IU South Bend.
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The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center staff knows that thinking about cancer can be worrisome. The good news is that today there are more than 10 million cancer survivors. We are fortunate for scientific advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer, but so much information and research can be hard to understand. Now, there is a Web site to help answer your questions about cancer.
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