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Eugenie Scott talks about teaching evolution, creation science and intelligent design with Rudolf Raff, IU distinguished professor of biology, in this 2005 interview. Scott is executive director of the National Center for Science Education and a prominent proponent for the teaching of evolution in school classrooms. Raff teaches evolutionary developmental biology.

Events at Indiana University

Art and Coffee = Culture
Aug. 24, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor, IU Art Museum, Bloomington -- As the closing event to Culture Fest, the museum welcomes new and returning students with a free coffee tasting and culture fusion event that features music, dancing, temporary tattoos, tarot readings, henna hand-painting and coffee samples from around the world that complement our encyclopedic collection of art work.

Sylvia McNair comes home

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She's been at home on the grand stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and in more intimate settings such as the Rainbow Room and Algonquin's legendary Oak Room. But Sylvia McNair has always held a special place in her heart for Indiana University. In what amounts to a homecoming of sorts, the IU alumna, two-time Grammy Award-winner and internationally renowned soprano is returning to Bloomington to join the voice faculty at the IU Jacobs School of Music. She will begin teaching this fall.

Stretching boundaries: The fine arts go nuclear

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School of Fine Arts Professor Nicole Jacquard was living in Melbourne, Australia, two years ago, studying for her doctorate in fine arts, when she learned about the rapid prototyping equipment being used at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. An IU alumna who studies how computers can be adapted into the studio arts, Jacquard was intrigued by the technological advances being made at the IUCF, one of Indiana's largest scientific facilities and a recognized leader in the research and advancement of nuclear physics.

A special showing of 'Kinsey'

World-famous sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, the namesake for IU's Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, passed away 50 years ago. In honor of this man who forever changed the way America talks about sex, the Ryder film series will present a special showing of the film Kinsey at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Ind.

Brush up your Shkspr!

To laugh or not to laugh? This is definitely NOT the question when it comes to The Reduced Shakespeare Company's play The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged), which marks the third production of the 58th season of professional summer theatre at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Ind. This off-the-wall, interactive comedy includes three students from the IU Department of Theatre and Drama and is being directed by Professor Dale McFadden.

Kids' day out

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Pretend you are a child again. Imagine you are surrounded by friends and teachers and hundreds of kids from your community, waiting for the curtain to rise on the first stage show of your life. See the lights, take in the smell of the crisp program in your hand, feel the excitement as you watch a full-scale production of Berenstain Bears on Stage, The Tweaksters or I Hear America Singing. What sounds like a child's dream come true is happening now at IU Southeast.

A tribute to jazz masters

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Led by IU Distinguished Professor David N. Baker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra provides the 2006 IU Summer Music Festival finale in a performance on Saturday (Aug. 12) devoted to the legendary music greats Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson. As the orchestra-in-residence at the National Museum of American History, the SJMO continues a vibrant tradition of historically authentic jazz performances. Learn more about the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and its mission to explore, present, promote and perpetuate the historical legacy of jazz.

Underwater Discovery

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2006 Commencements

2006 Commencement

Orientation

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Summer music

AFL PG summer music

A can-do approach to autistic children and athletics

Grammy winner plans IU encore

IU biologists researching regeneration

$1.1 million Lilly Endowment grant to help state with data needs

Hoosier leaders are closer to having the data they need to make informed policy and decisions, thanks to a new grant awarded by the Lilly Endowment Inc. for the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

IU establishes best-practices center for Indiana schools

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Indiana University's School of Education is establishing a best-practices center that will bring faculty experts to selected Indiana schools to work with teachers, administrators and other school personnel seeking to improve instructional methods and curricula. This center is designed to foster collaborative relationships between Indiana University and schools and communities around the state to help prepare all students for success in post-secondary education.

Prekindergarten program needed to close achievement gap

A statewide prekindergarten program is critical if Indiana is serious about closing its achievement gap and ensuring that all students have the skills they need for college and work success, Indiana University education experts say.

Survey shows a shift in drug use among Indiana adolescents

Results from the 16th Annual Survey of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents, conducted by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University Bloomington, suggest that shifts are taking place in the types of drugs used by some youth and the manner in which these drugs are used, with increases seen in smokeless tobacco and injection drugs. The survey results offer insight into the consequences of drug use for adolescents, links between drug use and school performance, and the preventive potential of after-school activities.

IU archaeologists on the trail of Columbus' sunken ships

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As luck would have it, time ran short and the silt and mud ran deep. Despite these setbacks, Indiana University archaeologists are confident they are closer to discovering some of Christopher Columbus' lost ships -- and the answer to a 500-year-old mystery, "What was on those ships?"

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It's football season. The 2006 IU Football Kickoff Luncheon and the IU Football Pep Rally will be held on Thursday, Aug. 24, and will be hosted by Emmis Communications in Indianapolis. The pep rally will begin at 11 a.m. at Monument Circle. The luncheon kicks off at noon at the Omni Severin Hotel. Hoosier Head Coach Terry Hoeppner and Athletics Director Rick Greenspan will speak at the luncheon to preview the upcoming season. Indiana play-by-play announcer Don Fischer will serve as master of ceremonies.