Front Page News at Indiana University

Front Page News at Indiana University

Scholar, performer and composer Keyes to receive the Herman C. Hudson Alumni Award -- Indiana University's African American Arts Institute is honoring Cheryl L. Keyes, an alumna who has gone on to become an accomplished ethnomusicologist, composer, arranger, vocalist, musician and record label founder. Read the complete story.

Indiana University to celebrate commencement at eight campuses -- Michael A. McRobbie, president of Indiana University, will preside over eight days of May commencement ceremonies at eight campuses where 17,952 students will be eligible to receive IU degrees. Additionally, 1,895 Purdue University degrees will be awarded on those IU campuses with Purdue programs, mostly in separate ceremonies. Read the complete story.

Onward! Curtis R. Simic Scholars selected at IU Bloomington -- Five outstanding student leaders have been chosen as recipients of the Onward! Curtis R. Simic Scholarship for Leaders at Indiana University Bloomington. The students, all juniors, were selected because of their scholarship, leadership and commitment to constructive university engagement. Read the complete story.

IU Office of Scholarships, GameZombie.tv honored with Webby Awards -- A Web site designed by Indiana University's Office of Enrollment Management and a video game review Web site created by IU students were named Official Honorees of 2010 Webby Awards. Read the complete story.

Dedication ceremony set for Cook Hall -- Indiana University Athletics will formally dedicate its new basketball development center, Cook Hall, on Sunday (April 25). The 3 p.m. dedication ceremony will be conducted on the men's basketball practice court inside the new facility, which is adjacent to Assembly Hall on the Bloomington campus. Read the complete story.

UK embroidery executive to visit IU as Bill Blass Seminar Series speaker -- The chairman of the United Kingdom-based Hand & Lock Embroidery, Alastair Macleod, will spend two days in Bloomington next week (April 19-20) as Indiana University's 2010 Bill Blass Fashion Design Seminar Series speaker. The visit is sponsored by IU Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design. Read the complete story.

IU Bloomington leads state in waste minimization in RecycleMania contest -- Indiana University Bloomington ranked first in waste minimization among Indiana schools participating in RecycleMania, a nationwide competition and benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction activities. IU Bloomington generated the least municipal solid waste per person -- 37.53 pounds, including trash and recyclables -- of Indiana schools in the contest. Read the complete story.

IU Soul Revue's spring concert May 1 will show how 'soul speaks' to everyone -- The IU Soul Revue at Indiana University will present its annual spring concert on Saturday (May 1), 8 p.m., at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. in downtown Bloomington. The theme of this year's concert is "Soul Speaks." This premise is based on the fact that black popular music always has provided commentary on the social conditions of African Americans. The IU Soul Revue is one of three student performance ensembles in IU African American Arts Institute, which turns 35 this year. Read the complete story.

IU symposium and film festival to host filmmakers and cultural politicians from the former GDR -- Indiana University Bloomington will host an international symposium and film festival, "Making History ReVisible: East German Cinema after Unification," this Thursday through Sunday (April 22-25). The event is the grand finale of a four-month teaching, outreach and research initiative -- Indiana University DEFA Project: Remembering 1989-90 through East German Films of the Transition -- which began in January. Read the complete story.

Conference stresses need for theater arts in schools -- As budget cuts put arts programs across the country on the chopping block, a conference will present discussions about keeping the theater arts in schools. "Now More Than Ever: Vital Arts in Trying Times" is a conference sponsored by the Department of Literacy, Culture and Language Education in the Indiana University School of Education and the American Alliance for Theater and Education (AATE). Read the complete story.

IU student publications recognized nationally and statewide -- Indiana University Bloomington's student publications earned top awards this spring from both state and national associations. In March IU publications won five Columbia Scholastic Press Association Crown Awards -- the top publications honors from the association. Winning two Gold Crowns were two semesters of the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, fall 2008 and spring 2009. Read the complete story.

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Indiana University Bloomington Scoreboard

Results for Friday, April 16:
Men's and Women's Track: Day one of the ISU Quadrangular is in the books. The Hoosiers posted several notable marks on the day, led by Paul Haas in the discus and Sarah Pease and Andrew Poore in the 5,000m. The Indiana women are in fourth place after five events, and the men are in third. Read the complete results.

Results for Saturday, April 17:
Women's Tennis: The No. 38 Indiana University women's tennis team started off "Senior Weekend" the right way, bulldozing Penn State (4-15, 0-7) in a 6-1 victory. Read the match notes.
Softball: Indiana got an RBI triple from senior Jennifer Glueckert in the top of the sixth inning and that held up as the Hoosiers (10-27, 2-5 Big Ten) picked up a 1-0 victory over Minnesota. Read the game notes.
Baseball: The Indiana baseball team swept a doubleheader from Iowa on Saturday, taking game one 4-1 and winning a 4-3 affair in extras in game two. Chris Squires picked up the save in the first contest and the win in game two to lift Indiana (18-15, 4-4 Big Ten) into a tie for third place in the conference. Read the game notes.
Women's Golf: The Indiana women's golf team battled through blustery course conditions at the OSU Golf Club Scarlet Course but finds itself in fifth place after 36 holes of the Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio Saturday. Read the complete results.
Women's Rowing: The Indiana rowing team posted successful finishes in three races to advance to the grand finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Read the complete results.
Women's Water Polo: The No. 15 Indiana Hoosiers (18-8) used a ferocious six-goal run in the opening five minutes to stun No. 14 San Diego State as the Hoosiers went on to capture the 11-7 victory in Tempe, Ariz. Read the game notes.
Men's and Women's Track: Molly Beckwith, Caitlin Engel, Ashley Rhoades and De'Sean Turner broke track records to lead the Hoosiers on day two at the ISU Quadrangular. The men took second with 185 points and the women took fourth with 153. Read the complete results.

Results for for Sunday, April 18:
Women's Tennis: The No. 38 Indiana University women's tennis team (14-7, 4-4) fell just short of upsetting No. 32 Ohio State (17-7, 4-4) on Senior Day. The Buckeyes pulled out a tight 4-3 win. Read the match notes.
Men's Tennis: The Hoosiers closed out their road conference slate with a win at Penn State on Sunday. IU swept doubles play and then scored wins in four of six singles matches for a 5-2 victory. Read the match notes.
Softball: Indiana scored seven runs in the top of the first inning, the largest single-inning tally for the Hoosiers this season, on their way to an 8-3 win over Minnesota (15-29, 1-9 Big Ten) to clinch a series sweep. Read the game notes.
Baseball: The Hoosiers have now won four in a row and five of six. IU sits in a four-way tie for third place in the conference, just one game behind Michigan and Ohio State, both of which have identical 6-3 records and have already played the Hoosiers this season. Read the game notes.
Women's Rowing: The second Varsity 8 crew won its grand final to lead the Indiana rowing team at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Read the game notes.
Women's Water Polo: The No. 15 Indiana Hoosiers (18-9) fell to No. 9 Arizona State, 18-8, in Tempe, Ariz. on Sunday to finish regular season play. The Sun Devils scored the game's first four goals and led 9-3 at the half, and it was too much for the Hoosiers to overcome. Read the game notes.
Women's Golf: On a sunny but windy day the Indiana women's golf team wrapped up play at the Lady Buckeye Invitational Sunday, posting a score of 311 for the final 18 holes to finish sixth at the OSU Golf Club Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio. Read the complete results.

Results for Monday, April 19:
Men's Golf: Behind a strong second round which included a 14-stroke improvement over the opening round, the IU Men's Golf team moved into fourth place at the Crooked Stick Invitational after day one. Read the complete results.

Schedule for Tuesday, April 20:
Baseball: Miami Ohio, 6 p.m., Oxford, Ohio

Schedule for Wednesday, April 21:
Softball: Ohio State, 5 p.m., Columbus, Ohio
Softball: Ohio State, 7:15 p.m., Columbus, Ohio

Schedule for Thursday, April 22:
Women's Track: Penn Relays, All Day, Philadelphia, Pa.
Men's Track: Penn Relays, All Day, Philadelphia, Pa.

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IU in the news

Bloomington, Indiana Wants to Be a Google for Gigabits City
Associatedcontent.com, April 15 -- Along with many other cities throughout the United States, Bloomington, Indiana wants to be a Google gigabit city too. Google has been getting plenty of responses to their requests for cities who want to be a part of their test communities that will hopefully bring a new faster broadband plan to communities worldwide. In Bloomington's' city application, there are ideas as to how the city would use the faster service. One of the big reasons is that Indiana University students would benefit from it by being able to have faster ways to research. Another plus to having this kind of Internet access in Bloomington would be the effect that it would have for businesses in the area. Full story.

Push for earlier look at college prep pays off
Jconline.com, April 19 -- On Friday, nearly 500 students made their first campus visit to Purdue University. Clay DeYoung, college and career counselor at Jefferson High School, said he hopes the students will be more ready when they arrive at his school next fall. He said it's important they realize the ground work laid as a freshman affects what's available as a senior. "The biggest mistakes I've seen are people do not know what their colleges expect," he said. "They want to go to Purdue or IU, but they haven't taken the right courses. They think college is just going to fall in their lap, and they're not looking at it in enough time." Full story.

A brilliant Sheen
Indiana Daily Student, April 19 -- Despite an almost 50-year career filled with enough memorable roles to certify and ensure a place among legendary actors, Martin Sheen couldn't help but crack a few jokes about his personal life Monday during his IU Auditorium appearance. "It's tough to be Sheen," he said. Sheen was the keynote speaker for this year's Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Drama. Full story.

IU wins top AIPAC award for pro-Israel activism
Indiana Daily Student, April 19 -- Twelve IU student representatives spent their spring break this year traveling to the 2010 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. to receive the prestigious "Duke Rudman Annual Leadership Award." IU was presented the top award for the campus-wide collaboration of pro-Israel activism in front of 370 U.S. campuses and 7,500 pro-Israel advocates. Full story.

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