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The platform party (above) processed into Bloomington’s Assembly Hall for the Feb. 28 celebration of IU’s Founders Day. Dan Maki , IUB professor of mathematics (below), examined his President's Award while Rebecca Torstrick, associate professor of anthropology at IU South Bend, also a President’s Award recipient, waved to the audience. Outstanding IU faculty throughout the state received awards. An online tribute to each of the honorees may be viewed in the Today’s feature section of this archival Web site.

 
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Join the IU community-at-large, including former IU presidents, and representatives from more than 75 institutions of higher learning for the inauguration of Adam W. Herbert.  
 
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"The alchemy of art and science" will provide inspiration for a national gathering of 3,500 ceramic artists in Indianapolis March 17-20, with thematic exhibitions scheduled in 75 area venues, including Biomimicry at the Herron Gallery, which runs through April 3. Prepare for an Indiana Jones kind of experience, with the opening March 27 of a exhibition of the Greco-Roman art of Egypt--the 200 objects from IU collections include funerary art, jewelry, coins, portraiture by the Ptolemies, and other treasures, most of which have never been displayed before, at the IU Museum.

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Join IU's Kirkwood Chair of astronomy, Caty Pilachowski, and SETI's Jill Tarter in a discussion of the prospects of extraterrestrial life in today's Conversations online.