June 27, 2003
Garnering the Gardner
IU’s Robert Payton has won the John W. Gardner
Leadership Award, joining an elite group of recipients that includes
Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity International; Arthur
Mitchell, founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem; handgun control advocates
Sarah and James Brady; Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s
Defense Fund; and Father Theodore Hesburgh, former president of the
University of Notre Dame.
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Juneteenth tomorrow in Bloomington
Commemoration of freedom for America’s
slaves is traditionally celebrated in early summer, as close as
possible to June 19, the day in 1865 when Gen. Gordon Granger rode
into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, nearly two
and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation
Proclamation. IU’s Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center is hosting
its fifth annual celebration in Bloomington tomorrow.
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Commedia dell’Arte (and all that
jazz)
The IU Art Museum opens a special installation,
Commedia dell’Arte, July 1, in conjunction with its
popular (and free) Jazz in July concert series.
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IUSM study suggests hope for Alzheimer
patients
Dr. Martin Farlow, director of the Alzheimer
Clinic at IU Hospital, has completed a medication study with colleagues
that suggests a possible effect in delaying the biological progression
of Alzheimer disease.
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Babies, fledglings, babble and birdsong
One
species often learns from another, and IU neuroscientists have been
studying how birds and infants learn early on that there are social
consequences to vocal sound-making
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Amazon rainforest survival depends on
next-generation best practices
IU anthropologist
Emilio Moran and colleagues are assessing the characteristics of
households along the Brazilian Amazon frontier. How new generations
are choosing "life strategies," such as farming practices,
will determine the delicate viability of the region’s ecosystem.
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Solar energy
research:
It’s more than a summer tan
What do professors
do in the summer? The in-joke in academia is that many faculty sun
tans are acquired under the bright lights of the campus library.
But IU Kokomo chemist Kasem Kasem’s summer research with solar
energy is focused on the creation of inexpensive semiconductor materials.
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A sluggish
economy and summer classes
Enrollment reached
record levels at six IU campuses during the first summer session
and remained close to the all-time high at IU Bloomington. Because
a sluggish economy has affected seasonal employment, upperclassmen
in particular have chosen to spend their summers in the classroom.
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Those driving past East Second Street in Bloomington last month may
have caught a glimpse of gardeners dressed in mid-19th-century attire.
The gardeners were tending the heirloom peonies, wisteria, roses,
vegetables and herbs at the Wylie House Museum, the home of IU’s
first president, Andrew Wylie. Carol Wise (left) and Sherry Brunoehler,
outdoor interpreter at Wylie House, are among those who keep the grounds
around the historic Monroe County home in period landscaping. Wylie
was a great believer in the benefits of physical labor, and the vegetable
gardens surrounding his home provided food for the family table. He
and his wife, Margaret, were the parents of 12. For a step back into
time, special programs and tours are available throughout the year
at the museum. Heirloom plant seeds may be purchased at the Wylie
House Web site.
 Today's
feature
21-century president
Adam Herbert, Regents Professor and
executive director of the Florida Center for Public Policy
and Leadership at the University of North Florida, was named
president designate of Indiana University by the Trustees
of IU on June 5. He begins his tenure Aug. 1. Photographer
Tyagan Miller documented Herbert’s visit around the Hoosier
state and the IU campuses in a photo essay accessible at this
Web site.
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