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September 14, 2002

The future of research at IU
IU President Myles Brand contemplates what FDR aide Vannever Bush termed “the endless frontier.” Read the text of Brand’s annual State of the University address.
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New VP for research
Michael McRobbie will assume the additional title of vice president for research in July.
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Trustees approve plans for new science building at IUB
Plans are proceeding on the Bloomington campus for a new science building, the first such facility since 1962. The trustees also want first-year students to live on campus in Bloomington, beginning next fall.
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Holland Memorial Lecture Oct. 7
Developmental endocrinologist Tyrone Hayes of UC Berkeley has gained an international reputation for his research on pesticides and their impact on amphibian development.
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IU’s Li selected to head NIH institute on alcohol abuse
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Photo by Paul Martens
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige made a brief stop at the IU campus in Bloomington Thursday, Sept. 19. A graduate of IU with master’s and doctoral degrees from the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Paige spoke on the Bush administration’s agenda for education before taking questions from the audience. He is a former football coach and superintendent of the Houston school system and was named to the cabinet post by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Today's feature
All things Plath
Music, visual art, poetry, fiction and cultural studies related to writer Sylvia Plath will be explored at a symposium and other activities that will bring both Plath scholars and Plath fans to the Bloomington campus next month.
Largest gathering ever of Plath scholars to convene at IU Bloomington
"Eye Rhymes: Visual Art and Manuscripts of Sylvia Plath"

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