Anyone who?s commuted in traffic in a major U.S. city or tried to get their children out the door for school can claim to have some familiarity with the concept of ?controlled chaos.? Simply put, this phrase refers to the often random, unpredictable interactions and events that can hinder or even halt complex, critical systems. […]
Indiana senior Samantha Schmidt brought home a big victory for the Hoosiers this summer when she won the national writing championship at the 2015 Hearst Journalism Awards in June. And with five of the eight finalists in the writing category, the IU Media School had a great overall showing in the competition. Through her work […]
At a time when many college students are working summer jobs and internships, going on vacation or just finally exhaling after the long grind of finals, Brooklyn Sloss is sticking around Bloomington. In fact, Sloss, an Indiana University undergraduate majoring in neuroscience, will be spending much of her summer on campus for the second-straight year. […]
Inspired by their experiences in college and elsewhere, these Pathfinders are passing by the typical, well-trod career paths and blazing their own trails. We?ll explore the unconventional approaches these Big Ten alums and faculty are taking to work. At one point or another in their careers, most people can relate to the sentiment captured so […]
If you wanted to track down hard-to-find audio and film recordings, you might start your search at some venerable Hollywood studio, the Smithsonian or Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., or a storage room in the bowels of Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Bloomington, Ind., would probably be pretty far down the list of places […]
Students at Big Ten universities aren?t waiting until they get out into the ?real world? to make a difference. Find out how they?re working together to create positive, meaningful change in this BTN LiveBIG series: the Student Section. Anything that?s described as being the ?world?s greatest? can be viewed with skepticism. Still, it?s hard to […]