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What’s in a title?
In this case, I’m talking specifically about the title of my blog, IU Matters, which is just a small part of IU Communications’ new blog site Viewpoints As a journalist by nature, education and...
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IU ahead of the curve with eTexts initiative
The ritual dates back to … well, probably to as long as college students have been shelling out cash for their textbooks. Students pay good money for their textbooks, only to turn around and sell them...
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Nurturing the seeds of global success
As an IU delegation led by President Michael A. McRobbie wraps up its 11-day visit to Southeast Asia that included stops in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to strengthen IU’s connections...
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Doesn’t take a heavenly sight to connect campus to community – but it doesn’t...
Last evening, my wife and I ventured to the roof of a four-story parking garage near my office in Bloomington to catch a glimpse of a celestial rarity – the transit of Venus in front of the sun – only...
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‘Great ambassadors for the university’
Everything speaks. It’s a term regularly used by branding and customer service gurus to hammer home the point that when it comes to promoting your organization and winning customers, the little things...
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The pages are alive … with the sounds of music?
As I approach my first anniversary with IU, I continue to be completely blown away by the number of crazy-smart people doing groundbreaking research all around me. Much of it I can’t hope to understand...
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The virtues of a deep leadership team
As much as some people may not want to hear this, one of the few constants in this world is change. Technology changes, tastes change, missions change, people change – and organizations change. And...
View ArticleIU physicists help rock the scientific world
I am going to keep this one short, mostly because the more I try to talk about the Higgs boson, the more likely I am to expose how little I know about physics. But one doesn’t need to be a rocket...
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To a healthier Indiana
All universities share an obvious goal, namely to provide (mostly) young adults with the knowledge and skills they need to pursue their dreams, make a decent living and hopefully do a little good along...
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IU Health and Indiana University: A powerhouse team for Hoosier residents
Indiana University Health’s compelling branding campaign employs a simple, yet powerful tagline “The Strength It Takes” in its advertising. Mixed with scenes of IU Health doctors, nurses and patients,...
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Striving to provide educational and economic value
It’s become fashionable to bemoan the economics of getting a college education today. Student debt is on the rise and the sluggish economy has significantly softened the job market for everyone –...
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A conversation about K-12 education
It’s widely accepted that a college degree is the foundation upon which many successful careers are built. That foundation is only as strong, however, as the raw materials used to construct it – in...
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From Indiana to Indonesia and back
One of the perks of this job is that there is almost always something interesting being said or done on a topic that I don’t know much about (which is a long list, believe me). The biggest challenge is...
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Time flies when you’re making progress
It’s been two weeks since my last post, but I’ve got an excuse. Lots of them actually. There’s the general back-to-school rush and the angst of seeing my only daughter off on her (long) trip of...
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IU’s big appetite for a full plate of responsibilities
Being a public university, especially one that bears the name of your state, brings with it special responsibilities. There’s the obvious mission common to all universities of educating young adults in...
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Celebrating commencement and ties that bind
Last Saturday, Indiana University welcomed its 2,000 newest graduates into the Hoosier family during winter commencement ceremonies on the Bloomington campus. (Click here to read President Michael A....
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Peering over the fiscal cliff
With the clock ticking down to the end of 2012, one thing seems increasingly certain: The U.S. is going to enter the new year with a great deal of economic uncertainty unless the president and Congress...
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At IU, affordability and degree completion go hand-in-hand
I’m back. Actually, I didn’t go anywhere (other than a week’s respite in the sunny Caribbean in January with my lovely wife), but a number of things that sounded a lot like excuses as I started to type...
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A cause worth traveling the world over to promote
So, you’re the executive dean of the IU College of Arts and Sciences and you’re in the midst of launching one of the most ambitious projects to be found on a college campus anywhere – the creation of a...
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Lee Hamilton provides political, international expertise for – and from – IU
Anyone who has paid even passing attention to the workings of the federal government over the last four decades is familiar with Lee Hamilton. The legendary former Indiana congressman, known in equal...
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