IUPUI--the Making of an Urban University
Author: Ralph D. Gray
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780253342423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the "Miracle on Michigan Street"
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Women at Indiana University
Author: Andrea Walton
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2022-07-05
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 0253062462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first in-depth look at how women have shaped the history and legacy of Indiana University. Women first enrolled at Indiana University in 1867. In the following years they would leave an indelible mark on this Hoosier institution. However, until now their stories have been underappreciated, both on the IU campus and by historians, who have paid them little attention. Women at Indiana University draws together 15 snapshots of IU women's experiences and contributions to explore essential questions about their lives and impact. What did it mean to write the petition for women's admission or to become the first woman student at an all-male university? To be a woman of color on a predominantly white campus? To balance work, studies, and commuting, entering college as a non-traditional student? How did women contribute to their academic fields and departments? How did they tap opportunities, confront barriers, and forge networks of support to achieve their goals? Women at Indiana University not only opens the door to a more inclusive and accurate understanding of IU's past and future, but also offers greater visibility for Hoosier women in our larger understanding of women in American higher education.
The Indiana University School of Medicine
Author: William H. Schneider
Publisher: Well House Books
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 0253050510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Indiana University School of Medicine: A History tells the story of the school and its faculty and students in fascinating detail. Founded in the early 20th century, the Indiana University School of Medicine went on to become a leading medical facility, preparing students for careers in medicine and providing healthcare across Indiana. Historian William Schneider draws on a treasure trove of historical images and documents, to recount how the school began life as the Medical Department in 1903, and later became the Indiana University School of Medicine, which was established as a full four-year school after merging with two private schools in 1908. Thanks to state support and local philanthropy, it quickly added new hospitals, which by the 1920s made it the core of a medical center for the city of Indianapolis and the only medical school in the state. From modest beginnings, and the challenges of the Great Depression and the Second World War, the medical school has grown to meet the demands of every generation, becoming the leading resource for not only the education of physicians and for the conducting of medical research but also for the care and treatment of patients at the multi-hospital medical center. Today, the school boasts an annual income of over $1.5 billion, with over 2,000 full-time faculty teaching 1,350 MD students, and over $250 million in external research funding.
The City is an Ecosystem
Author: Deborah Mutnick
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-08-09
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1000622967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe City is an Ecosystem maps an interdisciplinary, community-engaged response to the great ecological crises of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality—which pose particular challenges for cities, where more than half the world’s population currently live. Across more than twenty chapters, the three parts of the book cover historical and scientific perspectives on the city as an ecosystem; human rights to the city in relation to urban sustainability; and the city as a sustainability classroom at all educational levels inside and outside formal classroom spaces. It argues that such efforts must be interdisciplinary and widespread to ensure an informed public and educated new generation are equipped to face an uncertain future, particularly relevant in the post-COVID-19 world. Gathering multiple interdisciplinary and community-engaged perspectives on these environmental crises, with contemporary and historical case study discussions, this timely volume cuts across the humanities and social and health sciences, and will be of interest to policymakers, urban ecologists, activists, built environment professionals, educators, and advanced students concerned with the future of our cities.
Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court
Author: Linda C. Gugin
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 0871952882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the lives of each of the 106 men and women who have been members of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Indiana's 200
Author: Linda C. Gugin
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
Published: 2016-05-20
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0871953935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of the Indiana Historical Society's commemoration of the nineteenth state's bicentennial, Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State recognizes the people who made enduring contributions to Indiana in its 200-year history. Written by historians, scholars, biographers, and independent researchers, the biographical essays in this book will enhance the public's knowledge and appreciation of those who made a difference in the lives of Hoosiers, the country, and even the world. Subjects profiled in the book include individuals from all fields of endeavor: law, politics, art, music, entertainment, literature, sports, education, business/industry, religion, science/invention/technology, as well as "the notorious."
Hoosier Philanthropy
Author: Gregory R. Witkowski
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 0253064163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first in-depth history of philanthropy in Indiana. Philanthropy has been central to the development of public life in Indiana over the past two centuries. Hoosier Philanthropy explores the role of philanthropy in the Hoosier state, showing how voluntary action within Indiana has created and supported multiple visions of societal good. Featuring 15 articles, Hoosier Philanthropy charts the influence of different types of nonprofit Hoosier organizations and people, including foundations, service providers, volunteers, and individual donors.
Herman B Wells
Author: James H. Capshew
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 0253357209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWells built an institution, and, in the process, became one himself.
Indianapolis Jazz
Author: David Leander Williams
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1625849346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapolis, which produced some of the nation's most influential jazz artists. The performance venues that once lined the vibrant thoroughfare were an important stop on the Chitlin' Circuit and provided platforms for greats like Freddie Hubbard and Jimmy Coe. Through this biography of the bustling street, meet scores of the other musicians who came to prominence in the avenue's heyday, including trombonist J.J. Johnson and guitarist Wes Montgomery, as well as songwriters like Noble Sissle and Leroy Carr.
Getting Open
Author: Tom Graham
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0253220467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe engaging story of Bill Garrett--the Jackie Robinson of college basketball--who joined the basketball program at Indiana University in 1947 and broke the gentleman's agreement that had barred black players from the Big Ten. Within a year of his graduation from IU in 1951, there were six African American basketball players on Big Ten teams. Soon tens, then hundreds, and finally thousands walked through the door Garrett had opened.
