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We Speak Your Language COLLEGE of ARTS & SCIENCES WINTER 2005 VOL. 28 NO. 1 INDIANA UNIVERSITY’S COMMITMENT TO ARTS & SCIENCES We Speak Your Language COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Dean Kumble R. Subbaswamy Executive Associate Dean David Zaret Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure Ted Widlanski Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Catherine Larson Associate Dean for Program Development and Graduate Education Claude Clegg Executive Director of Development/Alumni Programming David Ellies Managing Editor Anne Kibbler COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD President Kathryn Ann Krueger, M.D., BA’80 Vice President John E. Burks Jr., PhD’79 Secretary/Treasurer Ann Waren, BA’87 THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES OFFERS THESE AREAS OF STUDY: Executive Council Representative African Studies History & Philosophy of Science James M. Rogers, BS’56 African American & African Diaspora Studies India Studies Animal Behavior Individualized Major Program BOARD MEMBERS Anthropology Information Technology Apparel Merchandising Interior Design Nancy S. Labiner, BA’91 Astronomy & Astrophysics International Studies Lisa A. Marchal, BA’96 Audiology & Hearing Science Italian John D. Papageorge, BA’89 Biochemistry Jewish Studies Dan Peterson, BS’84 Biology Latin American & Caribbean Studies Sheila M. Schroeder, BA’83 Central Eurasian Studies Liberal Arts & Management Jefferson Shreve, BA’89 Chemistry Linguistics Janet S. Smith, BA’67 Classical Civilization Mathematics Classical Studies Medieval Studies Frank Violi, BA’80 Cognitive Science Microbiology William V. West, BA’96 Communication & Culture Music Comparative Literature Near Eastern Languages & Cultures INDIANA UNIVERSITY Computer Science Neural Science ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Criminal Justice Philosophy Dutch Studies Physics President/CEO East Asian Languages & Cultures Political Science Ken Beckley East Asian Studies Portuguese Director of Alumni Programs Economics Psychology English Religious Studies Nicki Bland Environmental Studies Russian & East European Studies Editor for Constituent Periodicals Film Studies Slavic Languages & Literatures Julie Dales Fine Arts Sociology Folklore Spanish French Speech & Hearing Sciences Gender Studies Telecommunications To contact the College of Arts & Sciences Geography Theatre & Drama Alumni Board, send e-mail to Geological Sciences Urban Studies [email protected] Germanic Studies West European Studies History THE COLLEGE WINTER 2 0 0 5 C ONTENTS VOL. 28 NO.1 FEATURES Philanthropist in Practice 6 by William Rozycki PAGE 5 Then and Now Shattering Assumptions About Science 7 by William Rozycki We Speak Your Language 8 by Ryan Piurek Big Campus, Small Communities 13 by Emily Williams PAGE 8 Languages spoken here DEPARTMENTS From the Dean 2 Dean’s Advisory Board 3 From Your Alumni Board 4 Then and Now 5 Around the College 14 Other Developments 16 PAGE 16 Campus communities Spotlight Inside back cover Cover art by Evan Stauffer Magazine designed by Cheryl Budd, Digital Marketing Group Inc. The College is published twice a year, in winter and summer, by the Indiana University Alumni Association in cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences and its alumni association to encourage alumni interest in and support for Indiana University. The College is paid for in part by dues-paying members of the IUAA. For information about membership or activities, please PAGE 14 Around the College call (800) 824-3044 or e-mail [email protected]. Information can also be found on the College Web site at www.indiana.edu/~college/. College responds to state needs, global issues s I begin my fifth year as dean of to be developed, placement and other services have been strength- Athis wonderful College of Arts ened, and senior faculty have been hired to fill named chairs and and Sciences, I have occasion to pause professorships. New research centers have been established, as well and look back on the past four years. as a Department of Gender Studies. A new theater is serving to How the world has changed during expand performance opportunities for our students. Private gifts this time! The United States is still continue to increase. I am truly heartened by the dedication of the grappling with the aftermath of the faculty and the loyalty and generosity of our alumni and friends. It terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — has been a most rewarding four years, and I eagerly look forward to with considerable tension between serving my alma mater into the future. competing interests such as security Dean Kumble R. Subbaswamy — KUMBLE R. SUBBASWAMY concerns versus civil rights and nation- alism versus globalization. In the meantime, the economy of the country — especially of the Midwest, where the loss of manufac- IU creating a state for life turing jobs has been particularly acute — continues to languish. Did you know Indiana has the fifth-largest life sciences economy These and other issues force us to reexamine the role of research in the nation? At the heart of that economy is Indiana University — universities in addressing them and educating future citizens. The one of the leaders in life sciences. Building on strengths in the College has done so with alacrity over the past four years. basic sciences, medicine, and information technology, IU is leading It has become amply clear that, even as the United States deals the genomics revolution, seeking to cure disease and improve with urgent and uncertain security threats, there is a great need Hoosier health — while creating new jobs along the way. as well for a foreign policy that begins to address the social and IU celebrated its role in the life sciences with the inaugural life political causes of hatred and terrorism. The College, as a national sciences week Jan. 22–29. Across the state, Hoosiers learned more leader in the study of languages and cultures of near and remote about the life sciences and IU’s key accomplishments in the field regions of the world, is in a unique position to train professionals through a variety of statewide activities and speaking engagements. in and out of the military and intelligence communities and to enlighten policy development. We have strengthened our area Life Sciences Week activities included the opening of two exhibits studies departments and programs and begun a new, comprehen- at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis: “Genome” and sive undergraduate major in international studies. We have estab- “Genes and Your Health.” The main exhibit, “Genome: The Secret lished a new, federally funded Center for Languages of Central of How Life Works,” began its journey at the Smithsonian in Asian Regions, whose coverage ranges from Azeri to Uyghur. Washington, D.C. Funded with Pfizer and Clarian Health Partners, Student interest in these courses is higher than ever, which bodes it provides an interactive medium for the public to learn about well for the future of the country. Our faculty is putting special genomics research. emphasis on research relating socioeconomic and cultural factors Exciting components of “Genome” include interactive touch to political unrest in the developing world. screens and a giant 25-foot DNA double helix, which reveals the A long-overdue reinvestment in science infrastructure is under mysteries of our genes. Piece together a DNA puzzle, navigate a way. Construction of Simon Hall, a state-of-the-art multidiscipli- cell, or attempt to match a DNA sample found at a crime scene. nary science building — the first new science building on campus The exhibit will be in Indianapolis through May 8, 2005. in 40 years — has begun. You can read more about the building In December, IU President and watch construction progress via Webcam at www.indiana. And after unlocking the secret of Adam Herbert announced edu/~college. Another new science building is in the design life, take a trip over to IU’s exclu- a $53 million gift from the stages. Multidisciplinary endeavors in life sciences — from our sive exhibit, “Genes and Your Lilly Endowment to further traditional strengths in evolution and genetics to new ones in Health,” located in the Tomorrow’s IU’s life sciences research. molecular neuroscience, proteomics, and biocomplexity — are Indiana Gallery. Developed in part- The gift, the largest ever to thriving. Indeed, College scientists are playing a leading role in nership with the museum, the IU Bloomington, will help Indiana’s life-science-related economic development effort called interactive exhibit showcases IU’s broaden and intensify the “BioCrossroads.” Research grants and patent and licensing cutting-edge genomic research by campus’s life sciences re- income generated by College scientists have increased considerably helping individuals learn more search, retain distinguished in recent years, and even a spin-off company is about to emerge. about their risk for alcoholism scientists, attract new world- We have developed new degree programs to expand the life and other genetic-related diseases. class scientists, and contribute science work force in the region. The College is definitely doing Middle-school children and adults to the state’s economic devel- its share to energize Indiana’s economy. alike can learn about depression, opment by transferring tech- Certainly, there have been challenges. The past four years have Alzheimer’s, cancer, and more. nology to new and existing been a time of frequent turnover in the senior leadership positions The exhibit will travel around the life science businesses. Look at the campus and university levels, slowing down planning and state in the coming year, after its for more information on this implementation. The state’s economy has been in a slump, causing tenure at the Indiana State major initiative in the next further strains in the university’s finances. Nevertheless, the Col- Museum through May 26. issue of The College. lege has continued to make progress. The curriculum continues 2 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Banking on creativity by Emily Williams n Garrison Keillor’s popular public radio comedy and brought her to the atten- Omusic program, A Prairie Home Companion, listeners fre- tion of then dean of the quently hear skits about “The Professional Organization of College, Mort Lowen- English Majors.” In them, former undergraduate English majors grub.
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