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.

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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. Lowengrub was in reap the rewards of their degree, which often involves serving the process of expanding up grammatical advice and French fries at a fast-food drive- the Dean’s Advisory through window. These skits pick on English majors in parti- Board, the 29-member cular, but they draw on a much broader perception that a group of professionally diploma in the arts and humanities is not the fast lane to and geographically wealth and prestige. diverse alumni and friends of the College But with all due respect to the Professional Organization of that meets twice a year English Majors, for some people it might be just that. One of to offer real-world per- these people is Kathryn “Kay” Booth, BA’72. Booth graduated spectives on issues from the College with a bachelor’s in fine arts, specializing in facing the College. “He graphic design. After college she admits she “fumbled around wanted to find arts and looking for myself ” for a while in jobs slightly astray from science majors who had entered the business Kathryn “Kay” Booth, BA’72 world,” Booth recalls. What makes me different from all “It took a while to persuade me to join, but it is one of the best things I’ve done. It’s a privilege to serve on the board.” In my competitors who have gone addition to the Dean’s Advisory Board, Booth serves on the board of trustees at the Indiana University Foundation and was the typical business school route is inducted into the President’s Circle in 2003 for her dedication that I take a more creative, artistic and service to the university. After talking to Booth, the skits about English majors on A approach to analyzing companies. Prairie Home Companion seem much more like amusing works of fiction. At the same time, this business leader’s fierce pride in her roots in the College suggests that an adaptation of the Profes- her intended field. It was in one of these that she discovered a sional Organization of English Majors’ motto still holds true: flare for finances. Today, Booth is the director of global equity “Arts and sciences: It’s not just a college, it’s a way of life.” research for Bear Stearns, the world’s seventh-largest domestic securities firm. Emily Williams is a frequent contributor to The College. She was raised in Bloomington and lives in Portland, Ore. After 27 years in investment banking, Booth has no doubts that she made the right career choice. “Wall Street is where I belong,” she affirms. “There’s never a dull moment in this indus- try.” And even though her college degree wasn’t the traditional start to a business career, Booth says the eclectic skills she developed as a fine arts major are “a tremendous benefit to what I do today. What makes me different from all my competitors who have gone the typical business school route is that I take a more creative, artistic approach to analyzing companies. I encourage my analysts to look at things more broadly and not just accept the statistics and numbers that they see in financial data.” Booth’s creative thinking and language abilities give her the professional edge, and she wishes more job applicants had a similar background. Students who have followed an arrow- straight trajectory into the financial world, she thinks, may underestimate the importance of things like grammar or aesthetics. But the breadth of experience that fosters subtle skills, like writing a persuasive cover letter or clear, concise résumé, can make all the difference for an employer choosing among several highly qualified candidates. At least, it does when Booth reads them. In 1994, Booth’s dynamic melding of the arts and business

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 3 Introducing your board …

s promised in the last issue of the magazine, this column is served as a board member A going to provide a brief introduction to the members of the but has been elected as College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Board. This board is made secretary/ treasurer and up of committed alumni volunteers who meet three times a year vice president and is to promote the mission of the College alumni association, which beginning her second is to foster the lifelong allegiance and support of students, alum- year as president. One ni, and faculty of the College. Members of the board oversee a of her first initiatives was dues-based budget, deciding how best to allocate funding. to complete an ongoing They designate funding for The College magazine, departmental project to rewrite the newsletters, a commencement breakfast for graduating seniors bylaws of the association. and their families, alumni programming through regional College The bylaws had not been Connection Luncheons, the annual recognition banquet, distin- revised or reconsidered guished alumni and faculty awards, a student etiquette dinner for more than a decade. program, and many more services. We’ll begin our profiles right Her long tenure with at the top by introducing you to Kathryn A. Krueger, M.D., and commitment to the president of the board. board have made it a proactive and meaningful Krueger was born in Michigan. While she initially was drawn to organization that all journalism with a focus on medical writing, she soon discovered College alumni can be she loved the science more than the writing. She switched her proud of. In her free Kathryn A. Krueger, M.D. area of study and graduated with a double major in chemistry time, Krueger enjoys President, College of Arts and biology in 1980. Her interests led her to study medicine, cycling along Indiana and Sciences Alumni Board and she earned an MD from the University of Illinois. She roads. completed further training and began a research career at the

University of Michigan. She now conducts clinical research at — MARSHA MINTON, If you have any questions Eli Lilly and Co. Director of Development and for the board, contact us at Krueger wanted to remain connected to the College, and in Alumni Programming [email protected]. 1993 she decided to join its alumni board. She has not only

4 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Campus landmarks, old and new by Elizabeth England

hen I started classes at IU in the fall of 1972, the campus Wwas almost the same as when my family moved to Bloom- ington in the early 1960s. There was still automobile access to the Old Crescent. Looking toward campus from Kirkwood Avenue, most of the buildings in the Old Crescent were obscured by the trees in Dunn Woods. The old Memorial Stadium on 10th Street was no longer in use as a football field, but the Little 500 and the community Independence Day fireworks were still held there each year. I left Bloomington in 1976 with the feeling that the town and campus would always be the way I remembered. My family and I returned to make our home in Bloomington in 1989, looking forward to taking our son to the fireworks in the old stadium and introducing him to campus. Things were not as I remembered. Looking toward campus, I was startled to see the Sample Gates and a wide brick path leading into the Old Crescent. On 10th Street, the old Memorial Sta- The entrance to campus as viewed from dium had been razed and planted as an arboretum. The former ticket booths were the only Kirkwood Avenue was changed by the reminder of what had once stood at that site. There was no doubt things had changed, but installation of the Sample Gates. I had to admit both the gates and arboretum were beautiful additions to campus. The most recent change to campus occurred in 1998, when the Black Culture Center and two other buildings near the corner of Seventh and Jordan were razed to clear the site for the Marcellus Neal and Frances Marshall Black Culture Center and Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center. Dedicated in January 2002, this long-anticipated building changed the landscape of that corner forever. More changes are now under way as construction workers prepare the site between the Chemistry Building and Myers Hall for Simon Hall, the first of two new multidisciplinary science buildings being planned. The building of Simon Hall can be monitored by logging on to our Web site for live shots of the construction site at www.indiana.edu~college/. The city of Bloomington has also undergone some dramatic changes in the past several years. Miller-Showers Park (the park dividing College and Walnut on the north side of town) has been transformed by the addition of a combination pond/storm-water treatment plant that runs the length of the park. Downtown Bloomington has seen the addition of several high-rise apartment buildings — including one on the corner of 10th and College, one next to the Justice Build- ing, and another on Kirkwood two blocks west of the square. The increase in the number of downtown residents has added to the vibrancy of downtown Bloomington, and its specialty shops and restaurants continue to thrive. Much has changed since I first came to Bloomington four decades ago, but the city — and the campus — still retain the same spirit that has made them special to me and thousands of others over the years. The Black Culture Center was razed to make space for the new Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.

Memorial Stadium on 10th Street has become an arboretum. Photos courtesy of the University Archives and the Office of Photographic Services Photos courtesy of the University Archives and Office

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 5 In October, the College honored philanthropist Claire Gaudiani and IU biologist Jeffrey Palmer with its highest accolades — the Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Faculty awards. Gaudiani and Palmer accepted their awards, given by the College Alumni Board, at the College’s annual recognition banquet. Philanthropist in Practice by William Rozycki

n the early 1970s, Claire Gaudiani, service in the inner city; and IMA’69, PhD’74, was a doctoral student she engaged undergraduate on the IU Bloomington campus at a time students in original research in when the university was introducing what the sciences. Distinguished Alumni Award winner Claire Gaudiani is now the Collins Living-Learning Center. Gaudiani has, throughout her Gaudiani and her husband, David G. career, addressed questions of equity in city- and state-funded projects that involved Burnett, PhD’73, also a doctoral student, society. At Connecticut, she brought low- creation of a $17 million downtown water- joined Collins as the first coordinators of income minority high-school students to front park and an upgrade of the New residence life. The pair counseled resident the campus for summer programs that intro- London commercial pier facilities. students and developed programs in acade- duced higher-education goals. She devel- mics, art, and music for the Collins com- Since leaving her post as college president oped the program to avoid selecting the munity of inquiry. in 2001, Gaudiani has promoted the highest academic achievers — those, Gaudi- notions of the engaged citizen and a caring “I would like to help this ani knew, would have other resources to community, both as a research scholar at help them — instead focusing efforts on Yale University and now as a professor at great country to dramatically students identified as having great potential the George H. Heyman Jr. Center for Phil- even if their school records were low. “After anthropy and Fundraising at New York improve the quality of life all,” she says, “white students who aren’t University. She is the author of the influ- of our bottom one-fifth in in the top 10 percent of their class go to ential 2003 book The Greater Good: How college. Why shouldn’t these students Philanthropy Drives the American Economy income distribution.” have the chance as well?” and Can Save Capitalism. “Without our The innovative programs brought new citizen generosity, our country would not Gaudiani left the post after two years academic and student life to Connecticut be the same. Neither its democracy nor its when she received a PhD in French litera- College, but Gaudiani knew that resources economy would be the same,” Gaudiani ture. But her interest in nurturing human were as important as ideas. She embarked explains. “I’m worried that we could lose potential had only started, and it has been on a multiyear fund drive that resulted in a this quality if more of us don’t nurture it.” a continuing theme in a remarkable career. five-fold increase in endowments. By the That career has taken her from professor to As Gaudiani tours the country promoting end of her tenure in 2001, the school had a college president to community leader and, the ideas in her book, she is using her plat- large endowment income, and the student most recently, to a campaign to open the form to launch a grand vision: to help bank application rate was up by 40 percent. nation’s eyes to the profound economic the unbanked. “I want to help my genera- and social benefits of philanthropy. This extraordinary college leader at the same tion contribute to matching the savings of time turned her phenomenal energy to the low-income people,” says Gaudiani. “I Gaudiani’s abilities led her to the presiden- needs of the school’s larger community, New would like to help this great country to cy of her undergraduate alma mater, Con- London. She served as the unpaid volunteer dramatically improve the quality of life of necticut College, after she had taught 10 president of what had been a defunct New our bottom one-fifth in income distribu- years at the University of Pennsylvania. London Development Corp. In five years as tion.” She sees such work as a completion During her time as president at the private head of the corporation (serving four of of the last major work of a just society as liberal arts college, from 1988 to 2001, those years even while leading Connecticut envisioned by our nation’s founders. “The Gaudiani established a phenomenal record. College), she reestablished citizen interest in country is ready to do this shared work,” She created programs that allowed students the corporation; convinced a major pharma- affirms Gaudiani. “It could be the crown- not only to travel abroad, but to work there ceutical company to establish a $300 million ing work of the Vietnam generation before as well; she initiated literature courses with research center in the town; and managed we sign out in 30 or so years.” C

6 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Shattering Assumptions About Science by William Rozycki

hen Jeffrey Palmer was a high school in the words of Iowa State Wstudent in Washington, D.C., his University biologist Jonathan biology teacher inspired him to take an Wendel, “done more than any interest in botany. Neither student nor other individual over the past Distinguished Faculty Award winner Jeffrey Palmer teacher could imagine the eventual impact quarter century to transform of that encouragement. That awakened botanical science ... [and has] changed the Palmer’s findings, scientists are rethinking interest led Palmer to earn a PhD in biolo- scientific landscape that we now live in.” such time estimates. gy at Stanford University. And in the space One of the first of Palmer’s remarkable Perhaps the most intriguing research to of the three decades since his high-school discoveries was published in 1993 and emerge from Palmer’s lab is the discovery days, Palmer’s research on plant genomics was picked up in the national news. that, at least in some instances, horizontal has shattered common assumptions about Palmer and his collaborator demonstrated gene transfer exists between disparate the development and evolution of organ- that fungi are not, as was previously species. “Horizontal gene transfer,” isms and has brought to life science a new thought, related more closely to plants Palmer explains, “means a transfer of understanding of the nature of the genome. than to animals. By studying select mito- genetic material between species that Palmer, a Distinguished Professor of biolo- chondrial genes and putting these findings are too different to mate.” How can such gy at IU Bloomington and former chair of together with other genetic information, a transfer occur? “In at least two cases Palmer turned on its head the original, we know of, it appears that there was Palmer has ... “done more intuitive classification based on the way direct transfer of genetic material from the organisms looked and behaved. Palmer a parasite to the host,” Palmer says. The than any other individual over replaced this assumption of lineage with news of such horizontal transfers is both the past quarter-century to the startling finding that, despite external unexpected and exciting, opening new appearances, fungi and animals have a research horizons for genomic science transform botanical science ... sister relationship; plants are more like a and broadening the view of natural development and mutation. [and has] changed the scientific distant cousin. Other, more recent work directed by It is such eye-opening research that earns landscape that we now live in.” Palmer has shown that the rate of genetic respect from fellow biologists and brings change within the mitochondria of plants honors from the research community. the biology department, studies mitochon- can show tremendous variability: Some In 1990, Palmer won the coveted David drial genes in plants. The mitochondria are genes evolve with startling rapidity, then Starr Jordan Prize; he was inducted into found in all living cells (except the simplest slow to a much more measured pace. the American Academy of Arts and bacteria) but reside outside the cell nucleus Palmer’s findings “cast significant doubts Sciences in 1999; and he was elected a where most genetic material is found. on the reliability of molecular clocks,” member of the National Academy of These mitochondrial genes are crucial to says Loren Rieseberg, professor in the Sciences in 2000. Daniel Crawford, a cells, controlling vital functions like respira- Department of Biology at IU. Scientists biologist at the University of Kansas, tion, and yet are thought to descend from had previously thought that genetic muta- sums up Palmer’s importance to his field: a symbiotic relationship between bacterium tion progressed at a more or less uniform “[Palmer’s] contributions in molecular and cells, during which the cells engulfed rate, and in the absence of a fossil record, evolution and genomics have been the bacterium. By isolating these genes of the degree of genetic difference between nothing short of stunning.” C selected plants in his laboratory, sequencing two species sharing a common ancestor William Rozycki is a Bloomington-based them, and then comparing the genetic could be calibrated in a rough time esti- free-lance writer. sequence with other species, Palmer has, mate, the “molecular clock.” In view of

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 7 We Speak Your Language

by Ryan Piurek

o matter what part of the world tures has helped create graduates who have to be more mutual accommodation with Nyou’re from or what area of the a clear sense of the world.” the people you do business with.” world you’re interested in learning about, Massimo Scalabrini is an assistant profes- chances are Indiana University speaks sor of Italian in the Department of French Every year is languages year your language. and Italian. Now in his fifth year at IU Congress has designated 2005 “The Year of The College of Arts and Sciences offers Bloomington, the native Italian and gradu- Languages” in order to celebrate the nearly 50 foreign-language opportunities ate of the University of Bologna is a firm increasing importance of language learning for students — from American Sign Lan- believer in the intellectual and cultural in U.S. education and life and to educate guage, Arabic, and Azeri to Uzbek, Yid- value of learning a foreign language. students, parents, and the public in general dish, and Zulu. The College requires each about the benefits gained from studying “It gives students access to another way of of its students to take four semesters of and learning other languages. looking at the world. We need to talk to foreign-language coursework and encour- each other and understand each other,” One might say that every year is a year of ages language and nonlanguage majors Scalabrini says. “I see it as an intellectual languages at IU. The university’s foreign- alike to broaden their understanding of tool and a means to broaden their cultural language tradition dates back to the early the world by studying overseas. awareness, to foster dialogue and under- 1940s, when, under the leadership of Presi- “I can say, without hesitation, that we’re standing, and to gain an appreciation for dent Herman B Wells, IU positioned itself one of the top universities in the country cultural diversity.” to meet the nation’s needs for international in terms of the number and quality of the and foreign-language expertise. The univer- Learning language is also good business languages we offer,” says Catherine Lar- sity established a special training center at practice, says Joseph Clancy Clements, son, associate dean for undergraduate edu- the start of the Cold War to teach languages associate professor of Spanish and Por- cation in the College and professor of such as Russian and Finnish to the U.S. tuguese, associate professor of linguistics Spanish and Portuguese. “I also think our Army. It would establish the Russian and and former director of the Hispanic Lin- link between languages and overseas stud- East European Institute in 1958 amidst guistics Program. The popular program ies is a strong indicator of the university’s widespread fears of communism. Today, IU has around 200 majors and 300 to 400 commitment to expanding both the lin- has 14 international and area studies cen- minors each year. guistic and cultural horizons of its stu- ters, several of which have received funding dents.” “Things have been globalizing at an from Title VI of the Higher Education Act unprecedented rate,” Clements says. “If of 1965. Congress passed the Title VI “This is my 20th year at IU, and I’ve business is globalizing, then not everybody amendment in 1998 to support foreign-lan- always felt part of something that was val- is going to work in English. And if you guage centers, programs, and fellowships in ued very highly,” Larson continues. “Over want to do business well, you’ll have to institutions of higher education. time, our faculty has come to believe that work with the Hispanic world, with the the study of foreign languages and cul- Once again, global events have magnified Chinese, with the Japanese. There’ll need the importance of learning a foreign lan-

8 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 guage. After the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, What’s more, the United States continues offers languages spoken in regions of strate- and the new world order — or disorder — to lag behind other nations in the study of gic importance to the nation. Those lan- it created, the U.S. intelligence community foreign languages. About 9 percent of guages include Azeri, Haitian Creole, stressed a need for individuals with for- Americans speak both their native language Hindi, Hausa, Mongolian, Persian, Roman- eign-language expertise to work on impor- and another language fluently, according to ian, Tibetan, and Uzbek. tant national security and foreign policy the 2000 decennial census of the popula- While IU’s language coordinators, generally matters. Recent studies have indicated a tion. More than 52 percent of Europeans speaking, hesitate to promote it, they don’t shortage of experts in Central Eurasian, speak both their native language and deny the national security aspect of why East Asian, and Middle Eastern languages another language fluently, according to the studying and learning a language is impor- and inadequate resources for the develop- European Commission Directorate General tant. ment and teaching of what the government for Education and Culture. deems “critical” foreign languages, such as “There’s a place for this, and it’s unfortu- In October, IU President Adam W. Herbert Arabic, Vietnamese, and Thai. nate that it takes a negative event to get told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations people interested in (studying a foreign lan- In October, NBC News reported that the Committee that the university has respond- guage),” says Zaineb Istrabadi, associate U.S. intelligence community faced a major ed to new language concerns. He cited the director of Middle Eastern and Islamic stud- problem — a lack of translators who spe- establishment of the Center for Languages ies and director of Arabic language instruc- cialize in Arabic and who could go through of Central Asian Regions, which teaches tion. “But it seems that’s how things work the hundreds of thousands of raw audio languages and cultures of countries such as in this country. There was a tremendous recordings from FBI terror and espionage Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. interest in studying Russian and other Slavic investigations. Additionally, he explained that the College

Graduate student Sunni Fass Bridgewater, N.J. Major: Folklore and ethnomusicology Special interest: Turkish language

On why she chose to study the Turkish language: I became interested in studying Turkish after I took a folklore class, taught by (College Professor of Folklore) Henry Glassie, that focused on Turkish art and architecture. I had come into IU with some background in Middle Eastern music, and I had enrolled in Dr. Glassie’s class because I was con- sidering pursuing further study of the region. The class focused on the relationships among history, religion and cosmology, aesthetics, and personal experience. I enjoyed the complexities and also the ways in which language seemed to lie at the heart of many of these relationships — in Turkish people’s descriptions of their own experience as artists, in genres like calligraphy where language is intimately part of art, in richly nuanced terms used to talk about aesthetic styles and principles. I was also simply drawn to the sounds of the language itself. Turkish is a beautiful language. On the value of learning a language: I think learning a language opens doors. It allows you to communicate with individuals — breaking through stereotypes and generalizations and really engaging with the way real, individual people experience their lives, identities, and relationships. You also gain access to other types of media — film, TV, radio, music — that are shaping and contributing to the global cultural landscape. Plus, the structure of any language reveals so much about how people construct and conceive of their world. It is sometimes quite subtle, but culture is often deeply embedded in language, and sharing language is really a very crucial step toward true understanding. On her future plans: When I finish my PhD, I intend to pursue a career as a museum curator or museum educator. Also, although my immediate research plans shifted away from Turkey out of concern for the fallout from the war in Iraq, I have not given up on the idea of eventually pursuing future research in Turkey. My original research plans had involved spending time working in a Turkish museum. I hope I will still have this opportunity some day. Jeremy Hogan

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 9 IU. How do you stand out? How It was October 2001, just weeks after Sept. “(Learning a foreign language)… do you tell people that Dutch 11, when M. Nazif Shahrani, former chair of exists?” the Department of Near Eastern Languages doesn’t have to be linked to a and Cultures, phoned Istrabadi with a desper- Ham has added reason for feeling ate plea for help. Was the Iraqi native avail- specific event, even an event of alone. For more than 15 years she able, and would she be willing to help a researched and taught at Utrecht department faced with increasing demands, the magnitude of Sept. 11. The University in the Netherlands, one including requests for lecturers, research of Europe’s most prestigious uni- assistance, and other expertise? languages were always necessary. versities and a training ground for Now they’re even more justified.” a dozen Nobel Prize winners. She Istrabadi had spent the previous 14 years says that Utrecht’s Dutch language at Columbia University in New York City, program represents about 1,500 where she served as a research assistant for languages during the Cold War, but once students a year and anywhere from 20 to the late Edward Said, a renowned Palestinian the Soviet Union collapsed, things slowed 25 instructors, who specialize in teaching activist, and was ready for a new challenge. down.” an advanced level of Dutch and cater to a She agreed to the chair’s request almost large and active foreign exchange pro- immediately, seizing the opportunity to Scalabrini, who has seen a steady rise in gram. return to where she’d earned her master’s recent years in the number of students and doctoral degrees and thinking she’d studying Italian at IU, says, “(Learning a For Utrecht, language is big business. have at least a few months to prepare foreign language) is just the right thing to Dutch is spoken by approximately 20 mil- herself for her new role. do. It doesn’t have to be linked to a specific lion people in Western Europe alone. Sev- event, even an event of the magnitude of eral of the world’s largest companies have Instead, she had just a few hours. “(Shahrani) Sept. 11. The languages were always neces- Dutch roots, including Shell and ING, called me on a Saturday, and on Monday I sary. Now they’re even more justified.” one of the world’s largest financial institu- was in the office,” Istrabadi says. She quickly tions. Dutch is also the language spoken began assuming responsibilities as lecturer While an article detailing all of the lan- in the northern part of Belgium, where and as associate director and outreach guages offered at the College would fill Brussels, the capital of the European coordinator of the Middle Eastern and volumes, following is a sampling of some Union, is located. Islamic studies program. of the many languages being taught at IU. Ham says she’s embraced this new chal- Then, in the fall of 2002, Istrabadi, whose Getting to know Dutch lenge and managed to hold her own brother is Feisal Istrabadi, the new Iraqi Esther Ham may be giving new meaning against the friendly competition from IU’s ambassador to the United Nations, became to the expression “going Dutch.” other language programs. When she took coordinator of Arabic language instruction over the campus’s Dutch program in the (she is now the director). Over the past Ham is the coordinator of Dutch language fall of 2001, there were 11 students study- two years, she has overseen an extraordinary and culture in the Department of Germanic ing first-year Dutch and just four students increase in student enrollment. When she Studies. Now in her fourth year at the uni- who enrolled in a second year of the lan- joined the department in October 2001, versity, she admits to feeling all alone at guage. This semester, the number of first- there were 40 students enrolled in elementary times as she deals with the continued chal- year students has nearly doubled (to 20) Arabic. The number of registered students lenge of persuading students to study the and the number of second-year students in this first-year course has more than dou- Dutch language. has more than tripled (to 13). bled this fall to 84. During the fall semester of 2001, seven students were enrolled in The U.S. government and the Modern Lan- When asked to explain her success, the third-year Arabic. That number has risen guage Association have designated Dutch as language teacher is at a loss for words. “I to 25 this semester. a “less commonly taught” language, which guess you have to be a bit lucky,” she says. is basically a nice way of saying Dutch is The numbers echo a remarkable national It’s much easier for her to express just not Spanish or French or Italian. It’s not trend. The number of people studying Arabic how important and valuable it is to study even Arabic or Portuguese or Korean. Or, at the university level rose from 5,505 in language and learn about other cultures. for that matter, American Sign Language, 1998 to 10,584 in 2002, according to the which is one of the most popular foreign- “For anybody in the world, it’s a good MLA. And, yet, Arabic makes up less than language courses at IU with about 500 experience to hear another point of view. 1 percent of the total language enrollment students in 19 classes each semester. Especially in a large country like the Unit- in the United States. ed States, it’s helpful to see other customs In 2002, 375 students were enrolled in Istrabadi says she tries to “contextualize” and cultures. I always try to make the link Dutch language courses at U.S. institutions Arabic language for her classes, which typi- to American history, and, you know, we of higher education, according to an MLA cally include a majority of Americans and a have a lot in common with (Americans). survey. In comparison, more than 746,000 handful of Arab-Americans and non-Ameri- A lot of people from the Netherlands undergraduates and graduates were taking can Muslims. Her students rely on “real” emigrated here.” Spanish. More than 60,000 were studying texts, such as poems and newspaper columns American Sign Language. and articles that are written in Arabic, instead A call for help “The biggest problem for me when I of the textbook. “In that way, if there’s a Zaineb Istrabadi had been back in her arrived here was ‘How do you advertise? political slant to a poem, there might be a hometown of Bloomington, Ind., for How do you promote yourself?’ ” says certain reference that the average American only a few weeks when she got the call. Ham. “There are just so many choices at student might not know about,” she says.

10 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Senior Nola Marie Stephens Pottsboro, Texas Majors: Germanic studies and linguistics Special interest: German linguistics

On why she chose to study language: Even as a child, I was intrigued by language. I remember wondering why my mother asked me to shut my door when the entire car belonged to her, why my grandfather said I could see my feet when they were plainly con- cealed by my socks, and how my German foreign exchange brother could make so many strange sounds that I had never before heard. When I was in junior high, I also became captivated by Bernard Shaw’s play Pyg- malion and was determined to learn phonetics at the first chance. Though the exact nature of my interests has changed since then, I continue to be intrigued by language and am compelled to pursue a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of language through an advanced study of linguistics. On the value of overseas studies: My experiences studying abroad in Freiburg, Germany, during my junior year further affirmed my desire to study linguistics in graduate school. I enjoyed taking several courses from the linguistics department at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg, including a course on semantics. On occasion, I even caught myself reading articles on German lexical semantics before finally managing to turn to the actual paper I was intending to read for class. I then realized that my motivation to study the linguistic effects of verbal meaning transcended my experiences with lexical semantics at Indiana University. On her future plans: While my questions about language and the meaning of language have become more sophisticated since my childhood, this deep-seated interest has taken me beyond simply acquiring the skills Henry Higgins used to tran- scribe Eliza’s dialect in Pygmalion to a sincere academic dedication to the field of linguistics. I look forward to sharing my specific interests with

Courtesy photo scholars from around the world.

Istrabadi believes Americans need to be Interest has risen slightly, says Hyo Sang improving quite rapidly, and it’s also a more cosmopolitan and catch up with the Lee, associate professor of East Asian Lan- major sports power. But it takes a long time rest of the world, where learning multiple guages and Cultures and coordinator of for people to realize these things.” languages is considered normal. the Korean language program, but for That’s not to say global issues don’t res- reasons that have less to do with deadly “It’s pretty self-evident that we have a onate with students who are interested in nuclear weapons and axes of evil than that tremendous lack of information about that taking Korean, says Lee, now in his 11th crazy little thing called … love. part of the world, and many people who are year at the university. It’s just that the considered experts on the Middle East — “Students tend to give more personal Korean language program, which totals well, I don’t know what makes them experts, reasons for studying Korean,” says Lee, anywhere from 35 to 50 students in a given because they don’t speak the language. a native of Seoul, South Korea. “We have year, attracts somewhat of a different stu- Think of the reverse: What if someone was had Japanese female students who have dent than those who flock to the major called an expert on the United States, but Korean boyfriends and American boys Korean language centers on the East and that person didn’t speak English? How seri- who have Korean girlfriends. And they West coasts, such as the University of ously would you interview this expert? all have friends who speak Korean.” Hawaii and UCLA. “Unlike those other Would you have them on TV every night? universities on the coasts, we don’t have a “It’s one way we differ from the Japanese Do you see the absurdity of this situation?” lot of Korean-American students — only and Chinese (programs),” Lee continues. about five of our 20 first-year students are “Many of those students are motivated for Korean-Americans. Other universities have The international language academic, political, and economic reasons. 80 percent Korean-Americans,” Lee says. As tensions mount between the United Also, many Americans don’t see Korea the (The program offers four levels of Korean, States and North Korea, one might expect same way they see Japan and China, the from elementary/first-year to advanced the level of interest in Korean language two giants in Asia. It’s a misunderstand- level/fourth-year.) studies to also escalate. ing, of course. Korea is still one of the most powerful economies. Its economy is Lee says he considers Korean one of the

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 11 “Our students are interested in a “marvelous lever” for analyzing the times “Students who learn a foreign African languages because the class- in which we live, says Cynthia Bannon, es are small,” says Samuel Obeng, associate professor of Latin and director of language become not only more associate professor of linguistics. “I undergraduate studies in the Department used to go to the halls of residence of Classical Studies. knowledgeable about the world to talk to students, and anytime I’d “One of the phrases you hear is that tell them about the small classes and and how they fit into the world (Latin) majors are ‘majors for life,’” Ban- the one-on-one relationships with non says. “Latin will enrich your experience teachers, they’d get very excited.” picture, but also how the world of our culture — not just literature, but fits in with them.” Obeng, a native of Ghana, served as also art — and also provide you with a African languages coordinator from way at looking at political events, at law, 1999 to 2002. He attributes the at different forms of family, and at what most difficult languages to learn, which rising interest in African languages among it means to be a family.” makes it a difficult sell to new students. black and white students to several factors. There’s one more rumor that Bannon He also has a relatively small number of “It’s true that Hollywood and movies like wants to shoot down — that learning Latin Korean-Americans to market to (about The Lion King and its songs like “Hakuna is much too hard. “It’s the kind of thing 300 to 400 students), compared with other Matata” contributed to students’ wanting that is manageable,” she says. “Once you Big Ten schools such as Michigan and Illi- to know more about the language. But memorize certain things, learn the gram- nois, whose Korean-American populations languages like Twi also appeal to a signifi- mar, and acquire what is a very limited set are in the thousands. Still, he considers cant number of African-Americans because of rules, you’re golden, and your brain will his program and its parent department, they want to learn more about their histo- grow in lots of different ways.” the Department of East Asian Languages ry,” he says. and Cultures, to be among the nation’s strongest. Obeng says the African languages program The future of languages at IU encourages students to broaden their Looking around the College, it’s apparent “In many universities, even in the most horizons and eliminate “the fear of the that the university’s foreign-language pro- prestigious universities, your language lead- unknown” by experiencing, firsthand, the grams are in the midst of a period of excit- ers aren’t considered to be normal teachers. African culture. He says the university has ing growth and new challenges. With those They’re considered to be lecturers,” Lee a strong overseas study program at his challenges come increased competition for says. “Even though IU has a small (Kore- alma mater, the University of Ghana. “If students, teachers, and resources and the an) program, it considers languages to be you’re going to learn the language, you need for programs to market themselves in very important.” need to know the context and how to use ways that convince students of the impor- African languages on the rise it,” he says. tance of learning another language. In the African Studies Program, they’re fac- Latin lives! IU and the College have tried to do their ing a challenge that many less commonly part by promoting the intellectual, eco- Alex: Did you hear they’re teaching Japanese nomic, political, and global benefits of taught languages would love to have — next year? how to balance an increasing interest in acquiring a foreign language and pursuing Max: That’s the rumor. opportunities for students to understand African languages with the desire to keep Alex: And they’re canceling Latin. classes intimate. and appreciate other cultures by studying Max: What? I tried to get Latin canceled abroad. “It’s a challenge because we at least want for five years. “It’s a dead language,” our students to feel like they’re in a small I’d always say. Associate Dean Catherine Larson is class setting,” says Alwiya S. Omar, coordi- Alex: Well, I guess they finally heard you. amazed by the team effort. “It really is extraordinary, and I think the credit nator of African languages and native — Scene from the film Rushmore (1999, of Zanzibar, Tanzania. goes to Herman B Wells. He was a man Touchstone Pictures) absolutely committed to international She says more than 100 students are Contrary to what some people believe, and global education and thought it was enrolled in African languages this fall, Latin is not dead. In fact, it’s the eighth important to create opportunities for including 70 students who are studying most studied language in institutions of students to study overseas.” Swahili, a less commonly taught language higher education, thanks, in large part, Wells understood that “students who that has experienced significant growth in to Hollywood (Gladiator, Alexander) and recent years. (Total enrollment in Swahili learn a foreign language become not only our timeless fascination with Roman more knowledgeable about the world and approached 1,600 students in 2002, up mythology. from 1,241 in 1998.) The campus has also how they fit into the world picture, but seen a rise in the number of students study- And don’t forget the dreaded SAT test — also how the world fits in with them,” ing Twi, the native language of Ghana, studies show Latin students have a leg up she adds. as well as the introduction of the South over other students on the verbal section. It’s a vision that seems to make sense in African language Zulu in 2003 and the Yes, Latin lives — and not just in the hearts any language. C reintroduction of the West African language and minds of moviegoers and parents of Bambara, also in 2003. The Nigerian lan- Ryan Piurek is a writer in the IU Office of college-bound high-schoolers. For a nation Marketing and Communications. guage Hausa is currently being taught at embroiled in tumultuous global and politi- the intermediate and advanced levels. cal events, Latin and Roman culture can be

12 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Big Campus, Small Communities by Emily Williams

ot long ago, Kemmie Mitzell was degree requirements and working with Nfairly sure she wouldn’t come to IU. major-specific advisers. It was simply too controversial. “We have Absolute certainty in her major also led a divided house,” Mitzell explains of her Mitzell to another special program that Westfield, Ind., family. On her mother’s caters to motivated students: the Sci- side is a virtual dynasty of Hoosiers: her ence, Technology, and Research Schol- mother, two aunts, grandmother, and ars Program. STARS offers a select grandfather all attended IU. Her father, group of around 70 undergraduates an on the other hand, graduated from a exceptional package of opportunities, school in West Lafayette that is not including four years of hands-on labo- named in polite company. “You can ratory research experience, mentoring by a fac- “I was actually at first intimidated ulty scientist, and an annual stipend for by the size of the university. What research projects, journal I realized was that the resources subscriptions, or travel to scientific conferences. at a large university are amazing. Mitzell joined STARS because, she says, “I was If you want them, they are right extraordinarily impressed there at your fingertips.” with the magnitude and far-reaching scale of the research that goes on at imagine the arguments that go on in the this university.” Now part of this house when they play in basketball.” Her research herself, she is working in the expression is a combination of grin and

lab of Preston Garraghty, professor of Hogan Jeremy shudder. “It’s quite a sight.” psychology and neural science, assisting Kemmie Mitzell Family rivalries aside, Mitzell also worried with an experiment measuring the that IU was simply too big to offer the effects of stress hormones on rats’ abili- “The more you understand human beings kind of intimate environment she admired ty to learn. as they are,” she contends, “the more you understand who you are and who you are at small colleges. “I was actually at first As if one major weren’t enough, Mitzell meant to be.” intimidated by the size of the university,” committed to take on a second, in the she admits. “What I realized was that Department of Theatre and Drama. Pursuing two majors, pondering a minor the resources at a large university are “Drama has been a primary interest for in French, and working as a research assis- amazing. If you want them, they are me since I was about 2 years old,” she tant would leave most of us with barely right there at your fingertips.” Enticed says. “When I tell people about my enough energy to feebly press the televi- by the possibilities, Mitzell decided to double major, I always get these really sion’s on button. In contrast, Mitzell finds attend IU and immediately set about weird looks. I try to explain that the time to practice with the Singing finding ways to put a large university’s subjects actually complement each other Hoosiers, an elite choral ensemble that resources to work creating the small really nicely. People tell me they’ve performs nationally and internationally. communities she sought. never heard of a theater and biology In that group, in her dorm, in the STARS Before classes even started, Mitzell entered major, but they’re both part of who I Program, and in the Direct Admit Pro- the College of Arts and Sciences’ Direct am as a person and who I’m going to gram, it is clear that Mitzell has used the Admit Program. This program, now in its become.” The two subjects, Mitzell vast resources that once overwhelmed her fourth year, allowed her to forgo the stan- believes, both examine what she thinks to carve out small, focused communities dard exploratory period in the University of as “humanness” — one scientifically where she can thrive. It’s less clear Division and immediately enter the biolo- and the other artistically. She hopes that whether thriving involves any sleep, but gy department. About 250 freshmen the combination will give her a unique Mitzell is too happy to be tired. “I am a elected to enter the program this year, perspective from which to make scien- busy person,” she says with a laugh, “but jumping straight into taking care of tific, as well as personal, discoveries. I enjoy being busy. So it works out.” C

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 13 by Emily Williams

Stand-alone PhD in cognitive science Geologists worth their salt Fall semester marked the inauguration of IU’s new stand-alone David L. Bish, professor of geological PhD program in one of academia’s hottest fields: cognitive sciences, and Haydn Murray, chair in science. Since the program began 16 years ago, graduate stu- applied clay mineralogy at IUB, co- dents in cognitive science have pursued a joint PhD that com- authored a report in the Oct. 7, 2004, bines cognitive science with a related discipline. In the new issue of Nature, positing the properties stand-alone program, core coursework will still focus on these and history of water on Mars. Bish and major methodologies of the field: philosophical foundations, colleagues at the Los Alamos National behavioral research, computational and mathematical model- Laboratory studied the behavior of Epsom-like salts believed to be ing, and neuroscience. For their research, students will choose common on the Martian surface. They varied temperature, pressure, an area of concentration, such as language, vision, or memory, and humidity inside an experimental chamber in order to monitor that can be investigated using the multidisciplinary perspec- how the different magnesium salts transform over time. tives fostered by the program. “The Mars Odyssey orbiter recently showed that there may be as much as 10 percent water hidden in the Martian near-surface,” Bish A rose by any other name … said. “We were able to show that under Mars-like conditions, magnesium sulfate salts can contain a great deal of water. Our findings also This fall, IUB biologist Loren Rieseberg and five colleagues suggest that the kinds of sulfates we find on Mars could give us a lot from around the country were awarded a $5.5 million, three- of insight into the history of water and mineral formation there.” year grant from the National Science Foundation. The team aims to identify key genes that cause lettuce, sunflower, thistle, knapweed, and several other plants in the sunflower family to differ from their wild ancestors. Lettuce and sunflower are Kudos from Poland valuable agricultural crops, while thistles and knapweeds are Last October, Professor Bill Johnston took time out of his sabbati- disdained as weeds. Despite the obvious dissimilarities, the cal leave to travel to Poland on a bit of university business. There, species are closely related and quite similar genetically. This at the Royal Palace in Warsaw, he accepted the Polish Foreign Min- information will be useful to plant breeders and weed fighters, ister Award on behalf of the IU Polish Studies Center, which he has but also to anthropologists who are interested in early directed since 2001. Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz humans’ domestication of crops. Cimoszewicz presented the award, which recognizes people and institutions that enhance the promotion of Poland in the world. Tongue-in-beak The IU Polish Studies Center was established in 1976. It has since hosted several of the most important figures in Polish politics and Everyone knows that Polly wants a cracker. But just how, exactly, culture and helped establish IU’s academic exchange programs with does she manage to ask for it? Warsaw University and with Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Both parrots and humans rely on specialized In addition to being the center’s director, Johnston is an associate vibrating organs in their throats — the larynx professor of applied linguistics. in humans and syrinx in parrots — for vocalization. Ornithologists and bird lovers have long noticed that parrots move their tongues when they vocalize, but it wasn’t Palmer-Brandon Prize known whether this affected the sound Two Indiana natives have been selected as the winners of the 2004 produced. Now scientists at IU and Leiden Palmer-Brandon Prize for outstanding full-time students majoring University in the Netherlands have shown in the humanities. Laura Ertmer of Lafayette is majoring in religious for the first time that parrots, like humans, studies and Spanish and has just returned from a year abroad in do use their tongues to shape sound. Lima, Peru. Thade Correa of Hammond is majoring in English and music, and his interests include karate, writing poetry, and Studying five monk parakeets, small parrots native to South composing music for the piano, violin, flute, percussion, and voice. America, the scientists found that a change of just a fraction Both winners are seniors at IUB, and each will receive $20,000 to of a millimeter in tongue position could significantly affect be used to further his or her educational experiences. the qualities of the emerging sound. “This is the first direct evi- dence that parrots are able to use their large tongues to change “Based upon the accomplishments of past recipients, I am confident the acoustic properties of their vocalizations,” said IU Blooming- that Ms. Ertmer and Mr. Correa will put this prize money to excel- ton neurobiologist Roderick Suthers, who participated in the lent use, to further not only their own educations, but also to make research. “The basic idea here is that we believe the motor genuine and significant intellectual contributions,” said College of control of tongue movements may be an important part of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble R. Subbaswamy. vocal communication by parrots, just as it is in humans.” The Palmer-Brandon Prize is named for the late Ralph Graham Gabriel Beckers, the lead author of the study, conducted the Palmer, BA’28, of Washington, Ind., and his wife, the late Barbara research when he was a postdoctoral fellow at IUB. He is Brandon Palmer, BA’33. The annual award is funded by a gift now a Leiden research fellow. made to the College of Arts and Sciences in the 1980s.

14 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 Kabuki performance Last spring, Professor Sumie Jones and the students in her E473/E505 History of Japanese Theater and Drama did more than just study kabuki, the genre of popular Japanese theater that developed during the early 17th century. After learning about the history and conven- tion of kabuki through text materials and performances on video, the students decided to put on a play themselves. With help from Harue Tsutsumi, a highly acclaimed Japanese playwright, members of the class wrote, directed, and performed The Love Suicides at Jordan River. “I had never thought of introducing students to Japan’s culture this way,” Jones notes. “It was amazing to see the students, every one of them, so passion- ately involved in the project.” The endeavor was supported by the East Asian Studies Center, the Center for the Study of Global Change, the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Fulbright Scholars Let’s talk about sex Four professors and 13 students at IUB, all but two hailing “Let’s talk about sex” is the apt tagline for a new film about IU’s from the College of Arts and Sciences, were named Fulbright famed sexuality researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. Kinsey, starring Liam Scholars for 2004–05. Since the program’s inception in 1946, Neeson and Laura Linney, is writer and director Bill Condon’s more than 250,000 participants have earned the opportunity interpretation of Kinsey’s life. While the film is not absolutely to study abroad and fulfill Senator J. William Fulbright’s biographical, it does faithfully tell the core story of a distinguished vision of promoting “mutual understanding between the zoologist whose stint teaching a class on marriage to IU under- people of the United States and the people of other countries graduates spawned a groundbreaking new arena of scientific of the world.” The following students and faculty members research. Dr. Kinsey and his staff interviewed more than 18,000 received Fulbright Scholar Grants. Recipients’ names are people about their sexual lives, publishing the controversial followed by their field of study and the country in which Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 and Sexual Behavior they will be studying: in the Human Female in 1953. Ryan Adams, anthropology, Brazil In a review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert declared the picture “likely to be the best-received biopic since A Beautiful Jeremy Albright, comparative politics, Spain Mind.” He added, “Liam Neeson gives an Oscar-worthy perfor- Christopher Baker, area studies, Kazakhstan mance as the sex researcher who began by collecting a million Kathryn Boswell, anthropology, Burkina Faso moths and then moved from etymology to the bedroom and became obsessed with collecting sexual histories.” Angela Bredehoeft, teaching English as a foreign language, Germany Cassandra Chambliss, Middle Eastern studies, Egypt Record $413 million in research funds Abigail Crisman, area studies, India Kathleen Lavengood, ethnomusicology, Canada In fiscal year 2004, Indiana University received a record $413 million in research funds from public and private sources. IU Lisa Overholser, ethnomusicology, Hungary Bloomington’s share of this figure increased by 29 percent to Deanna Wooley, modern history, Czech Republic $124 million — the biggest such percentage increase in the Professor Jack Bielasiak, professor of political science, history of the campus. The amount also included a substantial Poland increase for the College of Arts and Sciences, which saw a jump of 26 percent to $60 million. Professor Kenneth Johnston, professor emeritus of English, Scotland The previous funding record was set in fiscal year 2001, when IU garnered $397 million in research awards. The university’s These students and faculty members received Fulbright-Hays overall research funding has increased more than 20 percent in Grants for doctoral dissertation research abroad: the last two years and has nearly doubled since fiscal year 1995 Ginger Elliott, political science, Tanzania ($219 million). Nathan Plageman, African history, Ghana “Credit for this wonderful accomplishment goes to the outstand- Joanne Quimby, comparative literature, Japan ing Indiana University faculty whose research is the basis for these awards,” said IU Vice President for Research Michael A. McRob- Professor John Hanson, professor of history and director bie. “In addition, I applaud the deans for making superb new of the African Studies Program, Ghana faculty appointments that continue to build on the research and Professor Christopher Beckwith, professor of Central teaching excellence of our faculty and help expand our external Eurasian Studies, Japan research income.”

THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 15 A gift of time and place

ne of the most rewarding aspects of the Grant’s gift does indeed OCollege is the relationships that form between students and their professors. For many of our alumni these relationships continue well create just such a tribute beyond their days in Bloomington and provide a lifetime of friendship. Recently I had the privilege to Professor Ferrell and of becoming exposed to an example of this type of relationship through my work in the develop- honors the College’s ment office. In the fall of 1967, James Grant came to IU long history of student Bloomington as a freshman from the East Coast. His plans had been to study French horn with the and faculty bonds that renowned faculty at the School of Music, but his plans changed after he was in a car wreck on the last a lifetime. way to campus. He was not injured, but his prior- ities switched, and he pursued a major in economics instead. In the process of getting his degree, Grant took a the book.” In appreciation class in American diplomatic history from Professor Robert for Ferrell’s assistance with Pictured above, James Grant and, Ferrell. It was the beginning of a relationship that has lasted the project, Grant has dedi- below, Professor Robert H. Ferrell almost 40 years. cated the book to him — despite Ferrell’s protests. After Grant completed his degree in economics in 1970, his “Jim can write very clearly path took him to Columbia University’s School of Interna- and with humor and has a tional Affairs. While completing his master’s degree he was bent for historical back- the editor of the Journal of International Affairs. During his ground,” says Ferrell, now tenure, he contacted Professor Ferrell and asked him to submit Distinguished Professor an article for the journal. Grant comments, “He graciously Emeritus of History. “He has accepted, of course, even though there was no money for a flair for fine writing, and submissions. He wrote for friendship — and this was the this is something you can’t first of many generosities he afforded me.” teach. I just provided a little After Columbia, James Grant went on to write many articles guidance here and there.” and books. He is the author of several books on finance and In appreciation of their long- financial history, including Money of the Mind and, most standing friendship and in recently, The Trouble with Prosperity. He has a regular column admiration for Ferrell’s schol- in Forbes and has written for the New York Times, Harvard arly example, Grant has made Business Review, and Financial Times. He is the creator and a gift to the College to establish the Robert H. Ferrell Endowed editor of the biweekly Grant’s Interest Rate Observer and is Fellowship to assist graduate students pursuing advanced degrees just putting the finishing touches on a book on John Adams in humanities. The IU Bloomington Chancellor’s Office will match named John Adams: Party of One that will be released in the income from the endowment, thereby doubling its support for February 2005. graduate students in perpetuity. “With this endowed fellowship, Throughout his career, Grant has been able to rely on Ferrell’s my idea was to create a tribute to a man who always ought to be enduring support. Most recently, Ferrell provided assistance remembered at Indiana University,” Grant says. “I hope the recipi- with Grant’s forthcoming book. “Early on in the development ents will find inspiration in Professor Ferrell’s standards and truly of the Adams book, Professor Ferrell provided me tremendous inspiring enterprise.” encouragement,” Grant says. “He read and edited chapters of Grant’s gift does indeed create just such a tribute to Professor Ferrell and honors the College’s long history of student and faculty bonds that last a lifetime. If there is a faculty member who has meant a great — TOM HERBERT deal to you, please share your story with us. We are exploring compiling these experiences for a feature Editor’s note: Tom Herbert stepped down in December as executive story in The College. You may e-mail your story to director of development and alumni programming to take a position [email protected]. at the University of Michigan.

16 THE COLLEGE/WINTER 2005 SPOTLIGHT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF Chemistry

Faculty: 34 Chemistry alumni and faculty Emeritus faculty: 17 who have made a difference

Research faculty/scientists: 15 Harry Day — While a professor in the IU Undergraduate students: 370 Department of Chemistry, along with Profes- sor William Nebergall and alumnus Joseph Graduate students: 151 Muhler, BS’47, DDS’48, PhD’52, Day invent- ed the formula for Crest toothpaste. Study options: Jack Gill, PhD’62 (organic chemistry) — Gill BA and BS in chemistry founded Autolab, a groundbreaking company BA and BS in biochemistry that produced microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography lab- PhD in chemistry oratory applications. He co-founded Vanguard MAT – master of arts for teachers Ventures, a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs build pioneering technology and life science companies. Along with wife Linda, Interdepartmental programs include Gill established the Gill Foundation, dedicated Master of library science–chemical informatics to educational philanthropy. In 1997, the Gills donated $5 million to Indiana University to PhD in chemical physics establish the Linda and Jack Gill Center for PhD in chemistry/MD Biomolecular Science and created five endowed faculty chairs, undergraduate scholar- ships, graduate fellowships, and several other The chemistry department has a long tradition programs to promote biomolecular science. of excellence across all areas of chemistry (analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, Max Marsh BS’47, ScD’03 — While with Eli physical, and theoretical.) Nationally recognized Lilly and Co., Marsh developed CADD, Com- for its research efforts in the development of puter Aided Drug Design, which researchers new instruments and methodologies, the use to develop a specific drug for a specific department also is developing new programs problem. Marsh has been an adjunct industrial in many emerging interdisciplinary areas, such professor at IU since 1971. as materials chemistry, nanoscale structures, biological materials, environmental chemistry, Frank Popoff, BA’59 — Popoff was president and proteomics. and CEO of Dow Chemical Co., a science and New life for science: technology business that produces chemical, plastic, and agricultural products, 1987–1995. Construction on Simon Hall, the new $55.7 million multidisciplinary science building, Mansukh Wani, PhD’62 — Wani is co-discov- began in April of 2004. The building will be erer of Taxol, an anticancer drug used for treat- located behind Myers Hall and will house ment against ovarian, breast, lung, and colon 80,000 square feet of laboratory space, a third cancer. Since the addition of Taxol in treatment of it underground. The building will allow for ovarian cancer, the survival rate has more faculty and students to study everything than doubled. from nanotechnology to proteomics. The structure should be completed within the To find out more about the next two years and will be the first new life sciences, IU’s exhibits, science building on campus since 1955, and other statewide activities, when Jordan Hall opened. visit lifesciences.iu.edu.