Photo by Chris Meyer
The cast of the opera Our Town, including Anna Steenerson (left) and Marc Schapman (center) have been hard at work rehearsing for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ned Rorem's and librettist J.D. McClatchy's world premiere Feb. 24 at the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington. Vincent Liotta, stage director of the production, looks on.
Today's Feature
Starlight in 'Our Town'
At dawn in Grover's Corners, "the morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute it has to go."
On Feb. 24, Thornton Wilder's classic American drama debuts as opera at its world premiere on the stage of the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington.
Breaking a sweat
An IU East nursing professor and HPER students on the Bloomington campus are
working to turn the tide on epidemic obesity in their communities--and they're
starting with the kids.
Additional top stories
Tommy Thompson will join five CEOs to discuss the subject of spiraling health-care costs and their impact on the economy at the 60th annual IU Business Conference March 8 in Indianapolis.
A "road map" in the form of a strategic plan charts a journey toward expanded lab spaces, a doubling of grant and contract awards, and recruitment of top research professionals on the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses.
IU President Adam Herbert has announced the formation of a new Center on Diversity, to be headed by Charlie Nelms, IU vice president for institutional development and student affairs.
A University of Washington artist challenges the IU South Bend campus to consider art as a social force, including issues revolving around body image, mutations and artificial alterations.
Beetles, mosquitoes, bedbugs
The mission is accomplished for
IU Southeast's West Nile Virus program, a four-year-old partnership with several county health departments to stem the mosquito-borne disease. And speaking of pests, researchers at SPEA offer some advice on the
emerald ash borer and the
bedbug.
