Photo by Allison Cooke IU student Dan Goldblatt visits with Brynja, a five-year-old Norwegian Fjord. Both are volunteers at a Bloomington program called PALS that provides equine-assisted activities for children and adults with physical, cognitive or emotional disabilities.

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Teraflops and pepperoni

IU's supercomputer finished its first semester with high marks from IT experts and researchers alike.

  • Big Red has the zoom zoom
  • Big Red, Baik and the diruthenium complex
  • To understand Big Red's research power, a trip to the pizza parlor
  • No 'networking heroes' wins 'Bandwidth' prize

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    “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.”

    —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

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    Gifts of the season

    A $50 million gift to the IU Cancer Center and a $30 million grant to the IU Center on Philanthropy are gifts that will keep on giving for generations. Meanwhile, IU researchers report a fairly stable fundraising climate in America.

    Exonerated

    When an IPFW theater prof decided to stage a production of "The Exonerated," she asked a real-life exonerated death-row inmate (portrayed in the play) to come talk to the audience. And he did.

    Passage to India

    The Kelley School's Sophomore Block booked a flight and took an experiential look at government, business, culture and tradition of this South Asian country, thanks in part to some high-profile alumni who live and work there.

    Is Oprah a religion?

    Well, no, says an IU religious studies professor, but the popular television host does exhibit the "incorporated faith of late-capitalist America." In another story regarding religion, IU grad student Jessica Alpert discusses the making of a documentary that took her to evangelical mega-churches, mainstream churches and religious half-way houses.