Bloom Archives
Category: Science & Education
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Archer Foundation Teaches Children How to Garden
With a mission “to help boys and girls learn about gardening,” the George E. Archer Foundation (GEAF) works with schools and nonprofit organizations by…
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IU Law Prof Who Wrote the Book On Sexual Harassment Is in Demand
Sexual harassment has surged into the public consciousness this past year as numerous prominent journalists, politicians, Hollywood actors and producers, and corporate magnates have…
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Herman B Wells’ Home Movies Offer Personal Insight into His Life
Herman B Wells left a remarkable legacy at Indiana University: expanding the school in both size and reputation, fiercely supporting academic freedom, and fighting…
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Science Café: Eat, Drink & Learn About Science in Today’s News
In the back room at Bear’s Place on the last Wednesday of each month, people sip drinks and eat snacks while enjoying an event…
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Ivy Tech Student Invents Online Service to Help Int’l Students Navigate Goods, Services in B-town
Joshua Johnson, an Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington student, kept hearing the same comments from international students. They told him language barriers make it difficult…
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IU Science Fest October 21: Learn How to Do Amazing Stuff!
At IU’s Science Fest, visitors can create their own baseball-size comets using water, dry ice, dirt, and syrup. That’s just one of the many…
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Digitization to Take IU’s Massive Herbarium Collection Into Modern Era
Indiana University’s Herbarium, a collection of 150,000 plant samples gathered over the past 130 years, has long provided a detailed catalog of Indiana’s plant…
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A Store Where Teachers Find School Supplies—For Free!
There are no cash registers, no price tags, nor any employees, but the supplies on the shelves of this unique store on Bloomington’s Near…
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Diplomacy Lab: Students Learning and Helping U.S. State Department
An innovative program initiated by the U.S. Department of State gives students the opportunity to help American diplomats tackle real-life problems. Diplomacy Lab, now…