Bloom Archives
Tag: IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Virginia Githiri: PopKorn Professor
Virginia Githiri believes that when people hold back any of their talents, “something in the cycle of humanity is broken.” So she intentionally keeps…
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Friends of Lake Monroe Working to Improve Health of Local Watershed
Bloomington resident and retired hydrologist Sherry Mitchell-Bruker had a troubled day of kayaking on Lake Monroe several years ago. “I saw blue-green algae in…
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Lee Hamilton Honored for Career-Long Bipartisanship
In October, Indiana University announced it would rename the School of Global and International Studies in honor of Lee Hamilton and Republican Richard Lugar.
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IU Photobioreactor Formula: Flue Gases + Algae = Fertilizer
Where others see waste, Stephen “Chip” Glaholt and Mark Menefee see opportunity. Co-leaders on the new Indiana University photobioreactor project, Glaholt and Menefee plan…
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Doris Sims: Public Servant
In February, Doris Sims, director of the City of Bloomington Housing and Neighborhood Development Department, was named a Living Legend at the Black History…
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The Bloomington-Kenya Connection: 3 Local Agencies Changing Lives (Photo Gallery)
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS When Meghann Beer, a nonprofit consultant and yoga instructor, first started planning a service trip from Bloomington to Nairobi, Kenya, she…