Bloom Archives
Janet Mandelstam
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Southern Indiana Novelist Gets Hollywood Treatment
Frank Bill was working the night shift at a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, when he saw the movie Fight Club. The experience changed (and…
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Olamot Center: Working To Bring U.S. and Israeli Scholars Together
A new center at Indiana University aims to demonstrate that there is more to America’s relationship with Israel than the often-polarizing political issues in…
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Jacky Comforty: Documentarian
Jacky Comforty is a documentary filmmaker and oral historian with two seemingly disparate subjects: Holocaust studies and inclusive education.
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WTIU Celebrates 50 Years of Serving and Entertaining Viewers in Southern Indiana
When it began broadcasting on March 3, 1969, Indiana University television station WTIU had three employees, began its day with the national anthem, and…
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Baby Boomers—Five Times More Likely to Have Hep C
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2016 there were 2.4 million people living with hepatitis C in the United…
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Thrive By Five: A Fund Drive For Early Childhood Education
Research has long recognized that when children attend quality preschool programs, they are more likely to succeed in school and in life. To ensure…
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Nicky James: VP at Cook Medical
“All roads have led to this position for me,” says Nicky James, vice president of human resources and talent development for Cook Medical and…
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New Book by B-town Author Celebrates Arts & Crafts Furniture
Nancy Hiller is out to persuade readers that Arts and Crafts furniture offers more than the heavy, massive, unadorned pieces most Americans associate with…
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Oliver Winery & Cardinal Spirits Create a Bloomington Brandy
American brandy is making a comeback, and a made-in-Bloomington brandy has just joined the renaissance.