Bloom Archives
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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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Friendly Beasts Cider Co. — B-town Home of Hard Ciders
As owners of Friendly Beasts Cider Company, Fatima Carson and her husband, Ben Romlein, enjoy creating hard ciders that they say challenge people’s expectation…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Talisha Coppock—Community Leader
The Bloomington downtown of today is nothing like the downtown of Talisha Coppock’s IU student days. Back then, she says, the downtown was practically…
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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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Gabe Gloden: 
Managing Director, Cardinal Stage Co.
After a hiatus in Detroit, Michigan, Gabe Gloden has returned to Bloomington’s theater scene.