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This post was edited on October 17, 2020 for accuracy. Some facts/pronunciations in the original recording may be incorrect and differ from the text. State of Nature: Picturing Indiana Biodiversity, was created and put together by the Director of Grunwald Gallery, Elizabeth “Betsy” Stirratt, along with the help of fellow professors, local artists, and the Indiana State Museum. The experience that …

Welcome to our interview with Professor Wayne C. Forrester on the topic of Coronavirus conducted by our producer Elise Lee on Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. Elise Lee, is a senior at Indiana University. Her interview is with …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. Later in the program, you will hear from Scott Shackleford, Cyber Security Program Chair at IU-Bloomington, about a recent study on election security. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Local News Brief Monroe County reported 55 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the second highest number of confirmed …

This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, August 21st, 2020. Later in the program, Diane Walker – contributor for the Limestone Post, continues her conversation with Jacob Sipe – executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority in Part III of her ongoing series. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner covers …

John Lewis, a longtime Georgia Congressman and Black Civil Rights leader, died on Friday after a six-month-long battle with cancer.  Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, was born in rural Alabama during an era of Jim Crow laws. He grew up to become a Freedom Rider, a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and a recipient of the Presidential Medal …

On this episode, I get to sit down with Carrington Smith -the graduate advisor for the George Taliaferro Sports Association (GTSA). We discussed how GTSA works to maximize diversity and inclusion within the various sports communities on the Indiana University Campus and how important it is to have this organization in the midst of the Blacks Lives Matter Movement happening …

The mural in People’s Park was anonymously overlaid with the words, “Black Lives Matter” on Friday, June 19, 2020. The City of Bloomington Arts Commission Met on July 8th, during a public meeting to decide whether or not it will keep the “Black Lives Matter” lettering.  “Defund BPD” was spray-painted in the upper right corner of the mural, but the …

Today, workers in the United States are out of work. After the market free fall this spring, crowded lines at food banks replace crowded sports arenas. All industries contracted. Businesses of all sizes floundered. More than 20 million people lost their jobs in April alone, and 6.6 million unemployment claims were filed. In three months, we lost all of the …

Indiana University is among a list of schools to rename statues and buildings of alumni whose pasts are clouded with racism.  On Friday, the IU Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a resolution to rename the intramural center. The center is located on the Bloomington campus and will be renamed ‘The William Leon Garrett Fieldhouse,’ in honor of Bill …

After closing their doors back in mid-February to students and faculty, Indiana and Purdue Universities are closing in on new ideas on how to appropriately open schools for the fall semester in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced on Tuesday the possibility of opening all classes on-site at Purdue’s West Lafayette locations this fall …