History

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It’s a story of broad-minded thinkers and impressive feats. Outstanding artistic contributions and world-altering inventions. Strong leaders and brave community-builders. These milestones represent the amazing life of our flagship Bloomington campus.

A pioneer in education

Herman B Wells (1902–2000), Indiana University’s long-standing president (1938–1962) and chancellor (1962–2000), is credited with elevating the university’s stature in research, the arts, and international studies. One of the great leaders in higher education, Wells devoted his life to 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜. Advancing the rights of African American students, supporting groundbreaking research from the Kinsey Institute, protecting our campus green spaces, and establishing the Lilly Library are among his lasting achievements.

1820–1840

1820: A legislative act is adopted establishing a state seminary. Indiana University Founders Day.

1822: Construction begins on Seminary Building.

1823: Baynard Rush Hall is hired as the first professor.

1825: Classes begin with an enrollment of 10 male students.

1828: “State Seminary” becomes “Indiana College.”

1829: Andrew Wylie becomes the first 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1830: The first class graduates.

1838: “Indiana College” becomes “Indiana University.”

The first 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 African American graduates

The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center is named in honor of 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s first male and first female African American graduates, Marcellus Neal and Frances Marshall. At a time when it was rare for an African American man to go to college—and even rarer for an African American woman—Neal and Marshall were undaunted in their pursuit of an education. Neal于1895年毕业了.B. in mathematics, and Marshall graduated in 1919 with an A.B. in English. Both went on to serve in respected careers as teachers and school administrators.

1841–1880

1842: The School of Law is established (now the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Maurer School of Law).

1852: Alfred Ryors becomes the second 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1853: William Mitchell Daily becomes the third 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1854: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Alumni Association is founded.

1859: Theophilus A. Wylie serves six months as acting 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. John Hiram Lathrop becomes the fourth 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1860: Cyrus Nutt becomes the fifth 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1867: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 becomes one of the first state universities to admit women. The Indiana Student (now the Indiana Daily Student) publishes its first issue.

1869: Sarah Parke Morrison becomes the first woman to graduate.

1875: Lemuel Moss becomes the sixth 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

Hail to Old 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜!

Listen to the Indiana University Band play our official alma mater song, “Hail to Old I.U.”—which was first performed in 1893. J. T. Giles, who organized the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 glee club, wrote the lyrics: Come and join in song together, Shout with might and main. Our beloved alma mater, Sound her praise again. Gloriana frangipana, E’er to her be true. She’s the pride of Indiana, Hail to old I.U.!

Audio transcript:

[crowd applause fades in]

Announcer speaks: Ladies and gentlemen, please join in singing one of the great college songs of all time: “Hail to Old I.U.” It will be conducted by Ray E. Cramer, director of bands at Indiana University.

[band plays]

[crowd applauds and cheers]

1881–1900

1883: Charles Henry Gilbert becomes the first Ph.D. graduate.

1884: Elisha Ballantine is named acting 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1885: David Starr Jordan becomes the seventh 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1886: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s football team is founded.

1888: With the purchase of a chronoscope, future 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president William Lowe Bryan founds the oldest continuing psychology laboratory in the United States.

1891: John Merle Coulter becomes the eighth 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1892: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 wins the Intercollegiate Baseball Championship series against DePauw University. The Arbutus campus yearbook is published for the first time.

1893: Joseph Swain becomes the ninth 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. “Hail to Old I.U.,” 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s official alma mater, is performed by the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 glee club for the first time.

1895: Marcellus Neal becomes 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s first black graduate, with an A.B. in mathematics.

1896: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball team is founded.

Prized journalist

澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 journalism student Ernie Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence in 1944 for his extraordinary work as a World War II correspondent. His writings illustrated the everyday struggles of ordinary soldiers, whom he traveled with on front lines in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France. Pyle was published in more than 400 daily newspapers nationwide. His columns were popular because they put a face on a dehumanizing war. Pyle died in 1945 by sniper fire on the island of Ie Shima.

1901–1920

1902: William Lowe Bryan becomes the 10th 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1903: The School of Medicine is established.

1904: The Graduate School is established.

1908: The School of Education is established. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 hosts “Gala Week”—the first homecoming event for alumni—which includes a circus and a banquet.

1912: “Indiana, Our Indiana”—the most popular 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 fight song—is first performed by the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Band in a football game against Northwestern University.

1914: The School for Nurses is established (now the School of Nursing).

1919: Frances Marshall becomes 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s first black female graduate, with an A.B. in English.

1920: The School of Commerce and Finance is established (now the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Kelley School of Business).

An invention worth smiling about

澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 dental scientist Joseph Muhler, 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 chemist William Nebergall, and head of the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 chemistry department Harry Day filed a patent for a toothpaste that used stannous fluoride and a calcium pyrophosphate abrasive—the formulation that Procter & Gamble soon named Crest, which revolutionized dental care. Crest was first sold nationally in 1956.

1921–1940

1921: The School of Music is established (now the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Jacobs School of Music).

1925: The stadium is dedicated and the “Old Oaken Bucket” makes its first appearance during the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜-Purdue football game.

1929: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 alumnus and composer Hoagy Carmichael publishes “Stardust” at the age of 30.

1931: Professor Rolla N. Harger invents the Drunk-O-Meter—the first successful machine for testing human blood-alcohol content.

1932: Coach Billy Thorn leads the wrestling team to the NCAA championship, the first NCAA team title for 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Athletics.

1936: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Foundation is established.

1937: Herman B Wells is named acting 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president.

1938: Herman B Wells becomes the 11th 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s cross country team wins the NCAA championship.

1940: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball and cross country teams win NCAA championships.

Banner years

1940. 1953. 1976. 1981. 1987. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Hoosiers men’s basketball team has won five NCAA Championships, tying 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 for third place in total championship banners—which hang in our beloved Assembly Hall. Many consider 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s 1976 team to be the best ever in the history of college basketball. The team is still the last undefeated NCAA men’s basketball champion.

澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball NCAA Championship banners

1946: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 zoologist Hermann J. Muller wins the Nobel Prize. The School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation is established (now the School of Public Health-Bloomington).

Hermann J. Muller and Jonas Salk

1947: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Professor Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues establish the Institute for Sex Research (now the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction).

1948: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Professor Alfred Kinsey and his co-researchers publish Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, which becomes a national bestseller. America’s first degree-granting folklore program is initiated.

1950: Indiana University Press is established.

1951: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 holds the first Little 500 bicycle race.

1953: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 professor Alfred Kinsey and his co-researchers publish Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.

1956: Crest toothpaste, using a formula developed by three 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 researchers, is first sold nationally.

1960: The Seventeenth Street Football Stadium (now the Indiana Memorial Stadium) is completed.

An Oscar for Breaking Away

澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 alumnus Steve Tesich won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the movie Breaking Away, the story of four Bloomington townies—called “cutters” after the local limestone cutting trade—who enter the famous 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Little 500 bicycle race. To this day, 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 student teams race under the name Cutters to honor the film’s legacy.

1971–1980

1971: John W. Ryan becomes the 14th 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. Assembly Hall and the Musical Arts Center are completed. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s swimming team wins the NCAA championship.

1972: The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) is established. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s swimming team wins the NCAA championship. Team member Mark Spitz goes on to win seven gold medals at the Olympics. Coach Doc Counsilman leads both teams.

1973: The Black Culture Center (Neal-Marshall) and the Latino Cultural Center (La Casa) are established. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s swimming team wins the NCAA championship.

1976: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.

1979: Alumnus Steve Tesich wins an Oscar for his screenplay for the movie Breaking Away about the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Little 500 race. The movie was filmed on campus.

1980: Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis becomes vice president for academic affairs and Bloomington chancellor.

Welcome to 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜

Funded by Edson Sample, the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Sample Gates were dedicated in 1987, serving as a welcoming entrance to the oldest part of the current 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 campus known as the Old Crescent. They are made with Indiana limestone and are the most-photographed 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 structure. Before the gates were built, Kirkwood Avenue extended into campus.

1981–2000

1981: School of Music students present the first performance by a university company at the Metropolitan Opera House. Architect I. M. Pei completes the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Art Museum. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.

1982: Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is in residence as the first fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 women’s tennis team wins the AIAW championship. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.

1983: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship

1987: Thomas Ehrlich becomes the 15th 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. The Sample Gates are dedicated. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.

1988: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.

1991: The first 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Dance Marathon is held.

1994: Myles Brand becomes the 16th 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. The School of Music graduate program ties for first place with Juilliard and Eastman in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Professor of English Yusef Komunyakaa wins the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 softball team wins the Big Ten championship.

1998: The Asian Culture Center is established. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.

1999: University Chancellor Herman B Wells is named 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s Man of the Century. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.

2000: The School of Informatics is founded and is the first school of its kind in the nation. University Chancellor Herman B Wells dies at 97. The Herman B Wells plaza is dedicated.

Challenging conventional wisdom

For her analysis of economic governance, Professor Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) won the Nobel Prize in 2009. Ostrom, a political theorist, defied traditional understanding by showing how local property can be successfully managed by local commons without privatization or governance by central authorities. She was the first woman to win in the category of Economic Sciences.

2011–Present

2011: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Cinema is dedicated. The 9/11 Commission reconvenes on campus.

2012: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 is named 17th in the nation in total voluntary support rankings by the Council for Aid to Education. Lauren Robel is named provost and executive vice president. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 trustees approve a new School of Global and International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 trustees approve the merger of the School of Informatics and the School of Library and Information Science. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.

2013: Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton are named distinguished scholars and professors of practice in the School of Global and International Studies. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 men’s baseball team makes its first trip to the College World Series.

2014: The Media School at Indiana University is established, which combines the 100-year-old journalism program, the telecommunications department, and portions of the communication and culture department. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 trustees approve the Indiana University Bicentennial Strategic Plan.

2015: The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 trustees approve a proposal to establish a new engineering program that will be initially housed in the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 School of Informatics. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜, 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Health, and 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Health Bloomington Hospital announce plans to create a regional academic health campus at 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Bloomington, which will include a new home for the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Health Bloomington Hospital. The National Jurist names 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Maurer School of Law Professor William Henderson the most influential person in legal education. Three 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Jacobs School of Music alumni take home Grammy statuettes—double-bassist Edgar Meyer, pianist Cory Smythe, and early-music tenor Aaron Sheehan.

2016: Ground is broken for SPEA’s O’Neill Graduate Center. The Hutton Honors College celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Day—a 24-hour worldwide celebration of all things 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜—is held on April 12. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Auditorium celebrates its 75th anniversary. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Art Museum becomes the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art. Lori Reesor is named dean of students. The first program is selected for the Grand Challenges initiative. The School of Art and Design opens. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s first engineering program launches. Olympians with ties to 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 bring home five gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.

2017: Herman B Wells’ 23 reels of personal home movies were digitized and made available online. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art closed to begin a two-year, $30 million renovation. Goodbody Hall and Wells Quadrangle became student housing for the first time in almost 90 years. A new Master of Architecture degree program, set to begin in fall 2018, was announced. The Conrad Prebys Amphitheater was dedicated. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Health and 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 revealed the design of the planned Regional Academic Health Center. The School of Informatics and Computing became the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. The School of Art and Design became the School of Art, Architecture, and Design. The Arthur Metz Carillon played its final notes prior to a planned renovation and move to the Arboretum. Chancellor Emeritus Ken Gros Louis passed away at age 80. Actor Glenn Close donated her costume collection to the School of Art, Architecture, and Design.

2018: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Provost Professor Lisa Pratt was named the planetary protection officer at NASA. Ballantine Hall renovation began. Found footage of the 1954 high school basketball games that inspired the movie Hoosiers was preserved in the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Libraries Moving Image Archive. The WF澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 program A Moment of Science celebrated its 30th anniversary. The Center for Rural Engagement was launched. Former Chancellor Sharon Brehm passed away. Luddy Hall was dedicated. Dave O’Guinn was named vice provost for student affairs and dean of students. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s Mexico Gateway opened in Mexico City. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 amended its non-discrimination policy to include protections for genetic information and gender expression. The Russian Language Flagship program was established, making 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Bloomington the only institution in the United States with four language flagship programs. The Precision Health Initiative, part of 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜’s Grand Challenges, led to a new cancer treatment. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 School of Global and International Studies was named for Lee Hamilton and Richard Lugar. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 football legend George Taliaferro passed away at age 91. Reuters ranked 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 the 54th most innovative university in the world.

2019: Due to its international reputation for Drosophila research, 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 received a donation of the earliest records of fruit fly genetics research. Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch was named first female dean of the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 School of Dentistry. Public TV station WT澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 celebrated 50 years of serving the community. The movie Breaking Away celebrated its 40th anniversary. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 began digitally re-creating “Megajeff,” an ancient giant sloth skeleton that once resided on campus. The School of Art, Architecture + Design was renamed for Sidney and Lois Eskenazi. The 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Herbarium completed digitization of its collection of more than 160,000 preserved plant specimens. Former Indiana senator and 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 faculty member Richard Lugar passed away. I.M. Pei, internationally renowned architect of the 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, passed away. The century plant located in the Jordan Hall greenhouse for almost 50 years finally bloomed. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 acquired Big Red 200, the fastest university-owned supercomputer in the nation. The Informatics East and West buildings were renamed Myles Brand Hall after the former 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 president. The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center celebrated its 50th anniversary. The LGBTQ+ Culture Center celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art reopened to the public after a $30 million renovation. Researchers at the Center for Underwater Science opened an underwater “living museum” in the Dominican Republic. The former School of Public and Environmental Affairs is renamed to celebrate distinguished alumnus Paul H. O'Neill. Athletics director Fred Glass announced his retirement from 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 at the end of the academic year. Kelley School of Business Dean Idie Kesner was named Dean of the Year by Poets & Quants.

2020: 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 celebrates its bicentennial on January 20 by ringing Metz Carrilon's bells 200 times. 

2021: President Pamela Whitten is inaugurated as 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜's 19th president. 澳门太阳集团2007773官网-澳门太阳集团2007773官网排名-apple app store-新太阳成排行榜 Health Bloomington opens its doors to serve 11 counties in its new 620,000 square-foot Regional Academic Health Center. The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design becomes the Mies Building for the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design to honor building architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. A "Black Lives Matter" mural embraces diversity with its colorful messaging near the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center.

2022: Rahul Shrivastav assumes the role of provost. The portion of Jordan Avenue that runs through campus is renamed Eagleson Avenue to honor a prominent Black Bloomington resident. The Helene G. Simon Hillel Center opens its doors, becoming the campus' seventh cultural center. Celebrating its 75th year, The Kinsey Center announces a partnership with the Kelley School of Business to address gender inequity and sexual misconduct.