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Posted on February 12th, 2025 in Blog, Featured by Sydney Bielefeld

The February exhibit at the Cultural Arts Gallery on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus features award-winning works by creative teens in central and southern Indiana. Visitors to the gallery can see art in diverse media and genres—including paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, digital art, and jewelry—as well as excerpts from fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. These …

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Posted on February 12th, 2025 in Blog, Featured by Sydney Bielefeld

The February exhibit at the Cultural Arts Gallery on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus features award-winning works by creative teens in central and southern Indiana. Visitors to the gallery can see art in diverse media and genres—including paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, digital art, and jewelry—as well as excerpts from fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. These …

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Posted on February 12th, 2025 in Blog by Sydney Bielefeld

Young Artists and Writers Recognized for Their Original Works by Central and Southern Indiana Art and Writing Region of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The Central and Southern Indiana Art and Writing Region of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards has announced the regional award winners of the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. …

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Posted on October 17th, 2024 in Blog by Sydney Bielefeld

Please join us on Thursday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Library Lilly Auditorium as the Rufus & Louise Reiberg Series at IU Indianapolis welcomes our colleague and novelist Robert Rebein, author of the recently published novel The Last Rancher (Meadowlark Press, June 2024). Giving voice to the contemporary American West, The Last …

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Posted on October 3rd, 2024 in Faculty, Research by Sydney Bielefeld

We are pleased to announce that Sarah Layden, a respected member of our English department faculty, received recognition as an honoree for the 2024 Indiana Author Awards.  Sarah’s short story collection, Imagine Your Life Like This, landed her a place on the 2024 Fiction Shortlist. The collection showcases characters at a turning point, if only …

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Posted on January 5th, 2024 in Faculty, Research by Sydney Bielefeld

The IUPUI Center for Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) displays great strides and contributions that IUPUI faculty make to others. “IUPUI faculty members are making a difference to farmers, manufacturers, the service industry, our waterways, policy makers, educators, and to the health and wellbeing of our citizens through their focus on translational research” (n.d.). It …

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Posted on January 4th, 2024 in Blog, Events, Faculty, Featured, Students by Sydney Bielefeld

By Estela Ene & Sydney Bielefeld Festival 451 Festival 451indy is a celebration of the humanities – a campaign that will encourage lifelong learning through a variety of public programs, collaborative workshops, performances, and other events throughout Indianapolis. The event is organized by the Ray Bradbury Center in the School of Liberal Arts at IUI, with …

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Posted on October 23rd, 2023 in Blog, Events, Featured by Sydney Bielefeld

By Mary Ann Cohen Come meet our faculty and learn about our classes. We’ll enjoy pizza and conversation, giving you a chance to learn how an English major or minor can help you develop the communication skills employers value. We look forward to meeting you! November 6 & 7 in Cavanaugh Hall 429, from 11a.m.-2p.m. …

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Posted on October 19th, 2023 in Blog by Sydney Bielefeld

By Mary Ann Cohen On Tuesday, September 26, the English Department and the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI came together to host a career panel titled “Finding the Write Career.” The event brought together six panelists who shared their personal journeys and experiences on how they have successfully channeled their passion for language and …

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Posted on April 27th, 2023 in Blog by Carrie Lynn Sickmann

By Alexander J. Wood A 2012 graduate of IUPUI’s English program, Jacob Sunderlin holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Purdue University. He has earned grants from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and is the author of This We in the Back of the House (Saturnalia Books, 2022), a collection of poems …

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Posted on April 5th, 2023 in Blog by Carrie Lynn Sickmann

by Jeremiah OConnor The Rufus & Louise Reiberg Reading Series at IUPUI hosts a reading by writer and essayist Amy Butcher on Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the IUPUI University Library Lilly Auditorium, 755 West Michigan Street. Amy Butcher received a B.A. from Gettysburg College and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She …

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