We prepare students for an ever-changing future by providing a foundational liberal arts and sciences education that is more relevant than ever. Here, breakthroughs are fueled by unfiltered imaginations and unconventional ideas. Whether in the classroom or in the lab, on stage or in the field, you’ll gain the skills and experience you need for what’s new, next, and not-yet-imagined.
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Three College faculty awarded IU LAB National Security Biotechnology Challenge Grants
To tackle critical national security challenges, drive innovation and support U.S. global competitiveness, IU has awarded eight research teams with the IU LAB National Security Biotechnology Challenge Grant. This one-time internal funding opportunity from the IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration across campuses and position researchers for future federal investment in this critical area.
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At IU, Professor Jutta Schickore explores how scientists understand their own work
At a time when scientific claims are increasingly scrutinized by policymakers, the public, and even scientists themselves, Jutta Schickore—a professor in the College—is asking a deceptively simple question: What makes scientific research good?
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IU College of Arts and Sciences alumnus Roderick Weir Home (Ph.D. ’67) awarded prestigious Alexandre Koyré Medal
The International Academy of the History of Science has awarded its 2025 Alexandre Koyré Medal—the academy’s premier honor—to Roderick Weir Home, a 1967 graduate of IU who earned his Ph.D. in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine within the College. The medal recognizes a lifetime of distinguished achievement in the history of science and is granted once every other year to leading scholars in the field.
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Love of nature drives this Burgess winner
“I was surprised at how many of these old national park manuscripts Lilly Library had,” Josie Sparks says. “That we have some of the originals when we're 10 states away and not really connected to the parks, is really cool.” Sparks, who was one of the 2024-2025 Sam Burgess Undergraduate Research Award winners, continues, “And then I got to hold them in my hand!”
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Art historian Faye Raquel Gleisser wins Smithsonian prize for groundbreaking book on art and policing
Associate Professor of Art History Faye Raquel Gleisser has won the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 37th annual Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art for her book Risk Work: Making Art and Guerrilla Tactics in Punitive America, 1967–1987 (University of Chicago Press).
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IU political scientist co-authors study revealing infectious disease outbreaks undermine public trust in governments, political leaders
Deadly disease outbreaks don’t just challenge public health, they undermine public trust in government institutions, according to new research by political scientists at IU and the University of Konstanz in Germany.
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The College of Arts and Sciences values curiosity and diverse thought as core strengths and essential elements in the success of its educational mission. Our commitment is grounded in our aspiration to cultivate intellectual rigor and curiosity among our students and to prepare them to thrive in and contribute to a complex and interconnected world.
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