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Doug Bauder: LGBTQ+ Educator

Mar 18, 2020 | Our Town

Following his retirement at the end of 2019, Doug Bauder, founding director of the Indiana University LGBTQ+ Culture Center, is ready to start work on a book reflecting on that experience.

Money Matters: Take Sensible Steps to Start a Small Business

Mar 17, 2020 | Business & Finance, Columns, Money Matters

This is Part 1 of a series about starting a business.

The Public Library Now Has 3D Printer

Mar 16, 2020 | Community

Libraries are generally known for housing books, and while the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) does that, its Level Up Digital Creativity Center, located on the first floor of the Main Library on East Kirkwood, also houses an abundance of digital resources.

IU Digitizing Early Recordings Made on Antique Instruments

Mar 15, 2020 | Science & Education

Artists, historians, and ordinary folks have been recording sounds—music, speeches, religious rituals, and banal conversations—since the late 19th century. One of the world’s largest repositories of archaic but unique recordings is located at the Scholarly Data Archive at Indiana University.

Was Abe Lincoln Gay? Public Historian Brings LGBTQ Past to Light

Mar 14, 2020 | Science & Education

Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg may be the first openly gay man to run for president, but according to some historians, if he wins the election, he won’t be the first gay man to hold that office. Because of the intimate friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed, some speculate that the 16th president of the United States was gay.