Author: Bloom Intern

WonderLab Introduces STEM to Preschoolers

Feb 12, 2019 | Science & Education

It may just be play to them, but the 4- and 5-year-olds at the WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology Skyline Toolbox exhibit are engaging with an intentional STEM Starter.

Dare to Test Your Expertise? Enter the VITAL Quiz Bowl

Feb 11, 2019 | Community

Since 1977, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) VITAL program—Volunteers in Tutoring Adult Learners—has provided free literacy instruction for adults, both native speakers and new language learners. And each April since 1983, VITAL has hosted a Quiz Bowl fundraiser for the program.

Awful Cloth Student-Created Fashion Line

Feb 9, 2019 | Fashion & Shopping

Even though he is just 19, Indiana University sophomore Charles Zayed has a history of marketing and selling things.

MCPL Sensory-Friendly Films Mean No ‘Shushing’ Allowed

Feb 8, 2019 | Home & Family

With the lights up and the volume down, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) Autism & Sensory-Friendly Movie program flips all expectations of what it means to go to the movies. In this theater, talking and movement are not only allowed, they’re expected.

Baby Boomers—Five Times More Likely to Have Hep C

Feb 7, 2019 | Health & Fitness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2016 there were 2.4 million people living with hepatitis C in the United States. Carrie Lawrence, director of Project Cultivate, an Indiana University School of Public Health program, wants people to know the disease can be prevented and, if diagnosed, it can be treated.