When Athena, a long-time Bloomington establishment located on the downtown Square, closed in the spring, Talia Halliday was disappointed. But as the owner of Gather, a shop featuring the handmade work of more than 250 local and regional artists, Halliday also saw an opportunity.
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In 2015, Martha’s House, the region’s only nonreligious emergency shelter for adults, was facing financial problems serious enough to threaten its survival. In January 2016, Shalom Community Center took over the shelter’s management and renamed it Friend’s Place. Since then, Shalom has implemented a new Housing First approach that has significantly increased the number of shelter residents who find permanent housing.
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The room where Ellen Starr Lyon paints is just steps from the front door of her family home. Situated at the nexus between the kitchen and other living spaces, Lyon’s husband, two teenage children, and dog crisscross the room as she works, allowing her artistic ambitions to breathe and flourish within the center of her domestic universe.
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Indiana University’s Ray Looze has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in both men’s and women’s swimming, the first person to achieve that milestone two years in a row.
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The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has received an A-plus rating for its Master of Laws program. The grade from ‘The International Jurist’ magazine recognizes a program that has been granting graduate degrees to international lawyers for more than 100 years.
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