The
Indiana University system, technically founded in
1820, includes the main campus in
Bloomington, Indiana, as well as satellite campuses in
South Bend,
Fort Wayne,
Kokomo,
Indianapolis,
Gary,
Richmond, and
New Albany. The main campus and community offer beautiful limestone architecture and landscaping, urban legends aplenty (e.g., if a woman is kissed in the
gazebo[?] in the old part of campus at midnight, she officially becomes a "co-ed"), a thriving local music scene, excellent restaurants, and many opportunities for outdoors recreation. It is hard to resist the bohemian feeling when in Bloomington.
Indiana University was one of the first state universities to admit (1867) and to graduate women (1869), and is known for producing everything from controversy (Alfred Kinsey and Bobby Knight) to acclaim (David Baker[?] and Yusef Komunyakaa).
Widely known for its basketball program, Indiana University is also highly respected in many academic areas, including Education, Business, Linguistics and ESL, Public Affairs, Foreign Languages and Literatures, English and Creative Writing, Law, Psychology, Music, and Medicine.
Notable projects, festivals, departments, and events include:
- The Victorian Women Writers Project [1] (http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/)
- Religious Studies [2] (http://www.indiana.edu/~relstud/home.html)
- School of Music [3] (http://www.music.indiana.edu/)
- Liberal Arts Managment Program [4] (http://www.indiana.edu/~lamp/)
- School of Informatics (new) [5] (http://informatics.indiana.edu/)
- Cognitive Science Program [6] (http://www.psych.indiana.edu/)
- Kelley School of Business [7] (http://www.bus.indiana.edu/)
- Early Music Festival [8] (http://www.blemf.org/)
- Kinsey Institute [9] (http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/)
Indiana University's sports teams are called the Hoosiers. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, and in the Big Ten Conference.