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gBETA adding Bloomington-Columbus cohort
Bloomington, Indiana – The accelerator program from Wisconsin-based gener8tor is launching a new cohort in Indiana. gBETA says it will kick off its seven-week Bloomington-Columbus cohort next spring, giving five startups the chance to refine…
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Brain Sculpture
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University is now home to the world’s largest anatomically-accurate brain sculpture. Made entirely of Indiana limestone and mounted on a stainless-steel plate, the 10,000-pound brain rises…
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OPINION: Workers are depending on your cooperation to stay safe during COVID-19
As of this week, the coronavirus has claimed more than 250,000 lives. In Indiana alone, cases have spiked to more than 43,000 just in the last seven days. Despite these alarming numbers, it seems that life has found…
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Indiana’s public access counselor opinion shows Bloomington’s city council has a transparency problem
Bloomington, Indiana – On June 10 this year, Bloomington’s city council decided to hire then-deputy council administrator/attorney Stephen Lucas to replace the retiring Dan Sherman. Lucas had been serving as Sherman’s deputy for about nine months. Just…
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Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection
Jerry Slocum’s lifelong fascination with the history of puzzles led to a conundrum of its own, namely, where do you keep tens of thousands of antique mind-benders? The answer lay in the creation of the Slocum…
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Bloomington’s new city seal ordinance delivers insight into a possibilities for better legislative process
Bloomington, Indiana – An ordinance that establishes a new city seal for Bloomington does not appear on the city council’s regular meeting agenda for Wednesday, Dec. 2. Yet that is the date when it was proposed by the…
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Indiana reports 24 more coronavirus deaths, 4,335 new cases
Indiana – Public health officials in Indiana said Sunday that 24 more people have died from coronavirus for a total of 5,418 COVID-19 deaths in the state. The Indiana Department of Health reported 4,335 new…
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City of Bloomington Utilities Issues Precautionary Boil Water Advisory
Bloomington, Indiana – On Saturday November 28, CBU crews are completing an emergency repair on a water main at the intersection of Rogers and That roads. Water service was shut off for 10 addresses; those…
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No slowing of Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths
Indiana – Indiana’s hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients has remained at record levels during the Thanksgiving weekend as the statewide daily average of coronavirus-related deaths continues its two-month stretch of steep increases. The Indiana State Department…
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Knightridge Space Observatory
Buried in the Indiana wilderness, the abandoned Knightridge Space Observatory is astronomy’s answer to the eerie backwoods shack. A simple, two-story telescope dome, the observatory was built between 1936 and 1937 in the then-remote area of…
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