The 1977–78 Indiana Hoosiers mens basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 7th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21–8 and a conference record of 12–6, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. After missing out on the NCAA Tournament last season, Indiana was invited to participate in the 1978 NCAA Tournament, where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.[1]
Roster
No.NamePositionHt.YearHometown
20Bill CunninghamG6–4So.Phoenix, Illinois
22Wayne RadfordG/F6–3Sr.Indianapolis, Indiana
23Jim WismanG6–2Sr.Quincy, Illinois
25Tommy BakerG6–2Fr.Jeffersonville, Indiana
31Scott EellsF6–9Jr.Hoopeston, Illinois
33Eric KirchnerF6–7Fr.Edelstein, Illinois
34Steve RisleyF6–8Fr.Indianapolis, Indiana
40Glen GrunwaldF6–9So.Franklin Park, Illinois
41Butch CarterG/F6–5So.Middletown, Ohio
42Mike WoodsonF6–5So.Indianapolis, Indiana
43Jim RobersonC6–9Jr.Rochester, New York
44Phil IsenbargerF6–8Fr.Muncie, Indiana
45Ray TolbertF/C6–9Fr.Anderson, Indiana
Schedule/Results
Date
time, TVRank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1977*
East CarolinaW 77–59 1–0
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
12/5/1977*
at No. 1 Kentucky
Indiana–Kentucky rivalryL 64–78 1–1
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
12/10/1977*
Murray StateW 85–61 2–1
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
12/14/1977*
No. 2 Notre DameW 67–66 3–1
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
12/17/1977*
vs. SMUW 56–51 4–1
Market Square Arena
Indianapolis
12/20/1977*
Bowling Green State
Indiana ClassicW 89–52 5–1
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
12/21/1977*
No. 18 Alabama
Indiana ClassicW 66–57 6–1
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
12/27/1977*
No. 15vs. Jacksonville
Gator Bowl ClassicW 69–59 7–1
Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida
12/28/1977*
No. 15vs. Florida Gators
Gator Bowl ClassicW 73–60 8–1
Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida
1/5/1978
No. 11IowaW 69–51 9–1 (1–0)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
1/7/1978
No. 11Illinois
RivalryL 64–65 9–2 (1–1)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
1/12/1978
No. 18at MinnesotaL 62–75 9–3 (1–2)
Williams Arena
Minneapolis
1/14/1978
No. 18at WisconsinL 65–78 9–4 (1–3)
Wisconsin Field House
Madison, Wisconsin
1/19/1978
Ohio StateW 77–63 10–4 (2–3)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
1/21/1978
at Purdue
RivalryL 67–77 10–5 (2–4)
Mackey Arena
West Lafayette, Indiana
1/26/1978
at MichiganL 73–92 10–6 (2–5)
Crisler Arena
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/28/1978
No. 7 Michigan StateW 71–66 11–6 (3–5)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
2/2/1978
at NorthwesternW 86–70 12–6 (4–5)
Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, Illinois
2/4/1978
at No. 7 Michigan StateL 59–68 12–7 (4–6)
Jenison Fieldhouse
East Lansing, Michigan
2/9/1978
Purdue
RivalryW 65–64 13–7 (5–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
2/11/1978
NorthwesternW 86–62 14–7 (6–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
2/16/1978
at Ohio StateW 83–70 15–7 (7–6)
St. John Arena
Columbus, Ohio
2/18/1978
MichiganW 71–59 16–7 (8–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
2/23/1978
WisconsinW 58–54 17–7 (9–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
2/25/1978
No. 19 MinnesotaW 68–47 18–7 (10–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana
3/2/1978
at Illinois
RivalryW 77–68 19–7 (11–6)
Assembly Hall
Champaign, Illinois
3/4/1978
at IowaW 71–55 20–7 (12–6)
Iowa Field House
Iowa, Iowa
NCAA Tournament
3/12/1978*
No. (1)vs. No. (3) Furman
QuarterfinalsW 63–62 21–7 (12–6)
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina
3/17/1978*
No. 13 (1)vs. No. (2) Villanova
Sweet SixteenL 60–61 21–8 (12–6)
Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
The 1976–77 Indiana Hoosiers mens basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 6th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Coming off an undefeated season (32–0), the Hoosiers faced a disappointing season by completing the regular season with an overall record of 16–11 and a conference record of 11–7, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. After winning their third national title last season, Indiana did not participate in any postseason tournament.[1]
Roster
No.NamePositionHt.YearHometown
20Bill CunninghamG6–4Fr.Phoenix, Illinois
22Wayne RadfordG/F6–3Jr.Indianapolis, Indiana
23Jim WismanG6–2Jr.Quincy, Illinois
31Scott EellsF6–9So.Hoopeston, Illinois
33Trent SmockG/F6–5Sr.Richmond, Indiana
34Rich ValaviciusF6–5So.Hammond, Indiana
40Glen GrunwaldF6–9Fr.Franklin Park, Illinois
41Butch CarterG/F6–5Fr.Middletown, Ohio
42Mike WoodsonF6–5Fr.Indianapolis, Indiana
43Jim RobersonC6–9So.Rochester, New York
44Derek HolcombC6–11Fr.Peoria, Illinois
45Mike MidayF6–8Fr.Canton, Ohio
54Kent BensonC6–11Sr.New Castle, Indiana
Schedule/Results
Date
time, TVRank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Regular Season
11/27/1976*
No. 5South DakotaW 110–64 1–0
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
12/1/1976*
No. 4at ToledoL 57–59 1–1
Centennial Hall
Toledo, OH
12/6/1976*
No. 4No. 5 Kentucky
Indiana–Kentucky rivalryL 51–66 1–2
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
12/14/1976*
No. 16at No. 4 Notre DameL 65–78 1–3
Joyce Center
Notre Dame, IN
12/17/1976*
No. 16vs. DePaulW 50–42 2–3
Market Square Arena
Indianapolis, IN
12/20/1976*
No. 16Utah State
Indiana ClassicW 79–71 3–3
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
12/21/1976*
Miami (OH)
Indiana ClassicW 76–55 4–3
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
12/29/1976*
vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl Classic First RoundW 74–52 5–3
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, LA
12/30/1976*
vs. No. 5 Cincinnati
Sugar Bowl Classic ChampionshipL 43–52 5–4
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, LA
1/6/1977
Purdue
RivalryL 63–80 5–5 (0–1)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
1/8/1977
Illinois
RivalryW 80–60 6–5 (1–1)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
1/13/1977
at NorthwesternW 78–53 7–5 (2–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, IL
1/15/1977
at WisconsinW 79–64 8–5 (3–1)
Wisconsin Field House
Madison, WI
1/17/1977
Michigan StateL 60–61 8–6 (3–2)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
1/22/1977
at Ohio StateW 79–56 9–6 (4–2)
St. John Arena
Columbus, OH
1/27/1977
No. 13 MinnesotaL 60–79^ 10–6 (5–2)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
1/29/1977
IowaW 81–65 11–6 (6–2)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
2/3/1977
at No. 7 MichiganL 84–89 11–7 (6–3)
Crisler Arena
Ann Arbor, MI
2/5/1977
at Michigan StateW 81–79 12–7 (7–3)
Jenison Fieldhouse
East Lansing, MI
2/13/1977
No. 5 MichiganW 73–64 13–7 (8–3)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
2/15/1977
at No. 12 MinnesotaL 61–65^ 14–7 (9–3)
Williams Arena
Minneapolis, MN
2/17/1977
at Illinois
RivalryL 69–73 14–8 (9–4)
Assembly Hall
Champaign, IL
2/20/1977
at Purdue
RivalryL 78–86 14–9 (9–5)
Mackey Arena
West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1977
WisconsinL 64–66 14–10 (9–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
2/26/1977
NorthwesternW 69–54 15–10 (10–6)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
2/28/1977
at IowaL 73–80 15–11 (10–7)
Iowa Field House
Iowa City, IA
3/5/1977
Ohio StateW 75–69 16–11 (11–7)
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Notes
^Jan 27/Feb 15: Minnesota forfeited these games, thus IUs official record is 16–11 (11–7).
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and its largest campus with over 40,000 students.[8][9] Established as the states seminary in 1820, the name was changed to "Indiana College" in 1829 and to "Indiana University" in 1838.
Indiana University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[10] Its schools and programs include the Jacobs School of Music, Kelley School of Business, School of Education, Luddy School of Informatics, ONeill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Hutton Honors College, and Maurer School of Law.[11] The campus also features the Lilly Library, Eskenazi Museum of Art, and the Indiana Memorial Union.
Indiana athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Indiana Hoosiers. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Since it does not have a mascot, all teams are known simply as "Hoosiers". The Indiana Hoosiers have won 24 NCAA national championships and one Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championship, in addition to 145 NCAA individual national championships. Titles won by teams include eight by the Hoosiers mens soccer team, a record-setting six straight in mens swimming and diving, five by the Hoosiers mens basketball team, three in mens cross country, one in mens track and field, and one in wrestling.
History
Early years
Indianas state government in Corydon established Indiana University on January 20, 1820, as the "State Seminary."[12] Construction began in 1822 at what is now called Seminary Square Park near the intersection of Second Street and College Avenue. Classes began on April 4, 1825.[13] The first professor was Baynard Rush Hall, a Presbyterian minister who taught all of the classes in 1825–27. In the first year, he taught twelve students and was paid $250. Hall was a classicist who focused on Greek and Latin and believed that the study of classical philosophy and languages formed the basis of the best education.[14] The first class graduated in 1830. From 1820 to 1889 a legal-political battle was fought between IU and Vincennes University as to which was the legitimate state university.[15][16]
The Sample Gates
The Sample Gates, the main entrance to the Indiana University Bloomington Campus
In 1829, Andrew Wylie became the first president, serving until his death in 1851. The schools name was changed to "Indiana College" in 1829, and to "Indiana University" in 1838.[17] Wylie and David Maxwell, president of the board of trustees, were devout Presbyterians. They spoke of the nonsectarian status of the school but generally hired fellow Presbyterians. Presidents and professors were expected to set a moral example for their charges. After six ministers in a row, the first non-clergyman to become president was the young biology professor David Starr Jordan, in 1885.[18] Jordan followed Baptist theologian Lemuel Moss, who resigned after a scandal broke regarding his involvement with a female professor.
Jordan (president 1884–1891) improved the universitys finances and public image, doubled its enrollment, and instituted an elective system along the lines of his alma mater, Cornell University.[19] Jordan became president of Stanford University in June 1891.[20]
The growth of the institution was slow. In 1851, IU had nearly a hundred students and seven professors. IU admitted its first woman student, Sarah Parke Morrison, in 1867, making IU the fourth public university to admit women on an equal basis with men. [citation needed]Morrison went on to become the first female professor at IU in 1873. [citation needed]
Mathematician Joseph Swain was IUs first Hoosier-born president, 1893 to 1902. He established Kirkwood Hall in 1894; a gymnasium for men in 1896, which later was named Assembly Hall; and Kirkwood Observatory in 1900. He began construction for Science Hall in 1901. During his presidency, student enrollment increased from 524 to 1,285.[21][22]
Morrison Hall in June 1942
In 1883, IU awarded its first PhD and played its first intercollegiate sport (baseball), prefiguring the schools future status as a major research institution and a power in collegiate athletics. But another incident that year was of more immediate concern: the original campus in Seminary Square burned to the ground. The college was rebuilt between 1884 and 1908 at the far eastern edge of Bloomington. (Today, the city has expanded eastward, and the "new" campus is once again in the midst of the city.) One challenge was that Bloomingtons limited water supply was inadequate for its population of 12,000 and could not handle university expansion. The university commissioned a study that led to building a reservoir for its use.[23]
20th century
In 1902, IU enrolled 1203 undergraduates; all but 65 were Hoosiers. There were 82 graduate students including ten from out-of-state. The curriculum emphasized the classics, as befitted a gentleman, and stood in contrast to the service-oriented curriculum at Purdue University, which presented itself as of direct benefit to farmers, industrialists, and businessmen.[24]
The first extension office of IU was opened in Indianapolis in 1916. In 1920/1921 the School of Music and the School of Commerce and Finance (what later became the Kelley School of Business) were opened. In the 1940s Indiana University opened extension campuses in Kokomo and Fort Wayne. The Kinsey Institute for sexual research was established in 1945.
During the Great Depression, Indiana University fared much better than most state schools thanks to the entrepreneurship of its young president Herman Wells. He collaborated with Frederick L. Hovde, the president of Purdue; together they approached the Indiana delegation to Congress, indicating their highest priorities. For Wells, it was to build a world-class music school, replacing dilapidated facilities. As a result of these efforts, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built one of the finest facilities in the country. He added matching funds from the state legislature and opened a full-scale fund-raising campaign among alumni and the business community. In 1942, Wells reported that "The past five years have been the greatest single period of expansion in the physical plant of the University in its entire history. In this period 15 new buildings have been constructed.[25][26]
In 1960, the IU student body elected Thomas Atkins, an African-American from Elkhart, Indiana, to the position of president of the student body. A throng of white students protested the result by parading around campus waving Confederate flags and allegedly blamed Atkins victory on a "bunch of beatniks." When the protesters approached the female dormitory on campus, they were met with "a barrage of cosmetic bottles, old shoes, and other objects."[27]
21st century
In April 2002, thousands of IU students and staff, along with Bloomington residents, rioted across the university campus before merging into adjacent city blocks after the IU mens basketball team lost the NCAA Basketball championship game to the University of Maryland Terrapins.[28] Rioters caused extensive damage to university buildings and city businesses, and at least 45 people were arrested during the riot.[29][30][31]
In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights initiated a federal investigation of Indiana Universitys Title IX compliance, encompassing more than 450 sexual harassment and violence complaints filed with the university between 2011 and 2015. The complaints involved both students and university staff or faculty. The investigation revealed concerns with timeliness of response, lack of documentation, not preventing retaliation, and the creation of sexually hostile environments at the campus. The investigation further criticized the lack of mandatory sexual harassment, misconduct, and awareness training for staff, as well as the lack of institutional support for its Title IX Coordinator to oversee compliance by the university.[32]
In February 2016, the universitys Associate Dean of Students, Director of Student Ethics, and Title IX Deputy Director, Jason Casares, abruptly resigned his position after sexual assault allegations were made against him by Association for Student Conduct Administration president-elect, and New York University Assistant Director of Global Community Standards, Jill Creighton, during a conference in Fort Worth, Texas in December 2015.[33][34][35] The Fort Worth Police Department declined to press charges.[36]
In May 2016, the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights initiated another Title IX investigation into Indiana University for failing to hold a university student accountable for an off-campus rape of another student and failing to follow proper Title IX procedures subsequent to the reporting of the incident. The university also charged the victim a dorm-relocation fee after the suspected rapist continued to harass the victim around her dormitory, which also went without intervention by the university. The victims case was also handled by former Title IX Director, Jason Casares prior to his resignation amidst sexual harassment and misconduct allegations as the universitys student ethics director and Title IX deputy director.[37]
In November 2023, Indiana University Student Government treasurer Alex Kaswan and co-director of DEI Makiah Pickett resigned after accusing other student government leadership members of antisemitism and failure to represent the cultural whole of the student body. After learning of the accusations and resignations, U.S. Representative Jim Banks sent a letter to university president Pamela Whitten denouncing such conduct, identifying it as a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and threatened the continued federal funding for the university if the conduct was tolerated by the university administration. Accused student body president Aaliyah Raji responded by denouncing both Islamophobia and antisemitism and stating that the student government combats against those issues.[38][39]
Also in November 2023, the university attracted national attention when the university barred a faculty member from teaching after alleging that he improperly assisted the Palestine Solidarity Committee, a student group, in reserving a space on campus.[40] Shortly thereafter, the universitys administrators also cancelled a planned art exhibition by Samia Halaby, a Palestinian-American artist.[41] Both of these events occurred after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel and in the wake of national attention on alleged antisemitism on college and university campuses. They also occurred in the midst of changes to Indiana laws that some perceived as attacking academic freedom. In the spring of 2024, the universitys faculty voted no confidence in the Indiana University system president, the Bloomington campuss provost and executive vice president, and the Bloomington campuss vice provost for faculty and academic affairs.[42]
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights again initiated a federal investigation of the university in response to a complaint of the violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The complaint was filed by Dr. Zachary Marschall and alleged lack of response and complacency by the university administration to an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents at the campus.[43][44][45] The complaint also led to additional federal investigations at the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, and the office is also conducting parallel investigations of Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and others.[46]
Campus
The Indiana University Bloomington campus of 1,933 acres (7.82 km2) includes abundant green space and historic buildings dating to the universitys reconstruction in the late nineteenth century. The campus rests on a bed of Indiana Limestone, specifically Salem Limestone and Harrodsburg Limestone, with outcroppings of St. Louis Limestone.
The "Campus River" is a stream flowing through the center of campus. A section of Bloomingtons Clear Creek,[47] it was formerly named the "Jordan River" after David Starr Jordan, Darwinist, ichthyologist, president of IU, and later, of Stanford University.[48] The name was changed, along with several campus buildings, in 2020 by the IU trustees due to Jordans support of eugenics becoming widely known.[49]
Bloomington was ranked 5th best city for educated millennials by Business Insider.[50] College Ranker listed Bloomington as #6 Best College Town to Live in Forever.[51]
Facilities and architecture
The Old Crescent
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Maxwell Hall
LocationIndiana University Campus, Bloomington, Indiana
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1884
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Gothic, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.80000028[52]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1980
Rose Well House, 2016
Many of the campuss buildings, especially the older central buildings, are made from Indiana Limestone quarried locally. The Works Progress Administration built much of the campuss core during the Great Depression. Many of the campuss buildings were built and most of its land acquired during the 1950s and 1960s when first soldiers attending under the GI Bill and then the baby boom swelled the universitys enrollment from 5,403 in 1940 to 30,368 in 1970. Some buildings on campus underwent similar expansion. As additions were constructed by building onto the outside of existing buildings, exterior surfaces were incorporated into their new interiors, making this expansion visible in the affected buildings architecture. The Chemistry and Biology buildings serve as examples, where two of the interior walls of the latters library were clearly constructed as limestone exteriors. The Bryan House is the traditional on-campus home of the university president.
Nine of the oldest buildings are included in a national historic district known as The Old Crescent. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[52] They are the Collegiate Gothic style Student Service Building (1906–1908); Indiana University Museum (1905); Richardsonian Romanesque style Maxwell Building (1890, 1907–1908); Owen Hall (1885); Wylie Hall (1885); Kirkwood Hall (1895); Lindley Hall (1903); Gothic Revival style Rose Well House (1908); and Kirkwood Observatory (1900).[53]
The Sample Gates serve as the entryway to Indiana Universitys campus and The Old Crescent. It is positioned between Franklin Hall and Bryan Hall.[54] After several failed attempts to create an arched entrance to campus, in 1987, Edson Sample provided funding to build the archway based on the 1961 design proposed by Eggers & Higgins.[55]
The Indiana University Cinema opened in January 2011 in the former University Theatre building, which was built in the 1930s.
The Bloomington campus also has a biology research greenhouse in the Biology Building that is open to the public, one of the highlights of which is a corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) named Wally.[56][57] Also on campus, the Kirkwood Observatory is open to the public one day a week.
The 1979 movie Breaking Away was filmed on location in Bloomington and the IU campus. It also featured a reenactment of the annual Little 500 bicycle race. The IU campus also has trails that many utilize for biking and running. The trails in Bloomington and nearby areas total nearly 1,200 miles (1,900 km).
Indiana Memorial Union
Main article: Indiana Memorial Union
The over 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) is the second-largest student union in the world. In addition to stores and restaurants, it features an eight-story student activities tower (home to the Indiana University Student Association, Indiana Memorial Union Board, and a variety of other student organizations), a 189-room hotel, a 400-seat theatre, a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) Alumni Hall, 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of meeting space, and a bowling alley. The IMU houses an outstanding collection of Indiana art including artists from Brown County, the Hoosier Group, Richmond Group and others. This collection is the largest public collection of art outside of a museum.
Athletic facilities
See also: Indiana Hoosiers
Sweetheart tree standing in the courtyard of the Chemistry building at Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana Universitys athletic facilities are located on campus and are grouped in between East 17th Street, Dunn Street and the IN-45/IN-46 bypass. In the 17,000-seat Assembly Hall (home to the IU NCAA basketball team), there are five NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship banners on display. Cook Hall, Memorial Stadium, Mellencamp Pavilion, the Gladstein Fieldhouse, the IU Tennis Center, the Billy Hayes Track and Bill Armstrong Stadium are all also located within the complex.
Indiana University Auditorium
Indiana University Auditorium (IU Auditorium), is a 3,200 seat performing arts venue located at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.[58][59] It is situated in IUs Fine Arts Plaza alongside the Lilly Library and the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.[60]
Construction on IU Auditorium began in 1939 as a part of the Federal Works Agency Projects.[61] IU Auditorium officially opened its doors March 22, 1941.[62]
IU Auditoriums Hall of Murals is the home of the Indiana Murals, created by American artist Thomas Hart Benton. 16 of the 22 total panels created are housed at the auditorium.[63]
Today, IU Auditorium presents Broadway touring acts, popular musical artists, comedians, classical musicians and more.[64]
Department of Chemistry
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The Chemistry Department has had a history at Indiana University since the early days of the institution. Chemistry courses were first added to the curriculum in 1829 by Andrew Wylie, IU president at the time (1829–1851).[65] The first degrees in chemistry were awarded in 1890. The graduate school at Indiana University was not formally established until 1904 but not soon after, a plan for graduate work in chemistry was underway. However, the first PhD in chemistry was not granted until 1921.[66] In 1931, the construction of a new facility explicitly for chemistry began which led to major growth within the department. Some of the departments most acclaimed and prolific faculty came to the university during this time. [according to whom?] A major staple to the department is the famous Sweetheart tree [67] that has stood outside the Chemistry Building since it was built in 1931. Even when a major addition to the building was made in the 1980s, architects decided to preserve the beloved tree and build around it. In the spring of 2018 the university announced the famous sweetheart tree was dying, and removal was scheduled to begin on April 11.
Libraries
Herman B Wells Library, seen from IU Arboretum
The Indiana University Bloomington Library System supports over twenty libraries and provides access to more than 9.9 million books, 800 databases, 60,000 electronic journal titles, and 815,000 ebooks.[68] The system is the 14th largest library in North America by volumes held.[69]
Herman B Wells Library
IUs Herman B Wells Library holds more than 4.6 million volumes.[70] Before a ceremony in June 2005, when it was renamed for IUs former president and chancellor, this building was simply called the Main Library.[71] The architectural firm Eggers & Higgins designed the largely windowless, limestone paneled library, whose construction began in 1966 and was completed in 1969.[72] The building contains eleven floors in the East Tower (research collection) and five floors in the West Tower (the undergraduate core collection). In 2014 the first floors of both towers were renovated and reintroduced as the Learning Commons and Scholars Commons. The library is also home to Indiana University Press and the University Graduate School. It is the former home of the Information and Library Science Department, which is now hosted by Luddy Hall.
An oft-repeated urban legend holds that the library is sinking because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. An article in the Indiana Daily Student newspaper debunks this myth, stating, among other things, that the building rests on a 94 ft (28.6 m) thick limestone bedrock.[73]
Branch libraries
In addition to IUs main library, the Bloomington Libraries support more than twenty additional libraries:[74]
Archives of African American Music & Culture
Archives of Traditional Music
Black Film Center/Archive
Business/SPEA Information Commons (Library for the Kelley School of Business and the ONeill School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
The Science Library
Education Library, located within the Wendell E. Wright School of Education
LGBTQ+ Library
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) Library
Indiana Prevention Resource Center Library
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive (IULMIA)
Kinsey Institute Library
Jerome Hall Law Library (Library for the Maurer School of Law)
Life Sciences Library (Library for the Biology Department, Medical Sciences Program, and Nursing Program)
Lilly Library (rare books and manuscripts)
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library
Optometry Library
Ostrom Workshop Library
Residential Programs and Services Libraries
Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
University Archives and Records Management
William & Gayle Cook Music Library
Wylie House Museum
Black Film Center/Archive
The Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A), located at Indiana University, was "established in 1981 as a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans."[75] Professor Phyllis R. Klotman founded the repository when it became apparent that rare and valuable films created by and about African Americans were being lost due to lack of preservation and inadequate resources.[76]
The BFC/A has an extensive collection that includes films on various physical media, posters of numerous sizes for films distributed throughout the world, photographs and film stills, and manuscripts of filmmakers and scholars. Although the materials are not available for circulation or distribution, the archive has rooms for viewing films and utilizing materials.
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive (IULMIA) is one of the largest repositories for educational film and video in the United States.[77][non-primary source needed] Founded in 2009, IULMIA contains over 100,000 items spanning over 80 years of audiovisual history.[78][79] Highlights of its holdings include a collection of over 200 film cameras and projectors, more than 80,000 commercials from the Clio Awards, and approximately 50,000 educational films that Indiana University circulated to classrooms nationwide during the 20th century.[79][80][81]
In 2012, the Moving Image Archive was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Film Archives.[82]
Lilly Library
Lilly Library
Lilly Library
Main article: Lilly Library
The Lilly Library is one of the largest rare book and manuscript libraries in the United States. [non-primary source needed] Founded in 1960 with the collection of Josiah K. Lilly Jr., of Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, the library now contains approximately 400,000 rare books, 6.5 million manuscripts, and 100,000 pieces of sheet music.[83] The librarys holdings are particularly strong in British and American history and literature, religious texts, Latin Americana, medicine and science, food and drink, childrens literature, fine printing and binding, popular music, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and early printing. Notable items in the librarys collections include the New Testament of the Gutenberg Bible, a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon, the first printed collection of Shakespeares works, a pair of the Spocks ears worn by Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Audubons Birds of America, one of 25 extant copies of the "First Printing of the Declaration of Independence" (also known as the "Dunlap Broadside") that was printed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, George Washingtons letter accepting the presidency of the United States, Abraham Lincolns desk from his law office, a leaf from the famous, Abraham Lincoln "Sum Book" c. 1824–1826, Lord Chesterfields letters to his son, the manuscripts of Robert Burnss "Auld Lang Syne", the Boxer Codex, annotated production scripts for Star Trek, J. M. Synges The Playboy of the Western World, and J. M. Barries Peter Pan, and typescripts of many of Ian Flemings James Bond novels. The library also owns the papers of Hollywood directors Orson Welles and John Ford, the poets Sylvia Plath and Ezra Pound, and authors Edith Wharton, Max Eastman and Upton Sinclair. The library is also home to four Academy Awards, donated by alumni. In 2006, the library received a collection of 30,000 mechanical puzzles from Jerry Slocum. The collection will be on permanent display. Special permission is not required to use the collections, and the library has several exhibition galleries that are open to the public.
Within the Lilly Library is the Ruth E. Adomeit collection of miniature books, one of the worlds largest.[84] Among the collection are rare miniature books such as "From Morn Till Eve", a miniature book that presents biblical quotations in a devotional form, with one phrase for each morning and evening of a month. The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) had listed that, "the only known copy as being in the collection of famed miniature book collector Ruth E. Adomeit",[85] which is now in the Lilly Library.
Fine Arts Library
IUs first Fine Arts Library was established in the late 1930s as part of the Departmental office on the second floor, east wing of the University Library which was then in Franklin Hall. In 1941, two important events occurred: art historian Henry Radford Hope became chairman of the Fine Arts Department in the Fall and the Fine Arts Center was created by remodeling Mitchell Hall Annex. The Fine Arts Library moved into IU Art Museum designed by I.M. Pei in August 1981. This location was closed for renovations to the museum in spring 2017. Most fine arts materials are currently located on the 9th floor of the Herman B Wells Library with the remaining items being located towards the back of the 10th floor.[86]
William and Gayle Cook Music Library
The William and Gayle Cook Music Library, recognized as one of the largest academic music libraries in the world, serves the Jacobs School of Music and the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University. [non-primary source needed] It occupies a four-floor, 55,000 square-foot facility in a wing of the Bess Meshulam Simon Music Library and Recital Center, dedicated in November 1995. The collection comprises over 700,000 cataloged items on 56,733 linear feet of shelves.
The Cook Music Library holds many special collections, including audio and print collections. One notable collection contains items from Leonard Bernsteins compositional studio, including items such as clothing, furniture, recordings, books, and awards.[87]
Residence hall libraries
Residence hall library programs began in the 1930s at Harvard University. By 1978, there were twenty-one institutions with residential library systems.[88] Today, Indiana University has only one of two residential library programs that still operates. Additionally, Indiana University has continued to expand its residential library system, adding the most recent branch in 2017. As of 2018 there were fourteen library branches: Briscoe, Campus View Apartments, Collins LLC, Eigenmann, Forest, Foster, McNutt, Read, Spruce, Teter, Union Street Center, Wells Quad, Wilkie, and Wright.[89] The libraries are open daily while classes are in session. Previously, half of the branches offered only DVDs and CDs. In 2018, the decision was made to have all library branches offer books in addition to movies and games. The libraries hire graduate students in Indiana Universitys Master of Library Science program to act as center supervisors, who lead a staff of seven student assistants in staffing the libraries each evening. New material is added to the libraries each week, and any student or staff member of Indiana University can check out material using their Crimson Card.
Museums
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art
Main article: Indiana University Art Museum
IU Art Museum
IU Art Museum
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, formerly known as the Indiana University Art Museum,[90] was established in 1941 and has occupied a building designed by the world-renowned architecture firm I.M. Pei and Partners since 1982. The museum houses a collection of over 40,000 objects and includes works by Claude Monet, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Jackson Pollock. The museum has particular strengths in the art of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Ancient Greece and Rome, and European Modernism. It also holds a substantial collection of works on paper (prints, drawings, and photographs). The museum routinely has been ranked among the best university art museums in the United States.[91]
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (formerly the Mathers Museum of World Cultures and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology) consist of an estimated 5 million archaeological artifacts, 30,000 ethnographic objects, 20,000 photographs, and supporting library and archive. The collections represent cultures from each of the worlds inhabited continents. These materials have been collected and curated to serve the museums primary mission as a teaching museum within a university setting. The ethnology collections strengths include traditional musical instruments, photographs of Native Americans and the Bloomington community, Inupiaq and Yupik Eskimo materials, and Pawnee material culture, among others. The archaeology collections piece together the material remains of cultures from the earliest occupations of North American through to the modern period.
Grunwald Gallery of Art
The Grunwald Gallery of Art, a contemporary art museum hosted by the university.[92] The gallery was established in 1983 as the School of Fina Arts Gallery (SoFA Gallery) in what was formerly Universitys art museum space when that museum relocated to a new building.[93] The museum exhibits experimental works by emerging and established artists as well as works by faculty and students within the Department of Studio Art. It is located at 1201 East 7th Street. It was named in honor of Indiana University alumnus John A. Grunwald in 2011.[94] He was born in Hungary in 1935, survived the Holocaust, emigrated to the United States in 1950, and graduated with a degree in economics in 1956 from Indiana University where he met his wife Rita.[92] In 2017, the art museum hosted an exhibition on the history of tattoo artistry in Indiana.[95]
Indiana Memorial Union
The Indiana Memorial Union, in addition to hosting many events, holds the largest public collection of art outside a museum. The artwork within the building ranges from priceless sculptures to paintings.
Academics
Admissions
Undergraduate
Undergraduate admissions statistics
2021 entering
class[96]Change vs.
2016
Admit rate85.0(Neutral increase +6.3)
Yield rate24.0(Decrease −4.1)
Test scores middle 50%
SAT Total1170–1370
(among 39% of FTFs)
ACT Composite26–32
(among 23% of FTFs)
The 2022 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes Indiana University Bloomington as "more selective."[97] For the class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), Indiana received 46,548 applications and accepted 39,543 (85.0%). Of those accepted, 9,482 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 24.0%.[96] Indianas freshman retention rate is 90.3%, with 80.9% going on to graduate within six years.[96]
Of the 39% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1170–1370.[96] Of the 23% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 26 and 32.[96]
Indiana University Bloomington is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 56 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 68 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.[98]
Fall first-time freshman statistics[96][99][100][101][102][103]
Statistic202120202019201820172016
Applicants46,54844,12942,90244,16941,93934,646
Admits39,54335,46933,42533,97031,87827,272
Admit rate85.080.477.976.976.078.7
Enrolled9,4827,9288,2918,0978,0017,673
Yield rate24.022.424.823.825.128.1
ACT composite*
(out of 36)26–32
(23%†)24–31
(53%†)24–31
(57%†)24–31
(60%†)25–31
(67%†)24–30
(67%†)
SAT composite*
(out of 1600)1170–1370
(39%†)1130–1340
(77%†)1160–1350
(76%†)1150–1360
(75%†)1140–1350
(67%†)—
* middle 50% range
† percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
Rankings and reputation
Academic rankings
National
ARWU[104]41–56
Forbes[105]67
U.S. News & World Report[106]73
Washington Monthly[107]72
WSJ/College Pulse[108]97
Global
ARWU[104]101–150
QS[109]355
THE[110]198
U.S. News & World Report[111]135
Graduate program national rankings[112]
Indiana University is one of 62 members of the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading North American research universities. It has been called a Public Ivy university.[113]
As of 2022, IU Bloomingtons Masters in Public Affairs program is ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News.[114] IU is also ranked No. 1 in Environmental Policy and Management, Nonprofit Management, and Public Finance and Budgeting.[115] The Kelley School of Business at IU, known for being a top-tier business school, was ranked in 2016 as the #1 public undergraduate business program by Bloomberg Businessweek.[116]
The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked IU Bloomington 101–150 in the world and 49–60 nationally in 2017. Additionally, it ranked Indiana University-Bloomington 16th in the world for Business Administration, 7th in the world for Communication, 5th in the world for Public Administration, and 2nd in the world for Library and Information Science. U.S. News ranks IU 26th out of the top public universities in the United States.[117] Forbes ranks IU 20th out of Public Universities.[118]
Schools and Colleges
Morrison Hall
Morrison Hall
Main article: Academic Structure of Indiana University (Bloomington)
The Office of the Provost oversees the academic programs, research, and policies of 16 schools on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Together, these units offer more than 550 individual degree programs and majors.[119]
College of Arts and Sciences
Student Building
The Student Building, home of the Departments of Anthropology and Geography
The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of the universitys academic divisions and home to more than 40 percent of its undergraduates. Also, the college offers many electives and general education courses for students enrolled in most other schools on campus. There are more than 50 academic departments in the college, encompassing a broad range of disciplines from the traditional (such as anthropology, art, biology, chemistry, classics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, and psychology) to more modern and specialized areas, including Jewish studies, comparative literature, history and philosophy of science, and international studies. Through the college, IU also offers instruction in over 50 foreign languages, one of the largest language study offerings at any American university. IU is the only university in the nation that offers a degree in Hungarian (although it was done through the Individualized Major Program) and is the first university in the United States to offer a doctorate in Gender Studies.[120] The Department of Geography has highly recognized programs in climate and environmental change, GIS, human-environment interaction, and human geography. Indiana University is also home to the nations only degree-granting Department of Central Eurasian Studies. The universitys catalog at one time boasted that a student could study any language from Akan to Zulu. The college is the parent division for fifteen individual research institutes and is the only academic division within the university to house autonomous schools (The School of Art + Design, The School of Global and International Studies, and the Media School) within it. The college is also home to the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the first formally established academic department in folklore at any United States university and the only such department to integrate these two practices into one field. IU also features a world-class cyclotron operated by the Department of Physics. The college also houses IUs Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance which offers a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, a BFA in Contemporary Dance, a Master of Fine Arts in Acting, Directing, Playwriting or Design/Technology, and a BFA in Musical Theatre. In 2009, professor of political science, Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences since its inception in 1969.
Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
The School of Art, Architecture + Design houses fourteen different areas in art, architecture, design, and merchandising.
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies
The SGIS is an international affairs school composed of over 500 students from four academic departments and twenty-one institutes and centers. It also runs the Indiana University Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL).
The Media School
An exterior shot of Franklin Hall
The Media Schools Franklin Hall
The Media School was established on July 1, 2014, bringing together the journalism, communications, and film studies programs at IU.[121] The school falls under the College of Arts and Sciences, and as of September 2023 is headed by Dean David Tolchinsky.[122] Faculty members teach in the areas of communication science, cinema and media studies, media arts and production, and journalism. The Media School offers undergraduate degrees in journalism, media, cinematic arts, and game design. Programs are customizable and contain several options for concentrations and specializations. The school also offers graduate degrees in media and media arts and sciences. A number of minors and certificates are available.
The school is primarily located in Franklin Hall. Franklin is home to many media production facilities, including game design labs, audio/video production equipment checkout, computer labs, and several studios for both visual and audio productions. The Radio-Television Building is an additional part of the school. It holds a film-cutting room, a production lab, and Studio 5, a 2,800-square-foot soundstage equipped with customizable sets and professional lighting and sound technology.
IU Bloomington placed 13th for communication in the 2022 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.[123]
The Media School is home to the Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism,[124] and the Black Film Center & Archive, Center for Documentary Research and Practice. Student media organizations include the Indiana Daily Student, the Student Cinema Guild, WIUX Pure Student Radio, IU Student Television, and the Public Relations Student Society of America.
Hutton Honors College
Hutton Honors College
Main article: Hutton Honors College
Jacobs School of Music
Jacobs School of Music
The Jacobs School of Music
Main article: Jacobs School of Music
Founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Charles Campbell, the Jacobs School of Music focuses on voice, opera, orchestral conducting, and jazz studies. It was ranked No. 1 in the country tied with Juilliard and Eastman School of Music by U.S. News & World Report in 2009.[125] U.S. News has not since published a music school ranking. The Hollywood Reporter ranked the Jacobs School of Music #4 in 2016.[126] Music School Central ranked Jacobs #1 in the nation in 2014.[127]
With more than 1,600 students, the school is one of the largest of its kind in the US and among the largest in the world. The schools facilities, including five buildings in the heart of campus, comprise recital halls, more than 170 practice rooms, choral and instrumental rehearsal rooms, and more than 100 offices and studios. Its faculty has included such notable people as Eileen Farrell, David Effron, János Starker, André Watts, Menahem Pressler, Carol Ann Weaver, Linda Strommen, Abbey Simon, Jorge Bolet, Ray Cramer, David Baker, William Bell, Harvey Phillips, Carol Vaness, Sylvia McNair, Howard Klug, violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Leonard Slatkin, and composer Sven-David Sandström. Notable alumni include Edgar Meyer and soprano Angela Brown. Many alumni have gone on to win Grammys and other music awards.[citation needed]
Kelley School of Business
Main article: Kelley School of Business
The Kelley School of Business (known colloquially as "Kelley" or "The B-School") was founded in 1920 as the universitys School of Commerce and Finance. Approximately 6,100 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate Accountancy and Information Systems degrees, MBA and PhD programs, and in its online degree program, "Kelley Direct".
In its 2017 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked the undergraduate program tied for 9th in the nation and the MBA program tied for 21st in the U.S., with the online MBA program ranking 3rd.[128]
Business Week ranked the undergraduate program 8th in 2014 (3rd among public schools) and the graduate program 15th in the nation in 2008[129] and fourth among public schools. Also, Business Week gave the undergraduate program an A in teaching and an A+ in career services. In 2016, Business Week ranked the undergraduate program 4th in the nation, #1 among public universities.[130] The 2016 ranking for "Best Undergraduate Business Schools" by Poets & Quants ranked the Kelley School of Business 7th in the nation and 2nd among public schools.[131]
In its 2012 rankings, Poets & Quants also ranked Kelleys MBA program 5th in the nation in producing six Fortune 500 CEOs.[132] In 2017, the Economist ranked the MBA program 17th in the nation, and 22nd in the world. It was ranked 7th in terms of percentage increase from pre-MBA salary.[133]
Kelley partners with the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company to offer Bloomington Brands, a unique work-study program for undergraduates and MBA students. Participating students obtain real-world brand management experience by managing the Osmocote Plant Food brand under contract to Scotts.[134] Kelley also partners with Coca-Cola for a program called Global Business Institute that is available in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. This is a program that was designed to let select groups of students in participating countries learn about business from the context of American culture.[135]
Maurer School of Law
Maurer School of Law
The main building of the Maurer School of Law
Main article: Indiana University Maurer School of Law
The Maurer School of Law, founded in 1842, is one of the oldest schools on the Bloomington campus. It features a law library recently ranked first in the nation and is situated on the southwest corner of campus. In 2000, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist presided over a mock trial of King Henry VIII in the schools moot courtroom. In the 2016 U.S. News & World Report rankings, the school was ranked tied for 25th in the nation among law schools.[136] Notable alumni from the School of Law include songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, and vice-chairman of the 9/11 Commission and former congressman Lee H. Hamilton. On December 4, 2008, the school of law was renamed the Michael Maurer School of Law.[137]
School of Education
School of Education
School of Education
Main article: Indiana University School of Education
The School of Education, formerly a part of the College of Arts and Science, has been independent since 1923. One of the largest schools of education in the United States, it was ranked 25th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its 2016 rankings.[136] It offers a range of degrees in professional education: a BS in teacher education leading to a teaching license, MS., education specialist (EdS) and doctoral (EdD, PhD) degrees.
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Main article: Indiana University School of Informatics
Lindley Hall
Lindley Hall, former home of the Department of Computer Science
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