Online Photo Essay

Damon Coyle creates realistic trainers for the med school, nursing school, and veterinary medicine school. What he does is unique and very few individuals in the country do what he does. When he was a kid, he remembers wanting to be a doctor artist. He got his undergrad in biology while taking several art courses, including a renowned sculpting course. Then three years into medical school he left, realizing he wouldn't be able to continue his hobby of art. That's where Dena Higbee, executive director of simulation at the Sheldon Center came in and put Damon to work. 

The daily sound of the chimes being played on campus will be silenced for a year. With the imminent closure of the campus bell tower for major renovation, Altgeld chimes players from past and present gather to play the chimes for a recording to stand-in while the chimes are out of commission. 

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The simple act of closing your eyes, combined with the challenge of navigating winding stairs, architecture and outdoor spaces changes how most perceive the world.  The “Blind Field Shuttle” experience was hosted by artist Carmen Papalia, who invites participants to unlearn visual primacy and use their non-visual senses as a primary way of knowing the world.

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Jagathon, IUPUI's Dance Marathon, raised $320,032.25 for kids at Riley Hospital for Children and affiliated programs during the organization's 22nd annual event. The 16-hour event included lots of dancing, games and a big donation to help Riley patients and their families. Through their participation in Jagathon, IUPUI students have been helping children with life-threatening illnesses for more than 20 years, giving financial and emotional support for hundreds of families across Indiana through the Wells Center for Pediatric Research.

Known as the "The World's Greatest College Weekend," the Little 500 is the largest collegiate bicycle race in the United States. IU Foundation President Howdy Wilcox Jr. started the race in 1951 as a way to raise scholarship money for IU undergraduate students working their way through college. Wilcox modeled the race after the Indianapolis 500, a race his father won in 1919. In the 72 years since that first race, the IU Student Foundation has raised more than $2 million for deserving undergraduates.

Indiana University celebrated the accomplishments of nearly 22,000 graduates during nine commencement ceremonies across the state. For the members of the Class of 2023, the ceremonies marked the end of years of hard work, perseverance and determination, resulting in a prestigious Indiana University degree.

Class of 2023 during the 184th spring commencement ceremony at Yager Stadium on Saturday, May 13. Below, a graduating senior sports a decorated mortar board with the message, "All I am & hope to be I owe to those who BELIEVED in me."