- Herron School of Art and Design professor Helen Sanematsu is using her area of expertise, visual communication design, to help community groups tackle vexing health-related issues.
- IU South Bend undergraduate student Sarah Duis was selected to be one of just 20 correspondents who will write an article each week through August for the website USA Today College.
- "When I came to IU East I found a home here," said Neil Sabine, the newly appointed dean of the School of Natural Science and Mathematics. "It is a pleasure to serve the institution that has done so much for me and my family."