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The US Department of Agriculture has concluded its investigation into the lab of IU biology professor Roger Innes.

Aside from an expired import permit, a missing curation permit and some unapproved house plants, the department found nothing during its search Monday violating federal guidelines.

The lab was missing a permit it needed to keep a plant pathogen for several years after importing it, but the lab is still permitted to work with that species. The USDA destroyed those petri dishes. Some organisms they were unable to identify were also destroyed.

“No fines, no penalties. The lab is opened again,” Innes said. “The biggest loss is they required us to destroy all of the house plants that we had decorating the windowsills in our lab. So, there's going to be many sad people in my lab tomorrow morning when they discover their house plants are gone.”

IU locked down several adjacent labs before erecting a barrier which allowed partial access for other scientists. That barrier came down Tuesday afternoon.

Losing lab access for two weeks set back research projects back by several months, according to Innes.

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Today I looked online for hotel rooms and VRBO options for next spring's graduation and there was virtually nothing available that was either reasonably priced or within a decent distance of campus. Am I too early, or have I missed my chance? Either way, any advice? Thanks!

Is 21 too old to go out and party with everyone else.. do people still do that junior year. I never got to go out in high-school and i did my first-two years at community college, i also think i look wayyyy older than I actually am. Im just so worried about everything. Am i too late to have that college experience?

Must be a COLLEGE student with a .EDU Email.

Dm me, I love helping people out especially with these gas prices!

I got into IU as pre-business. I have tried researching online the difficulty of getting into Kelley as pre-business and I see a lot of mixed signals.

I completed the IB diploma in highschool with a 3.8 unweighted GPA. I took IB AA HL math and economics SL. I am not a big partier and I am not gonna join a frat and bomb out of school, but I am worried about getting too many B's and not getting into Kelley.

I am OOS so kelley is much more expensive than my other choice, University of Oregon, would be, but I think it would be worth the money if I got into Kelley.

Actually how difficult is getting into Kelley as pre-business, and is it worth it?

If anyone had gone to iusb before, what was your experience like. I am in my senior year now. Oh boy, it has been a roller coaster?

Thought you all would enjoy this song and Music Video set in Bloomington literally about just being a cool place to live.

He just released a full EP called Canciones que Nacen. Check it out on Spotify and Youtube Music. 🙂

Do the classes require you to lug books to class or is everything computer based? Want to have a minimalist backpack but what does everyone do? I assume you don’t have to walk everywhere as there is the bus but still don’t want a lot of weight.

On the evening of May 7, agents operating under the direction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), together with university police, barred researchers from entering six rooms in a biology laboratory at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, halting ongoing experiments and establishing a de facto police occupation of the facility.

The primary target was the laboratory of Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Innes has pioneered research on plant immune systems that holds the potential of increasing global crop yields and mitigating the need for toxic agricultural chemicals. The sudden closure of his workspace is the latest escalation in a campaign of terror against scientists of Chinese descent. The police-state operation is no longer limited to international researchers. It is now directed as well at senior American-born faculty.

I’m going to kelley and i’m looking to buy a laptop specifically a windows one to help with excel, and I was wondering if I should get a microsoft surface laptop or if it doesn’t meet the right specs. Or are there better alternatives? Let me know !

I see that Kelley is going to have a more “holistic” approach to admissions. Any idea how holistic vs GPA/SAT results? I know this past year several kids with 4.0 and 1400+ SAT did get direct admit. I have heard pre business is not guaranteed even with good grades.

Any idea what they are looking for instead? I’m sure they will still have minimum GPA requirements.

Indiana Public Media and WFIU/WTIU announced layoffs of four full-time staff and 14 part-timers Thursday, the latest cuts in public media nationally after state and federal governments ended funding.

The full-time layoffs came in marketing, television production and engineering.

In an email to donors, executive director Mike Arnold said, "We remain committed to trusted local news, arts and culture programming, and serving our community. That mission has not changed."

The elimination of government support has forced steep cuts in public media nationally. WFIU/WTIU lost about $1.8 million.

Arnold said in the email that donors’ support amid funding cuts allowed Indiana Public Media "to reduce the scale of these (job) reductions."

Becoming a part of IU’s Media School also prevented layoffs by allowing some staff to work for both entities, Arnold said. The station previously reported to the provost.

WFIU/WTIU operates on IU’s campus and receives funding from sources including grants, donors and Indiana University. While state and federal funding is gone, IU funding has been unchanged, Arnold said.

WFIU/WTIU News has editorial independence from university and station management.

There were no cuts to WFIU/WTIU News on Thursday, although six positions vacated over the past year haven’t been filled. Arnold said in an interview Thursday those positions have been eliminated.

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I’m an out-of-state community college transfer student and my transfer cycle hasn’t gone the way I hoped. Right now I’m deciding between two options and trying to figure out which would give me the best shot at breaking into real estate investment banking or private equity post grad.

Option 1: Economics at IU College of Arts & Sciences

Option 2: Real Estate Development at Price School of Public Policy

I believe I’ll be able to transfer into the business schools at both but that’s a whole process in itself. Thanks in advance!

On May 7, USDA agents and university police sealed six rooms in a biology lab at Indiana University, halting ongoing experiments. The target: Distinguished Professor Roger Innes, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Innes was targeted because he publicly defended Chinese researchers prosecuted on fabricated "agroterrorism" charges — cases built on absurd pretexts like smuggling endemic fungi and harmless roundworms. The witch-hunt has already destroyed careers, forced coerced deportations, and claimed a life: Chinese postdoc Danhao Wang died by suicide after federal interrogation in March.

This isn't about security. Universities are being militarized as nodes of the war machine while free scientific inquiry is strangled. The IU administration, deeply tied to Pentagon contracts, is fully cooperating.

Incoming freshman here and curious about study spots on campus. I’m more into the traditional, wood, dim and warm lighting, dark types of libraries. I absolutely HATE big lights. I was just wondering what you guys think the coziest study spots on campus are. Cheers.

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