Judy is a recovering third-generation newspaper journalist who now writes and edits for Ball State, where she continues to use her love of words and people — plus a finely honed sense of humor — for good. The award-winning communications professional is a contributor to Ball State Magazine.
At Ball State, Cameron Brock and Keenan Plew honed their Ultimate Disc skills (think football with a Frisbee). With the Indy AlleyCats of the American Ultimate Disc League, each is a stats leader. How’d they get there, what is the game, and what do they love about it?
Ball State’s strong sustainability work is a big reason it’s one of only two universities that will get campus-specific solar energy designs from a new national contest. A winning team of students in various disciplines has designed and modeled ways to bring more renewable energy to Ball State as part of the first U.S. Department […]
The last rubber duck from 100 hidden by two departing theatre students is home after over two years of search-and-rescue efforts.
Mmmm, chocolate. Well, not so much if you lived around 1,900 BCE in Mesoamerica. Back then, you’d be slugging down a mix of ground cacao beans, cornmeal, and chili peppers. It was an unpleasant concoction, according to a TED Education video based on research by Deanna Pucciarelli , associate professor of nutrition and dietetics in Ball State’s […]
People for Urban Progress crafts used material, from the RCA Dome roof to Amtrak seats and seat belts, into items it sells—and makes Indy more sustainable.
Muncie’s high school has revived a STEM program and gotten more Ball State student teachers, thanks to the district’s ‘ partnership with the university.
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]f all the parts in his prolific acting career, Doug Jones is proudest of Amphibian Man in the multiple Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water.” The film’s story — a lonely janitor (2018 Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins) falls in love with a humanoid fish god (Jones, ’82) held in a lab during the Cold War — […]
