Children with autism can be especially sensitive to their surroundings. Professor Shireen Kanakri’s life mission is to find out how we can use color, lighting, sound, and more to make kids on the spectrum comfortable.
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Ball State graduate Marlie Eckelman Arnold, ’03 MS ’05, was part of the art direction team that helped turn the Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther” into a worldwide phenomenon. The film grossed more than $1.35 billion and was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Watching the awards ceremony in February from her home in Atlanta, Marlie […]
Muncie Central High School senior Chandler Clevenger’s goal of graduating with a technical honors diploma was at risk for reasons beyond his control. To earn the diploma, he needed to pass a class this fall through Project Lead The Way (PLTW), an Indianapolis-based, nonprofit K-12 program to encourage and prepare young people across the U.S. with an interest in […]
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or a century or so, the Chicago Stockyards ranked the world’s most famous livestock-processing centers — a vast stretch of stock pens and packinghouses with rail connections to much of the country — until meat distribution moved to the interstate highway system. “It was the beginning of the industrialization of food, on a scale that […]
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ichele (Boggs) Koken has made a career doing what she loves – interior design. But she’s not only a designer, she’s an entrepreneur who is the founder and owner of Indianapolis-based MB Designs. This venture has kept her busy for the past 11 years designing residential and commercial spaces. Starting the business at age 27, […]