Indiana University graduate workers in Bloomington are on strike starting Wednesday in search of union recognition. Due to potentially dangerous weather conditions, several in-person events including picketing and a student walkout were postponed to Thursday.

The Graduate Workers Coalition met Sunday afternoon at the Monroe County Public Library to discuss terms for the strike.

The Graduate Workers Coalition met Sunday afternoon at the Monroe County Public Library to discuss terms for the strike.

Among other things, the new committee will look into how university buildings use energy and vehicles and explore renewable energy and other technology.

Officials continue to investigate the cause of the loud “boom” that surprised many Hoosiers throughout south central Indiana earlier this week. 

Why do some people think that climate change isn’t happening? A listener in the southern Indiana town of Newburgh wanted to know.

Why do some people think that climate change isn’t happening? A listener in the southern Indiana town of Newburgh wanted to know.

The donation wasn’t announced by either institution, which are separate organizations, but was noted as a “contribution to a related entity” made Dec. 30 in IU Health’s financial statements issued this month, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported.

Indiana surpasses 22,000 dead, as the rate of new deaths slows. Gov. Eric Holcomb signs the General Assembly’s less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine mandate bill. And he ended the state’s public health emergency, which had been in place since March 2020.

Indiana University student groups have been asking the university to make a plan to lower its greenhouse gas emissions for months. Now scientists and science advocates have joined that effort.