Nationally known gospel singer and radio host Jearlyn Steele will be the featured speaker and performer at the University of Indianapolis’ annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Monday, Jan. 15.
The free 90-minute program will begin at noon in the university’s Ransburg Auditorium, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Steele will be accompanied by her [...]

The University of Indianapolis has signed an agreement to become the nation’s premier site for training law enforcement officers from around the world in high-level forensic video analysis, and to serve as a command center for this type of work when needed during national emergencies.
The partnership is bringing to the university state-of-the-art software and hardware [...]

Local original-music artists will compete for the grand prize of a professionally produced album-length recording in the inaugural UIndy Battle of the Bands 2007 at the University of Indianapolis.
The contest is open to any style of music, but at least half the members of each performing group must be current, full-time high school or [...]

In the second of three concerts, retired Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Hidetaro Suzuki and his wife, pianist Zeyda Ruga Suzuki, will continue their chronological presentation of the Beethoven Sonatas for violin and piano on Monday, Nov. 13, at the University of Indianapolis.

A series of paintings from an Indiana National Guardsman’s recent tour in Iraq will go on display Nov. 13 at the University of Indianapolis.

Bill Smock: Watercolor Paintings of Iraq will run through Dec. 8 in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. A reception is planned 4 to 7 [...]

Thirteen sculptures by Midwestern artists are on display in the latest edition of the University of Indianapolis Campus Sculpture Walk, available for viewing through August 2007 on the campus at 1400 E. Hanna Ave.
A pamphlet available in the Department of Art & Design office in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center provides [...]

The theatrical director whose work with prison inmates was detailed in the award-winning documentary Shakespeare Behind Bars will speak Monday, Nov. 6, at the University of Indianapolis.
Curt L. Tofteland is founder and artistic director of the Louisville-based Shakespeare Behind Bars program, which assembled a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring convicted felons inside Kentucky’s [...]

Three central Indiana community leaders have been named to the Board of Trustees at the University of Indianapolis.
Brian E. Martin of Indianapolis (46236) is director of financial services for Frank & Kraft Wealth Care Corp. A 1988 graduate of UIndy, he serves on the board’s Institutional Advancement Committee and also is president of the university [...]

Celebrated religion writer and social justice advocate Sister Joan Chittister will speak Monday, Nov. 6, at the University of Indianapolis during the annual citywide Spirit & Place Civic Festival.
Chittister’s talk, titled “Bringing Treasures from the Storehouse: Wisdom From the Past for Spiritual Journeys,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the university’s Ransburg Auditorium, 1400 [...]

Left: Singer and civil-rights pioneer Marian Anderson performs in 1939 in Washington, D.C. (Image provided by the Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania)
Right: Sonya Gabrielle Baker will perform and discuss Anderson’s work Oct. 26 at the University of Indianapolis.
Classical singer Marian Anderson was the first African-American to [...]