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‘Dare to be great’
Friends, family remember professor Tim Baldwin as an inspiration By Helen Rummel
hrummel@iu.edu | @helenrummel
Tim Baldwin always roamed the halls with a smile on his face. “You talk about half empty, half full,” his younger brother Ty Baldwin said. “He was way above threequarters full.” Tim, a professor at the Kelley School of Business, died Oct. 10 at the age of 64. Tim’s friends and colleagues remember his fierce optimism and tenacity in every aspect of his life. His family spoke of his innate ability to always bring fun and laughter into everyday activities Those close to Tim recall his welcoming demeanor with everyone — whether they were old friends or strangers. Ty remembered how his older brother would make an effort to include him in their basketball matches, even though he was several years younger. Tim’s wife, JoEllen, who met Tim at their alma mater Michigan State University, said most of all Tim was gra-
cious. “Everything that he did,” JoEllen said. “He did it with tremendous grace.” Tim and his wife met on a hayride at Michigan State University and had been married for over 35 years. Their home is filled with photos Tim had taken throughout the years of their family and friends. He was a lover of lunch at Lennie’s — but also Uptown Cafe. He hosted many annual gatherings at his family’s home complete with fireworks and magic shows. “The Great Timbini” would sometimes make an appearance, as many called him when showing off his magic tricks. He was a loyal fan of every IU sport, but he notably loved to chat about Hoosiers basketball. Tim first began his career at IU in 1987 and had been at the university ever since. He mentored countless students during his time at IU both in and outside of the management and entrepreneurship department. More
than anything, those students remember what his encouragement meant to them. “I realize I am just one of hundreds of students, peers, coaches and executives whom Tim lightly helped along the way,” Ryan Luckey, Kelley MBA alumnus, said in an email. “What was easy for him to give out meant the world to those of us who received it.” In the spring of 2022, Tim served as a core member of Jennifer Park’s Ph.D. dissertation committee — one of the last committees he would be a part of in his long career. Park, who is now an assistant professor of instructional technology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, recalled how she was honored to have Tim as a mentor, since he was an academic who shaped the very field she was in. “I’ve read his work for the SEE BALDWIN, PAGE 4 COURTESY PHOTOS FROM THE KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
IU School of Medicine receives grant toward Alzheimer's research By Mackenzie Lionberger
mlionber@iu.edu | @Mackenzie_L42
The IU School of Medicine received a $48.8 million grant toward furthering research of different therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease on Sept. 29. This is the second largest grant the school has received, dating back to 2016, when the program received a grant of $25 million for further research on Alzheimer’s disease. “This provides hope for some of the families who have been affected so deeply by their loved ones having this particular disease. It provides some hope for them that one day somebody may not have to go through that,” Adrian L. Oblak, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiology and imaging scientist and neurodegenerative research at Stark Neuroscience Research Institute, said.
After receiving this grant, the program’s goal is to create better mouse models that will be conducted through clinical testing. Researchers are looking for a compound that controls protein folding, and the models have a phenotype that resembles Alzheimer's disease Oblak, said. “This grant in particular forms the foundational work that would need to be done to understand both the overall genes that are involved in Alzheimer's disease and how those manifests themselves in terms of disease progression as a phenotype,” Paul R. Territo, professor of medicine at IU and monitor for alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, said. One of the grant’s purposes is to expand the 2016 research program which develops mouse models for
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The IU Health University Hospital is seen Oct. 4, 2022. The IU School of Medicine received a $48.8 million grant toward research on therapies to treat Alzhiemer's.
preclinical testing or therapeutics that would eventually move to patients.
Mouse models are laboratory mice used for testing diseases and treatments. In
the six years since the beginning of this program, IU researchers have created 40
mouse models. SEE GRANT, PAGE 4
Constellation Stage and Screen to premiere screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show
Early version of Biden student loan relief application is open
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President Joe Biden speaks as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona looks on after Biden announced a federal student loan relief plan Aug. 24, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The student loan debt forgiveness application opened Oct. 14. By Ruth Cronin
rmcronin@iu.edu | @RuthCronin6
The Biden student loan relief application is now open, with new details. According to an NPR article, Biden plans to cancel $10,000 in debt for people who earn less than $125,000 per year. The application will remain open until Dec. 31, 2023. It will not discharge student loan debt under the debt re-
lief plan before Oct. 23, 2022. This early opening of the application is intended to assist the Education Department in finding problems on the site before it officially launches later this month. The application is available in Spanish and English at studentaid.gov. To complete the application, applicants will need to provide basic inSEE LOAN RELIEF, PAGE 4
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Constellation Stage and Screen invites guests to the 17th annual screenings of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2022, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The 1975 cult-classic film has a vast history of audience participation during its screenings. By Tory Basile
vlbasile@iu.edu | @torybasilee
This October, Constellation Stage and Screen invites guests to “shiver with antici...pation” at the 17th annual screenings of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the BuskirkChumley Theater.
The 1975 cult-classic film follows the innocent Brad and Janet, a straightedged, newly engaged couple who find themselves stranded with a flat tire during a heavy storm. After winding up at the mansion of Dr. Frank N. Furter – an eccentric scientist – the couple encounters a house full of wild characters, in-
dulgent songs and dances. “This show has a long history of audience participation,” according to Constellation’s press release, “At screenings, audiences typically throw rice, ring bells, yell specific phrases, and generally cause mayhem in the theater.” Constellation will offer audience members bags
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filled with props and instructions for participation for $5. Each bag includes a newspaper, party hat, playing card, toilet paper, rice, squirt gun, noise maker, rubber glove, bells, toast and an audience participation guide. Guests are invited to SEE ROCKY HORROR, PAGE 4
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