The inaugural powwow is held by IU First Nations.Ģ003: Adam W. The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center is dedicated. IU is named Time magazine’s College of the Year.Ģ002: Gerald Bepko is named interim IU president after Myles Brand steps down to become the head of the NCAA. The Herman B Wells plaza is dedicated.Ģ001: Sharon Stephens Brehm becomes chancellor. University Chancellor Herman B Wells dies at 97. The IU men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.Ģ000: The School of Informatics is founded and is the first school of its kind in the nation. The IU men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.ġ999: University Chancellor Herman B Wells is named IU’s Man of the Century. The IU softball team wins the Big Ten championship.ġ998: The Asian Culture Center is established. Professor of English Yusef Komunyakaa wins the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The School of Music graduate program ties for first place with Juilliard and Eastman in the U.S. The IU men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.ġ988: The IU men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.ġ991: The first IU Dance Marathon is held.ġ994: Myles Brand becomes the 16th IU president. The IU men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championship.ġ983: The IU men’s soccer team wins the NCAA championshipġ987: Thomas Ehrlich becomes the 15th IU president. The IU women’s tennis team wins the AIAW championship.
The IU men’s basketball team wins the NCAA championship.ġ982: Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is in residence as the first fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study. Schedule of Classes & Academic Calendarġ981: School of Music students present the first performance by a university company at the Metropolitan Opera House.