Wednesday, January 28, 2026 

See a science exhibit you wouldn’t expect in Kopchick Hall; find out Bill Chadwick’s favorite activity to teach; and more.

With the weekend’s snowstorm and the extreme cold forecast all week, IUP Emergency Management shares advice to help the campus community stay safe on roadways, on sidewalks—and outdoors in general. Find Emergency Management’s winter weather safety tips.

CHECK OUT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN; STOP BY WINTER WARM-UP—THURSDAY FROM 3:00 TO 6:00 P.M. IN THE KOVALCHICK COMPLEX.

President Michael Driscoll offers condolences on the death of Juan Esteban Riano Guayara, a senior finance major from Fredonia who died Sunday, January 11.

Bill Chadwick’s passion for anthropology stemmed from a childhood fascination with archaeology and evolved through hands-on fieldwork and the scientific study of landscapes. Learn more about him in this installment of Meet Our Faculty.

This semester, Kopchick Hall’s Science on Display exhibit features decorative glassware made by a company that, from 1892 to 1931, stood where the Miller Stadium parking lots are today. Check out the display, provided by Indiana resident Arnold Wolfe, on Kopchick Hall’s second floor near the Oak Grove entrance.

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