Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)

USA / Indiana / Bloomington / Bloomington, Indiana / South Indiana Avenue, 107
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107 South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
www.indiana.edu/

Indiana University Bloomington is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. It is popularly known as "Indiana University," IUB, or simply IU. It is located in Bloomington in Monroe County, Indiana. The University is one of the 60 members of the AAU association of leading American research universities.

The IU campus is considered one of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation, with its abundance of flowering plants and trees and graceful, cool limestone buildings. Art critic Thomas Gaines called IU one of America's five most beautiful universities in The Campus as a Work of Art.

IUB's 1,933 acres (7.8 km²) includes copious green space and historic buildings dating to the university's reconstruction in the late nineteenth century. The campus rests on a bed of Indiana limestone, specifically Salem limestone and Harrodsburg limestone, with outcroppings of St. Louis limestone. The "Jordan River" is a stream flowing through the center of campus. It is named for David Starr Jordan, Darwinist, ichthyologist, and president of IU and later Stanford University.

Thanks to IU, Bloomington boasts a monastery owned by the Dhali Llama's brother, 20 art galleries, two wineries, three indoor lakes, an active theatre scene and arts program, not to mention tons of local restaurants serving everything from Greek to Indian cuisine.

There's also the annual Little 500 bike race, which Lance Armstrong (8-time consecutive winner of the Tour De France) called "The coolest event I've ever attended".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University_Bloomington
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Coordinates:   39°10'48"N   86°30'34"W

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  • Legendary college town! This town boasts a variety of unique restaurants, bars, and co-op stores. An extensive and convenient public transit system also separates this town form may other Midwest towns. Be sure to attend the Little Five (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_500) if you ever get the chance.
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