View select speeches delivered by Michael A. McRobbie.
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IU Cinema | April 11, 2023
University Chancellor McRobbie introduced the latest installment of the Michael A. McRobbie's Choice Series at IU Cinema. The spring 2023 series showcases the work of late iconic indigenous Australian actor David Gulpilil, who redefined how Aboriginal people and stories were represented in cinema.
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia | March 2, 2023
University Chancellor McRobbie delivered remarks upon receiving an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, for his "extraordinary contributions to international education, community, justice, and equal opportunity" in Australia and in the U.S. McRobbie spent time as a young researcher at La Trobe, one of Australia's leading academic and research universities.
IU Cinema | November 4, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie introduced the newest programming of the Michael A. McRobbie's Choice Series at the IU Cinema. The fall 2022 series honors the long legacy of filmmaking in Ukraine, from recent releases to one of the most celebrated films in the history of Ukrainian cinema -- Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s 1930 masterpiece, "Earth."
Republic Building, Columbus, Indiana | October 21, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie delivered a speech upon receiving the President's Award from the Indiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his commitment to architecture during his 14 years as Indiana University president. He spoke during a ceremony at the Republic Building in Columbus, Ind, a nationally recognized historic landmark and home to IU's J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program.
Online | September 13, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie helped celebrate the launch of the IU Press book "The Impossible Arises: Oscar Reutersvärd and His Contemporaries," written by Chris Mortensen, professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. Reutersvärd founded the Impossible Figures movement in 1934 by drawing the first impossible triangle. “The Impossible Arises" features images acquired by IU's Lilly Library in 2014 as part of a collection of over 1,700 pages of letters and drawings.
The Grand Hall, Maxwell Hall | June 21, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie pays tribute to Indiana University Associate Vice President for Overseas Study Kathy Sideli upon her retirement after 40 years of service to IU. Sideli helped to build one of the nation's leading overseas study programs.
Indiana Memorial Union, Tudor Room | April 27, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie pays tribute to M. A. "Venkat" Venkataramanan and his service to IU, which spans more than three decades.
Psychology 101 Lecture Theater | April 27, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie helps inaugurate the new Mind, Brain, and Machine Quadrangle speakers series.
Global and International Studies Building 1118 | March 4, 2022
University Chancellor McRobbie delivered opening remarks at the Farewell to Kabul: Afghanistan after the Withdrawal Conference, which examined the implications for international relations of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan in August 2021. During the speech, McRobbie highlighted IU's 50-year ties to Afghanistan and recent IU-led efforts to respond to the country's current crisis.
IU Cinema | January 18, 2022
University Chancellor Michael A. McRobbie introduced the spring 2022 President's Choice Series at the IU Cinema. The latest installment of the endowed series, established in 2017, features the famed Euripides trilogy by acclaimed Greek-Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis.
