Water shortages topic of talk

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Craig Broadbent, an assistant professor of economics at Illinois Wesleyan University, will present Water Leasing Markets Using Futures Contracts to Address Seasonal Uncertainty at 3 p.m. Friday, March 20.

A user’s guide to the new Report

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The faculty-staff newsletter Report has joined the Stories.IllinoisState.edu system on campus. Here is a quick tutorial to guide users through the new look.

Pi Day to be celebrated by honoring former student

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Pi Day is Saturday, March 14, when the calendar reads 3/14/15, which is the estimate for the number Pi at 3.1415. The actuarial science sequence at Illinois State University will celebrate the day by awarding a scholarship to honor an alumna who died too young.

Gentry to present violin recital

Illinois State University School of Music Professor Sarah Gentry will present a free recital of violin works at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, in the University’s Kemp Recital Hall.

Program planning and budget presentations

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The annual program planning and budget presentations for the Division of Academic Affairs will be the mornings of Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1, in Room 118 of the Alumni Center.

Craters on venus topic of talk

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Professor Donna Jurdy of Northwestern University’s Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences will present Venus Active Tectonics: Evidence from Craters, Coronae and Chasmata on Friday, April 3.