UConn professor to present on theory of perception-action, April 9

Dr. Michael T. Turvey

The Department of Psychology and the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences (CBS) Colloquium Series will present a talk titled “The Theory of Perception-Action for All Organisms: What Kind of Science Does It Entail?” with Michael T. Turvey, Ph.D. on Thursday, April 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center.

Authors of Picking Cotton to headline Science and Technology Week

image of Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, co-authors of the New York Times best-selling book Picking Cotton, will be the keynote speakers for Illinois State University’s Science and Technology Week, April 6 to 10. Science and Technology Week events are sponsored by the College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST).

Talk explores Palestine as a ‘domestic place’

image of the book Three Vassar Girls in the Holyland

The U.S. once viewed Palestine as a domestic place. That will be the focus of the next Geography/Geology/Geohydrology Explorations and Observations (GGGEO) series at 3 p.m. Friday, April 10 with Molly Robey.

Electronics recycling events April 14 and 15

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If it charges or plugs into a wall, it will be accepted during the E-Drive Recycling events from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14 and 15, on Schroeder Plaza at Illinois State University.

Percussion Ensemble in concert April 12

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The Illinois State University Percussion Ensemble will present its spring concert, titled 12:6:4, at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12, in the University’s Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Tickets are available.

Dear White People actress Tessa Thompson to speak April 21

image form movie Dear White People

Actress Tessa Thompson, star of the new, critically acclaimed movie Dear White People, will lead a talk about race, diversity and inclusion in the arts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in Braden Auditorium. A showing of the film will be Monday, April 20.