Barb Adkins of the McLean County Museum of History will present “Where Abraham Lincoln Met Route 66” for the next University Club (U-Club) meeting Friday, March 20.
U-Club presents “Where Abraham Lincoln Met Route 66”
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Pi Day to be celebrated by honoring former student
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.
Solar winds topic of physics colloquium March 24
Solar winds will be the topic of the next Department of Physics colloquium series at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Moulton Hall, room 214.
Program planning and budget presentations
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.
University Band, Wind Symphony in concert March 4
Illinois State University’s University Band and Wind Symphony will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the University’s Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
Craters on venus topic of talk
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.
Springing forward: Understanding Daylight Saving Time
Tom Willmitch, the director of Illinois State University’s planetarium, looks at the history of Daylight Saving Time and why the idea of it may be “wonky.”
War for the soul of America
In his new book, A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, Andrew Hartman explores the battle between conservatives and liberals for the national identity.
Research and Honors
Publications, presentation, performances and more from Illinois State faculty and staff.
Reactions: The long, strange journey to D.C. legalization
Washington, D.C. joined the 23 states with laws that allow recreational or medical marijuana. Professor of Criminal Justice Ralph Weisheit looks at what makes the D.C. law radically different than most.
