Redbird Scholar cover image showing a model brain that is half red and half blue and with a Band-Aid on the red side

Dr. Nikki Hoffman is conducting innovative sleep studies at a new clinic on campus in order to help patients recover faster from concussions.

President Terri Goss Kinzy

A close observer can find signs of Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy’s “former” life as a researcher in her corner office on the top floor of Hovey Hall.

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Redbird scholars Dr. Shaoen Wu and Evan Hazzard are creating machine learning tools that OSF HealthCare can use in its effort to raise child vaccination rates across Illinois.

Dr. David Malone

Dr. David Malone ’88 is an expert on many topics, but dinosaurs are not among them. The Distinguished Professor of Geology’s academic biography points to his expertise in structural, sedimentary, and field geology. In other words, he knows an awful lot about rocks, sand, and the age and provenance of such things that date back millions upon millions of years.

Rochele Gloor in art gallery

It was March 2021, and most businesses were closed amid another surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and deaths across Brazil. Gloor, however, was continuing her work as art director and costume designer for a five-part television documentary titled Tramas da Moda (FashionNet), about the storied history of fashion in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Person in surgical gloves, outfit, mask holding a cardboard box

At the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Rajeev Goel, professor of economics at Illinois State, made some projections on what would happen when a vaccine arrived. 

Dr. Justin Vickers at work in the Rosamund Strode Reading Room of the Britten Pears Arts Archive.

Dr. Justin Vickers, professor and artist teacher in the School of Music, offers guidance on how to conduct archival research based on his experience as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar at the Britten Pears Arts Archive.

headshot of Dr. Charles Bell

Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety looks to the culture of punishment and victimization created through decades of disciplinary policies in K-12 schools.

Shariq Zaman in the laboratory where he spent the summer on a research project examining the parastic disease Leishmania.

Meet some of the Illinois State University undergraduate students who conducted research this summer through the Undergraduate Research Support Grant (URSG) program from the Office of Student Research.

Dr. Gina Hunter

Dr. Gina Hunter’s new book, Edible Insects, delves into the historical role of insects as human food.

headshot of Dr. Aslihan Spaulding

Dr. Aslihan D. Spaulding is part of a national team awarded a $10 million USDA grant to promote alternative systems for agriculture.

Research being done with a microscope

Dr. Marilyn Prasun and Dr. John Sedbrook have been named 2021 Researchers to Know by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.

Female professor smiling

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded grants to Department History Professor Dr. Amy Wood and Associate Professor Dr. Kathryn Jasper.

Research being done with a microscope

Dr. Jan-Ulrik Dahl was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to uncover the secrets of an insidious bacteria.

shelves of books

Some of the latest publications from Illinois State faculty members.

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The University joined the nation’s largest online database of research opportunities, internships, and scholarships.