Htin Kyaw has been named the new president of Myanmar after a historic battle for democracy. Illinois State’s Professor Joseph Zompetti, comments on the elections after he spent time in Myanmar helping non-governmental organizations (NGOs) create arguments for democracy under a military regime.
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Reactions: A new prime is born
Prime numbers are those positive integers whose only divisors are 1 and itself. (The first few primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ….) Recently, a computer discovered a new prime number. Illinois State’s Sunil Chebolu of the Department of Mathematics explains the race to find large prime numbers. Chebolu: Prime numbers
Reactions: Planet Nine – When the planets align
Director of Illinois State University’s Planetarium Tom Willmitch talks about the possibilities that Planet Nine exists.
Reactions: Apple is right not to comply
Associate Professor of Networking and Communications Glen Sagers says forcing Apple to open back door to an iPhone would do extensive harm.
Reactions: Scalia’s death creates unprecedented choices
Meghan Leonard examines what makes the vacancy caused by the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia such a whirlwind.
Reactions: Understanding the Zika virus
Assistant Professor in Mennonite College of Nursing and public health expert Carla Pohl explains the Zika virus and the potential threat.
Reactions: Wait for more primaries before celebrating
Carl Palmer, assistant professor of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, weighed in on what the New Hampshire primary means for the candidates.
Reactions: Episcopal Church’s identity stretched, but not broken
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair for the Department of Management and Quantitative Methods Mathew Sheep, who studied the changing identity of the Episcopal Church, talks about the church’s loss of voting rights.
Reactions: Oscars take two steps back
Associate Professor of Theatre Leslie Sloan Orr says the exclusion of diversity in Hollywood is not new, but is all the more frustrating because it feels as though we are taking two steps backward.
Reactions: Chicago neighborhood in transition
Associate Professor of Geography John Kostelnick says that many Chicago neighborhoods are being redefined.