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Volume 9 • Number 1 • Fall 2023
Weatherman: Graduate student builds wireless network to improve extreme weather forecasting
For his master’s thesis, Matthew Tunberg created a wireless mesh network of sensors, known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to help meteorologists better predict extreme weather and save lives.
Five questions with Rose Marshack, professor, indie rock bassist, and author of Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children
Rose Marshack, director and professor of Creative Technologies, is a founding member and bassist for Poster Children, an indie rock band formed in 1987. Marshack chronicles her experience “rocking while female” in a new book, Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children.
Redbird media (Fall 2023): Latest books from #RedbirdScholar faculty and staff
Here are the latest books from Illinois State University faculty and staff.
OSF HealthCare, Illinois State launch initiative to transform health care
The Connected Communities Initiative (CCI) program, a partnership between Illinois State University and OSF HealthCare, will foster research, innovation, and economic development across Illinois.
2023-24 Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS) award winners announced
Twenty-two teams applied for this award and applications were reviewed by an external review panel. While they were impressed with the quality of proposals, they felt that 3 stood above all the others.
Two Illinois State University students win 2023 Goldwater Scholarships
The Office of Student Research at Illinois State University announced two chemistry students, Katherine Helmink and Sage Lauper-Cook, have been named 2023 Goldwater Scholars.
Illinois State receives $800,000 IBHE grant to support teacher education
Illinois State University was awarded a grant of more than $800,000 by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to support the ongoing education of early childhood teachers.
Grant news: NSF grant funds plan to improve cyberinfrastructure at ISU
Illinois State University received a nearly $100,000 grant last year from the National Science Foundation to create a comprehensive blueprint for improving its cyberinfrastructure (CI) to foster data-driven research and education.
Grant news: National Park Service supports preservation of Milner Library’s circus collection
The National Park Service has awarded a two-year, $29,293 Save America’s Treasures Grant for the physical preservation and research of the Ueckert Circus Collection in Milner Library.
The Q-and-A with Dr. Valerie Wright: Redbird scholar creates card game to teach nursing students power of collaboration
Dr. Valerie Wright, B.S.N. ’99, and two colleagues in the Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) invented a fun and innovative way to educate nursing students: the card game Collaborate.
Psychology professor explores how we remember, how we forget, and how we forget to remember
Dr. Dawn M. McBride, professor of psychology, has been teaching and researching human memory for decades and explains the many tricks our minds play on us.
Paving a greener future: Redbird scholars use recycled materials to reduce construction’s environmental impact
Illinois State Professors Drs. Pranshoo Solanki and Guang Jin are researching creative solutions to lessen the environmental impact of construction.
Mapping to go a different direction: ISU geographer plots to plan a brighter future
Geography Professor John Kostelnick has used his expertise in GIS mapping to examine a range of issues, from the spread of religion in a U.S. region during the 1800s to the modern-day question of how expanding broadband service could improve crop production.
Creative Technologies professor creates gaming database for educators
By establishing an online database called “Using.Games,” Dr. Sercan Şengün is aiming to make video games more accessible for educators who are teaching about and researching the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.
Travel grants help students share their research with the world
A new funding program started by Illinois State’s Office of Student Research helps student researchers attend academic conferences across the country and abroad
