Illinois State University Chemistry Professor Dr. Shawn Hitchcock receives national recognition.
Chemistry Professor Dr. Shawn Hitchcock shines in national spotlight

Illinois State University Chemistry Professor Dr. Shawn Hitchcock receives national recognition.
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, will deliver the 2022 Spring College Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 25 in Section I of the Brown Ballroom in the Bone Student Center. Her lecture, “Gendered Migrations in the Age of Global Disruption,” is free and open to the public.
The Department of Economics and the registered student organization Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) will co-sponsor a panel discussion on April 1 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 401, Stevenson Hall, that will help students explore how to succeed in a variety of professions. This free event is open to all students and faculty.
Launched in early 2021, Illinois State University’s SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 testing lab conducts PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests on saliva samples from the University community along with local community partners.
Dr. Sherri Replogle, instructional assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government, was interviewed March 1 by The Pantagraph about the Russia-Ukraine war.
Genetics professor Dr. John Sedbrook and a cooperative of regional institutions takes on an important environmental and economic challenge through research on the pennycress plant.
Undergraduate physics students are making a big impact in the nanomaterials lab of Dr. Mahua Biswas.
For the first research series of the new year, Dr. Liv Stone, associate professor of anthropology, will share her research titled “Popularizing Anarchist Ethics: Autogestión in Mexico City.”
Prairie State Legal Services (PSLS) presented a 2021 Life-Saver Award to Professor Tom McClure at the annual holiday luncheon for the McLean County Bar Association (MCBA).
Dr. Riaz quoted in various international media on the US sanctions on Bangladesh