A national backlash erupted after the Indiana legislature recently passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA. Gov. Mike Pence has promised to clarify the act. Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Meghan Leonard explains the act, and what separates it from acts in other states.
Political discussions in the United States have been hijacked, said Professor of Communication Joseph Zompetti, who discusses solutions for taking the conversation back in his new book.
Ryan Allured from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will be the next speaker in the 2015 Physics Colloquium Series on March 31.
Vanessa Rusch, managing editor at the University of Alabama Press, will present From Trade House to University Press: Managing Editorial and the Ps of Publishing at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the Publications Unit in Williams Hall Annex, room 103.
The National Intelligence Council’s Suzanne Fry will speak on Global Trends at Illinois State as part of the International Seminar Series at noon Wednesday, April 1, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
The story of the ISU Solar Car Team in Abu Dhabi will be the topic of the next University Club (U-Club) discussion, Friday, April 3, with Professor of Physics Daniel Holland.
Associate Professor Michael Gizzi traveled to Israel for two weeks in February to help lay the groundwork for a possible study abroad trip for Illinois State students to Israel and Palestine.
Students and alumni from Illinois State’s Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development who recently served with the Peace Corps will speak at noon Wednesday, March 25, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
Professor of English Robert McLaughlin will present “So Many Possibilities: Stephen Sondheim and the American Musical Theater” for the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lectureship at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center.
Rebecca Saunders will present Mobilizing Memory: Geographies of (De)memorialization in the Films of Patricio Guzmán at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Schroder Hall, room 238 as part of the Geography/Geology/Geohydrology Explorations and Observations (GGGEO) series.
