The Milner Metadata team presented at the 2024 Core Forum held from November 14-16 in Minneapolis.
Topic: Research
From waste heat to quantum innovation: Advancing spintronics
The team led by Dr. Justin Bergfield, associate professor of physics, undergraduate researcher Runa Bennett, and AFRL senior research scientist Dr. Joshua Hendrickson has uncovered how quantum interference—a phenomenon where particles behave like waves and either reinforce or cancel each other—can efficiently generate a “spin-voltage” to control the flow of quantum information.
Criminal Justice Sciences’ student receives the 2024 Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice (DCCSJ) Undergraduate Paper Award
Brenna Jones, a criminal justice sciences graduate student, was awarded the 2024 Division on Critical Criminology & Social Justice (DCCSJ) Undergraduate Paper Award.
State Farm commits $3 million to Illinois State University’s new data science program
Illinois State University received a $3 million gift commitment from State Farm® on December 19, 2024. Funds will support the recruitment and retention of faculty and students in the University’s new interdisciplinary data science bachelor’s degree program, which welcomes its first class in fall 2025.
CSD Research Briefs: Issue 4
We are pleased to share the fourth edition of our CSD Research Briefs.
14 scientists at Illinois State University recognized on global list of highly cited researchers
New data from the 2023 calendar year published by the Elsevier Data Repository in Fall 2024 names 14 scientists from Illinois State University as in the top two percent (top 100,000) of cited researchers globally.
Drs. Erin Quast and Grace Kang create lasting connections through school-university-community partnership with Champaign-Urbana schools
The Diversity and Equity Cohort, led by Quast and Dr. Grace Kang, associate professor of elementary education, immerses teacher candidates in Champaign-Urbana schools for a unique, full-day clinical experience.
Demystifying Native Speakerism in English Teacher Education: Watsachol Narongsaksakul presents at Illinois Association of Teachers of English Conference
Watsachol Narongsaksakul presented at a conference of teachers of English.
CSD student awarded the FIREbird Student Research Grant
Aleah Keating will investigate participants’ responses to thickened liquids under the supervision of Dr. Taeok Park
Dr. Lori Riverstone publishes fourth edition of The Local Power & Politics Review
Dr. Lori Riverstone has successfully published another volume of The Local Power & Politics Review.