The International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education Research (known as B.E.E.R.) will take place October 9 to 11 on the campus of Illinois State University, drawing in some of the top names in the emerging field of biomathematics.
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Honors, presentations, performances, and publications of Illinois State faculty and staff.
Illinois State releases updated faculty experts guide
Illinois State University has faculty experts in hundreds of fields. Do you want to know about bicycle history, the antebellum period, or the Gilded Age? We have those covered and another 34 areas of history. Do you need experts in economics, education, nursing, politics, or the natural sciences? We have professors specializing in those subjects, too.
Washington University philosophy professor to deliver speech, October 9
Philosophy Professor Ron Mallon from Washington University in St. Louis will deliver a speech titled “Minimal Identities, Social Intuitionism, and the Robustness of Social Kinks” at 4 p.m. Friday, October 9, in 401A Stevenson Hall.
Latino Studies Brown Bag Series Talk #1, October 2
Illinois State graduate student Ana Roncero-Bellido’s lecture, “Latinas Anónimas: Articulating a Transnational Feminist Rhetorics of Solidarity Through Testimonio,” will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, October 2, in 314 Williams Hall.
Evolutionary ecologist to present at Biological Sciences Seminar, October 8
Shu-Mei Chang of the University of Georgia will present “Pollen competition in the style: Is bigger always better?” Thursday October 8, at 4:30 p.m. in 210 Moulton Hall
Harris’ NSF grant to study how atoms take a heavy beating
Assistant Professor of Physics Allison Harris recently received a grant of more than $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a different way to follow the path particles take after collisions.
Discovery of temperature’s effects on nervous system function
A doctoral student in the School of Biological Sciences is part of a duo that have discovered that even a small increase in temperature can have devastating effects on nervous system function
Chipping away at the Fuchs’ problem: Sunil Chebolu makes mathematical strides
Associate Professor of Mathematics Sunil Chebolu has unraveled some secrets on a problem that has been plaguing mathematicians for more than 50 years.
Research and Honors
Performances, presentations, and publications, of Illinois State faculty and staff.