Research and Honors

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Publications, presentations, performances and more from Illinois State faculty and staff.

Reactions: Finding Cervantes’ tomb

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With the likely discovery of the tomb of famed Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, Professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Bruce Burningham took a moment to reflect on what it means to find the tomb of the author of Don Quixote.

Research and Honors

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Publications, presentations, performances and more from Illinois State faculty and staff.

Research and Honors

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Publications, presentations, performances and more from Illinois State faculty and staff.

Research and Honors

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Publications, presentation, performances and more from Illinois State faculty and staff.

Learning gets a boost from chocolate

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Don’t turn away from chocolate, advises Assistant Professor of Communication Daniel Cochece Davis, because it can give the brain a natural boost.

Chocolate: When money grew on trees

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There was a time when money literally grew on trees. It might seem like a dream, and a sweet one at that, but Illinois State’s Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kathryn Sampeck has unearthed a time when people used cacao beans – the basis of chocolate – as currency. While on sites several years back in