Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $40,000.
Topic: Research
Area rural health initiative receives $564,000 grant
The Central Illinois Area Health Education Center, housed at Illinois State University, received $564,386 in federal grant money from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Dr. Cheri Simonds and Dr. Justin Vickers named Distinguished Professors
The Office of the Provost announced Dr. Cheri Simonds and Dr. Justin Vickers have been named Distinguished Professors at Illinois State University.
Dr. Alison Bailey named University Professor
The Office of the Provost announced Dr. Alison Bailey has been named University Professor for Illinois State University.
Dr. Martin Engelke awarded $1.6 million NIH grant for cell physiology studies
Illinois State University’s Dr. Martin Engelke has received a $1.6 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to advance studies on a cellular level.
Research and Honors, January 17, 2023
Publications and presentations of Illinois State University faculty and staff.
Learning to incorporate virtual and extended realities into the classroom
Faculty from all academic colleges and Milner Library attended this year’s six-week Zero-to-Hero training boot camp pilot presented by the Offices of the Provost and Technology Solutions. Course goals included becoming familiar with current trends in consumer VR, learning the fundamentals of the Unity game engine, creating a custom VR application for the Quest 2 VR platform, and evaluating how VR technology can be used in research and pedagogy.
Poetry Foundation awards Obsidian an Equity in Verse Grant
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is the recipient of a $50,000 Equity in Verse grant awarded by the Poetry Foundation.
Dr. Matt Caplan answers five questions about nuclear fusion breakthrough
On Tuesday, December 13, the United States Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology. For the first time, scientists created more energy than what was used through a fusion ignition.
Meet the December 2022 GradBird Scholar: Rachael DiSciullo
The Graduate School has selected Rachel DiSciullo as its 2022 December GradBird Scholar recipient! .