Provost Aondover Tarhule appointed Dr. Deneca Winfrey Avant and Dr. Craig Gatto to positions within the Office of the Provost.
Office of the Provost positions filled
Unit: Biological Sciences
Redbird Scholar explains why Canada geese have found a home at ISU
Dr. Pirmin Nietlisbach, an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences, explains how the once nearly extinct geese have become a common presence in populated areas like Illinois State’s campus.
Golf outing to benefit student assistance fund
The College of Arts and Sciences will hold its second annual golf outing to benefit the Wilson Family Assistance Fund on Friday, June 10, at Weibring Golf Club. All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the College are welcome to participate.
Learning and leading: Student Affairs prepared Dr. J. Michael Durnil to become a national advocate
Dr. J. Michael Durnil ’83, M.S. ’84, was surprised by the response to The E.W. Scripps Company announcing he would serve as the executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee last spring. He was soon interviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on National Public Radio.
Toro-Morn to deliver CAS Spring Lecture on April 25, 2022
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, will deliver the 2022 Spring College Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 25 in Section I of the Brown Ballroom in the Bone Student Center. Her lecture, “Gendered Migrations in the Age of Global Disruption,” is free and open to the public.
A homegrown love for science: Graduate student researches, promotes use of cover crops
Illinois State graduate student Emily Hansen, who is from three generations of famers, is researching the potential of pennycress as a cover crop.
Illinois State awarded $403,900 NSF grant for state-of-the-art electron microscope
Known as a field emission scanning electron microscope, the instrument can take images of nano-sized objects. The instrument will aid in research across campus and institutions across the area.
Students, faculty, and staff contribute to massive COVID-19 testing effort
Launched in early 2021, Illinois State University’s SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 testing lab conducts PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests on saliva samples from the University community along with local community partners.
Nine receive 2022 Alumni Awards
The Alumni Association recognizes nine individuals and their outstanding achievements and contributions.
Team Pennycress: A cooperative of regional institutions takes on an important environmental and economic challenge
Genetics professor Dr. John Sedbrook and a cooperative of regional institutions takes on an important environmental and economic challenge through research on the pennycress plant.
