Redbird women’s basketball point guard Paige Saylor has persevered to achieve high marks in the classroom and on the court during her four years at Illinois State University.
Paige Saylor achieves high marks in class and on the basketball court
Unit: Biological Sciences
Illinois State student helping to restore Sugar Creek Savanna
Jesse Smith identified six types of bumblebees on the Quad during his first year as a graduate student in the School of Biological Sciences. When he returned his second year, he found only two species.
What makes ticks tick: Dr. Städele studies their every move
Few researchers have studied how a tick’s brain works, but that’s what caught the attention of Dr. Carola Städele.
Lab classes in a pandemic: Arts and Sciences courses make most of situation
For the Departments of Biology, Physics and Chemistry, class sizes were reduced by at least 50 percent, more lab sections were offered, and students wore masks and socially distanced during labs and classes on campus. Students were still able to continue their research, learn, grow, and collaborate on their projects.
Finding the solution: Animal physiology lab makes most of hybrid format
In a lab designed to illustrate how living organisms operate, it only makes sense there’d be an entire week dedicated to respiration systems. In previous Biological Sciences (BSC) 283: Animal Physiology courses, students would breathe into devices themselves to measure lung capacity and simulate different chronic conditions such as asthma
ISU biology students continue prairie research for international study
The ability to adapt to change is integral to success in turbulent times. After years of working in the advertising industry in Las Vegas, Jackson Edwards has returned home to start a new career. The Bloomington native now studies conservation biology at Illinois State and researches soil and plant diversity under Dr. Diane Byers, associate professor of Evolutionary Ecology.
Dean delivers Fall 2020 Address, hosts awards ceremony
Due to the continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Interim Dean Dr. Diane Zosky has published her address on the college website and has recorded it, as well.
USDA grant to fund renewable energy research
Dr. David Kopsell, professor of horticulture, and Dr. LC (Liangcheng) Yang, assistant professor of environmental health, have received a two-year, nearly $150,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA).
Powerful pennycress: Dr. Sedbrook’s research team is transforming a weed into a crop
Though farmers consider pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) nothing more than a weed, Illinois State Professor of Genetics Dr. John Sedbrook is working to change their perspective—and the plant itself.
Gradbird Scholars: Student research spotlighted through monthly competition
The Graduate School launched the GradBird Scholar initiative in September 2019, in an effort to make scholarly research more accessible while honoring the scholarship of Illinois State students.
