The 4th annual Cross-institutional Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) will be held at Illinois State University from May 29 through June 1, 2019.
Undergraduate research conference scheduled for May 29
Unit: Biological Sciences
Watershed moment: Scholar’s studies on lakes worldwide sound environmental alarm
Nobel Peace Prize-winning scientist Catherine O’Reilly has been leading international research teams that have discovered climate change has been warming lakes worldwide, threatening the fish and humans depending on them.
Main Street College to explore canine behavior, behavioral psychology
“Going to the Dogs: How our furry friends help us better understand human behavior” is the title of the spring Main Street College event scheduled for March 27.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex (Determination) but Were Afraid to Ask: Bowden to give Distinguished Professor Lecture, April 4
Professor of Ecological Physiology Rachel Bowden will deliver the Distinguished Professor Lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why are we running out of bees?
In this edition of Ask a Redbird Scholar, Illinois State Assistant Professor Benjamin Sadd answers the questions: Why are we running out of bees? What would be the impact of a world without them?
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why does human hair turn gray?
In this edition of Ask a Redbird Scholar, Illinois State University Assistant Professor Alysia Mortimer answers the question, Why does human hair turn gray?
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why are bird eggs different colors?
In this edition of Ask a Redbird Scholar, Illinois State University Associate Professor Angelo Capparella answers the question, Why are bird eggs different colors?
Mimicking bacterial growth to fight antibiotic resistance
Brian Wilkinson and Craig Gatto are studying the way bacteria grow in the human body in an effort to help scientists understand what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Rebekka Darner named director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology (CeMaST)
Rebekka Darner named the director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology (CeMaST).
Sea slugs and brain circuitry: Rilett lecture, March 7
Paul S. Katz, professor and director of neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will give the talk “Phylogenetic and Individual Variability of Neural Circuits Underlying Swimming Behaviors in Sea Slugs” for the Rilett lecture.
