The mailbox at Rachel Angles’ home was pretty full.
Scholarships key in recruiting stellar students
Unit: Biological Sciences
Faculty seek crowdfunding for parasitic plant research
Assistant Professor Vickie Borowicz from Illinois State University’s School of Biological Sciences has launched a crowdfunding campaign for her research on the role of parasitic plants in prairie communities and restoration.
Commemoration honoring historic red oak, October 19
The great oak at Fell Avenue and North Street must soon be felled, but efforts are underway to help preserve its legacy.
Juliano awarded $435,000 NIH grant for mosquito studies
Steven Juliano received a $435,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the most advantageous time during the life cycle of mosquitos to kill them.
CAS boasts eight Bone Scholars
Eight students with majors in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been named 2016-2017 Robert G. Bone Scholars at Illinois State University. They are William Darrow, chemistry and mathematics; Jackie Durnil, communication sciences and disorders; Alexis Econie, sociology and communication; Nora Fredstrom, health sciences and chemistry; Adrianne Howe, psychology; Lauren Koszyk, music and
Six win 2015-2016 CAS Excellence Awards
Six members of the College of Arts and Sciences were presented with 2015-2016 Excellence Awards at the Dean’s Fall Address and Awards Ceremony on September 13. Professor Maria Schmeeckle, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, won the John A. Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching by a tenured faculty member. Professor Allison Harris, Department of Physics, won
Exploring genetic secrets of muscular dystrophy goal of NIH grant for Mortimer
Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer received a $435,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her work understanding the genetic keys to a form of muscular dystrophy.
5 things you will discover in latest Redbird Scholar
The spring issue of the Redbird Scholar has been published.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Is the monarch butterfly population rebounding?
I seem to have noticed more monarch butterflies recently than in years past. Is the population rebounding, or is it just my imagination?
Our Newest Redbirds: Chasing her passion all the way from Alaska
“Science is what I want to do and is my passion,” said Elise Webber from Homer, Alaska, who started her freshman year this fall at Illinois State University.
