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Meet the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition finalists

Marquee sign at Normal Theater in Uptown Normal

The annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, February 29, at the Normal Theater in Uptown Normal.

Celebrate achievements of eight 2024 Alumni Award recipients

Learn about each recipient and how to attend the 2024 Alumni Awards program.

Redbird scholars celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science

From left to right, Dr. Ashlihan D. Spaulding, Dr. Mahua Biswas, Dr. Elahe Javadi, Dr. Dawn McBride, Dr. Chang Su-Russell, and Dr. Rachel Bowden with a photo of hands in the background inserting a needle into a test tube

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Illinois State University asked women scholars to share what or who has inspired them to get where they are today and how they feel about teaching the next generation of researchers.

Image of Research competition highlights beauty of science

University Galleries hosted the fifth annual Image of Research competition February 8.

The Office of Student Research presented the fifth Image of Research competition February 8 at University Galleries.

Helping hands

Hands connecting to make a heart with a sunset in the heart.

A newly established registered student organization (RSO) lives up to the name of its parent organization by regularly leaving the borders of Illinois State University’s campus to deliver humanitarian aid.

Graduate students to represent CAS in 3M Thesis Competition

Normal Theatre, located in Uptown Normal, will again be hosting the Three Minute Thesis Competition.

Four graduate student researchers will represent the College of Arts and Sciences in the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition on February 29 at 6 p.m. at the Normal Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Please come and support our students!

Research award winners for 2023-2024 announced

President Tarhule speaking at the ORGS Research Awards Event

Illinois State University announced the winners of the Outstanding University Researcher and the Outstanding University Creative Activity awards. Also honored are the winners of the Research Initiative Awards and the Creative Activity Initiative Awards. Recipients for these awards are selected from competitive pools of candidates.

Career fairs connect Redbirds with internships, full-time positions, employers

photo of a career fair in the Brown Ballroom

Students and alumni interested in a full-time position, internship or just seeking to build their professional connections are invited to attend the Career Services spring career fairs.

Stein wins prestigious Kavli Foundation Award

Dr. Wolfgang Stein, professor of neurophysiology, is one of seven international researchers who are recipients of the Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Kavli Exploration Awards. The awards, which total $3.7 million, will fund three different projects pursuing investigations into how nervous systems may enable organisms, such as crustaceans, cephalopods, and zebrafish to adapt to environmental challenges that may have influences on neurophysiology and behavior.

College announces new internal research grant program

An image of the sculpture in front of Stevenson Hall.

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is excited to announce a new internal research grant opportunity—the Dean’s Research Challenge Grant. Full-time CAS faculty from all college divisions, including Visiting Professors and non-tenure track faculty, are eligible to apply. The Principal Investigator’s (PI) primary appointment must be in a CAS unit. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, and teams can have non-CAS members.