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Call for speaker series ideas
Unit: Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Building the future: NexSTEM program aims to diversify math, science, and technology fields
The four-year scholarship is available to students who were Pell Grant eligible. That allows them to pursue community-based research opportunities in science and mathematics with much of the financial burden lifted.
Faculty develop flexible classroom modules through Project EDDIE
Project EDDIE also helps build the associated professional development needed to ensure effective use of the teaching modules.
School of Biological Sciences will host virtual Graduate School Open House
The School of Biological Sciences will be hosting our own Virtual Open House and question-and-answer session.
Henderson and Platt named Women of Distinction from McLean County YWCA
Rebecca Henderson and Dr. Christa Platt as they were both named as Women of Distinction by McLean County’s YWCA
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.
Research Spotlight: Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
This issue’s Research Spotlight features the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST).
CeMaST launches new podcast channel STEAMtalk
The Illinois State Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology has a new podcast channel called STEAMtalk.
Obsidian wins NEA grant
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora is the recipient of a $50,000 NEA CARES grant.
Presentation: “Including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Community Developed Teaching Resources”
Please come and see Dr. Tanya Josek, a post-doctoral researcher at ISU’s CeMaST, present her study entitled “Including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Community Developed Teaching Resources” at the virtual conference of the Ecological Society of America, which occurred online August 3–6, 2020.
