Six years ago, Illinois State sophomore Alex Shelton was in a coma. Doctors told his parents he only had a 10 percent chance of living after suffering a traumatic brain injury in an accident.
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Video: Teamwork fuels Illinois State solar car
The students on Illinois State University’s Solar Car Team spent the past year planning, building, and testing their new car.
Video: ISU math robots help cancer clinic kids
Ph.D. student Megan Nickels wants to know how children with cancer and other chronic illness can learn math through educational robotics.
Video: Students help Special Olympics athletes
Audiology mentor Ryan Mulligan ’11 and a team of student volunteers are helping Special Olympics Illinois athletes as they compete in the Summer Games at Illinois State.
Video: Physics students send pumpkins airborne
The Illinois State Trebuchet Team may not have been able to defend its first-place title at the Morton Pumpkin Chuckin contest this fall, but students are not just sitting on their hands.
Planetarium Program on the Northern Lights Sept. 16 – Nov. 12
The Northern Lights will come to the Illinois State University Planetarium with the program Aurora, running weekends from Sept. 16 – Nov. 12. There will be no shows Oct. 28-29.
Planetarium Presents 3, 2, 1… Blast Off!
The Illinois State University Planetarium will present the family favorite 3-2-1… Blast Off!, running May 18 – July 22. Show times are 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and 7:30 p.m. on Fridays.
ISU Undergraduate Research Symposium April 15
Close to 200 Illinois State University undergraduate students will participate in the annual University-wide showcase of research, scholarship and creative endeavor.
Geography-Geology Ridgley Lecture March 25
Joseph P. Stoltman will deliver the Department of Geography-Geology Douglas Clay Ridgley Lecture Geography: Future, Past, and Present at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 25, in the Bone Student Center Old Main Room.
Crothers to Deliver CAS Distinguished Lecture
Illinois State University Politics and Government Professor Lane Crothers will deliver the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Bone Student Center Old Main Room.