Please join the director of the Illinois State University Horticulture Center, Jessica Chambers ’93, as she guides guests through the beautiful gardens of the Center in a two-part virtual video series.
Unit: College of Applied Science and Technology
Brent Beggs named director of the School of Kinesiology and Recreation
The School of Kinesiology and Recreation at Illinois State University recently introduced Dr. Brent Beggs as the school’s new director, a role in which he is managing the immense uncertainty and challenges that come with the academic year of 2020. Dr. Beggs studied at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale where he earned his master’s degree in Recreation
Students learn how to negotiate their first job
Gain the confidence and the skills you need to effectively negotiate your first job offer.
Living Well with Floods, October 15
The Center for a Sustainable Water Future is hosting an interdisciplinary, water-themed lecture series via Zoom. The first speaker, Dr. Caroline Gottschalk Druschke from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will discuss supporting freshwater systems.
USDA grant to fund renewable energy research
Dr. David Kopsell, professor of horticulture, and Dr. LC (Liangcheng) Yang, assistant professor of environmental health, have received a two-year, nearly $150,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA).
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.
Latest books from #RedbirdScholars
Here are the latest books from #RedbirdScholars.
Gradbird Scholars: Student research spotlighted through monthly competition
The Graduate School launched the GradBird Scholar initiative in September 2019, in an effort to make scholarly research more accessible while honoring the scholarship of Illinois State students.
Research focuses on industrial hemp growth
Rebecca Dywer is Illinois State’s first agronomy graduate student to study industrial hemp production.
Setback to comeback: Message of perseverance defines Class of 2020
It would have been poetic for Tristen Sharp to go from not knowing if she’d ever be able to put one foot in front of the other again to walking across the stage at Redbird Arena.