Dr. Touré Reed, professor of history, will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 5 p.m., in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Is it Race or Racism?: Why Binary Explanations for Inequality Have Failed Black Americans,” is free and open to the public.
Dr. Will Lewis’ innovative use of satellites to investigate inequality was awarded funding from Illinois State’s new Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship program. He and his students have also been working to establish a cube satellites program at Illinois State.
A trio of Illinois State University professors have been at the forefront of renewable energy development.
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!
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.
Ambassador Geeta Pasi (retired), Inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture, “Representing America Abroad: Telling our story, advancing American interests, and serving Americans,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 13 in the Circus Room in the Bone Student Center. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Nominations for the 2024 Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize are currently being accepted. Please consider nominating someone you know who’s doing great work in our community!
A healthy dose of academic ambition can inspire a student to attend college. And when their preferred university is in a foreign country, sometimes they are inspired to cross oceans to pursue their dreams. That is the case for two recent graduates of Illinois State University’s Department of Economics.
The fall 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Address and Awards Ceremony will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 5 in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center.
Nikolaou will combine his knowledge of curricula, university policies and procedures, and his relationships within the University and alums with changing trends in the labor market to increase the reputation of our programs and lead the department to its new era.
