Illinois State Professor Andres Vidal-Gadea led a research team that won the race to be the first laboratory to find the receptor in the brain that helps animals use the planet’s magnetic field to navigate.
The National Science Foundation has awarded another three-year, $300,000 grant to Distinguished Physics Professor Rainer Grobe and Distinguished Physics Professor Qichang Su for their laser research.
The winner of the 2016 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Emerson Keith Bowers of the School of Biological Sciences. Bowers won for his dissertation titled “Family Life in the House Wren: Sibling Rivalry, Sex Allocation, and Parental Care.” Bowers’ dissertation committee included Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences Charles Thompson (co-chair) and Distinguished Professor
A team of Illinois State researchers is conducting an innovative project in elementary schools to determine whether digital mapping can help students improve their spatial thinking skills.
Applied Community and Economic Development (ACED) Fellow in applied economics Bryan Titzler is learning that graduate study at the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development is demanding and rewarding.
Graduate student Barbara Siwula ’14 was scrolling through Mennonite College of Nursing faculty looking for someone to join her thesis committee when she landed on Janet Krejci.
Leah Cohen Marks, a fourth-year doctoral student in Illinois State’s school psychology program, was one of three recipients of a National Association of School Psychologists dissertation award.
Alum of Chicago-based hybrid special education Ed.D. program Sara Jozwik talks about her experience in the program.
Nancy Lopez was the department chairperson of special education at Thornton High School, located south of Chicago, when she first started in the Department of Special Education at Illinois State’s hybrid, Chicago-based doctoral cohort program.
The slate of candidates for the spring 2016 Graduate Council ballot has been finalized. Voting will be open March 16-March 30.
