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Nominations for the 2024 Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize currently being accepted
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!
View the partial solar eclipse at ISU Planetarium, October 14
Central Illinois will experience a partial solar eclipse on Saturday, October 14, 2023.
An invitation to the 2023 fall Dean’s Address and Awards Ceremony
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.
Physics to host Spring 2024 Colloquium Series
The Department of Physics will host a colloquium on Tuesday afternoon, February 27, at 4 p.m. in Moulton Hall, room 210. All interested persons are welcome to attend.
CAS launches food drive for School Street Pantry
The College of Arts and Sciences will conduct a food drive to benefit the School Street Food Pantry, September 18-29. Collection boxes are available in the College office (141 Stevenson Hall) and in all school and department offices.
Breu to deliver CAS lecture, September 28
Professor of English Dr. Christopher Breu will deliver the 2023 Fall College of Arts and Sciences lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, in Room 242, Schroeder Hall. A reception will follow the lecture in the Schroeder Art Gallery. His talk, “In Defense of Sex: Rethinking Embodiment and Desire in the Twenty-First Century,” is free and open to the public.
Laser Fantasy at the Planetarium, September 15-17, 22-24
The Illinois State University Planetarium will present Laser Fantasy, an incredible series of full-dome laser concerts.
Out There – The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds at the Planetarium
The Illinois State University Planetarium will present Out There – The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds, running weekends September 8 through November 11.
Caplan part of international team studying neutron stars, black holes
An Illinois State University theoretical physicist is a leading member of a new, international collaboration studying neutron stars and black holes.