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!
Unit: Psychology
Research award winners for 2023-2024 announced
Illinois State University announced the winners of the Outstanding University Researcher and the Outstanding University Creative Activity awards. Also honored are the winners of the Research Initiative Awards and the Creative Activity Initiative Awards. Recipients for these awards are selected from competitive pools of candidates.
College announces new internal research grant program
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 to deliver lecture on November 13
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.
The Extending Empathy Project and The American Democracy Project collaborate on colloquium series
The Extending Empathy Project (TEEP) and the American Democracy Project (ADP) will collaborate for the 2023-2024 academic year on a national-level colloquium for the more than 250 colleges and universities associated with the ADP.
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!
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.
Department of Psychology Alumni Day award winner: Dr. Andrew Monroe ’05, M.S. ’07
The Department of Psychology will recognize Alumnus of the Year/Early Career awardee, Dr. Andrew Monroe ’05, M.S. ’07, director of experienced talent research with Veris Insights, Washington, D.C.
Department of Psychology Alumni Day award winner: Dr. Shona Vas, M.S. ’97
The Department of Psychology presents Alumnus of the Year: Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Dr. Shona Vas, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago.
Professor of Psychology Dawn McBride breaks down the basics of human memory on Redbird Buzz
Illinois State University Professor of Psychology Dawn McBride details her work and research in human memory in this episode of Redbird Buzz.