The Sociological Initiatives Foundation is accepting short concept proposals due August 15.
Sociological Initiatives Foundation proposals due August 15
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
BrowZine: New tool to browse e-journals
Do you want an easier way to access scholarly e-journals? Check out BrowZine—a Web-based service and app for Apple or Android devices that helps you browse through Milner Library’s scholarly e-journals. BrowZine sorts e-journals into broad disciplines and then narrower subjects. You can save and organize your most-used e-journals on virtual bookshelves in your account.
Leonard awarded NSF grant to study court-curbing legislation
The National Science Foundation awarded Meghan Leonard a nearly $119,000 grant to study battles between state courts and legislatures.
Research and Honors, May 9, 2017
Honors, publications, and presentations of Illinois State faculty and staff.
Highlights from the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools annual meeting
The Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) recently held their 73rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Illinois State University was well represented at the meeting in multiple ways.
Research and Honors, May 2, 2017
Publications and presentations from Illinois State faculty and staff.
Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award
The winner of the 2017 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Lynda M. Kasky-Hernandez for her dissertation “Attachment and Disclosure to Mothers: Predictors of Adjustment During the College Transition.”
New book explores ‘true’ Japan on the edge of a Brazilian forest
For her new book, Nobuko Adachi examines the inhabitants of the Japanese commune of Kubo, sitting at the edge of a Brazilian forest.
Redbird scholars March for Science
Illinois State faculty members and students from across campus attended the March for Science in Normal, which ended on the University’s Quad, and one that attracted more than 40,000 people to downtown Chicago.
Center for Child Welfare and Adoption Studies receives $250,000 to help youth in foster care reach college
With grants totaling $250,000 from DCFS and a private donor, Illinois State’s Center for Child Welfare and Adoption Studies is establishing a First Star Academy at the University, which will help prepare high school-aged youth in foster care for college.
