Honors, presentations, and publications of Illinois State University faculty and staff.
Research and Honors, March 22, 2016
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
Jin Jo selected for U.S. Department of Energy program
A Department of Technology faculty member has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy’s Visiting Faculty Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Reactions: Nomination of Garland a protection for future liberal choices
Department of Politics and Government’s Meghan Leonard reacts to President Barack Obama’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Court Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
Coming out in the classroom: Surprising results for character survey
Mark Olson and Eros DeSouza replicated a 2002 survey on instructors coming out in the classroom, with results that surprised them.
Reactions: A look at the historic Myanmar elections
Htin Kyaw has been named the new president of Myanmar after a historic battle for democracy. Illinois State’s Professor Joseph Zompetti, comments on the elections after he spent time in Myanmar helping non-governmental organizations (NGOs) create arguments for democracy under a military regime.
5 things you will discover in latest Redbird Scholar
The spring issue of the Redbird Scholar is now available online and in print.
Prestigious NIH fellowship helps student fight Asian mosquito invasion
Thirty years after Asian tiger mosquitos first arrived in the United States, Illinois State doctoral student Peter Brabant is working to stop their spread.
Video: Research (and some B.E.E.R.) fuels ISU’s biomath program
One day last fall, Stacy Mowry, M.S. ’15, stood in front of the best and brightest minds in her chosen field—biomathematics—and talked about her own research into baffling behavior seen in mongooses.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why do we laugh and cry?
Why do people cry when they’re sad? Laugh when they’re happy?
Magneto man: Professor helps solve animal migration mystery
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.
