How does the drinking water in Bloomington-Normal compare to other cities in the United States?
Ask a Redbird Scholar: How safe is Bloomington-Normal’s drinking water?
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
Ask a Redbird Scholar: What other species show up in human genome?
I understand that nearly everyone has Neanderthal DNA, but are there other traces of species of early humans that are found in the human genome?
Research center spotlight: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Each issue we will be using this space to shine a spotlight on a different research center at Illinois State University. First up is the Office of the Cross Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
Warhol Foundation funds exhibits at University Galleries
University Galleries in Uptown Normal received $99,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support three exhibitions.
Cutting-edge laser research gets NSF support
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.
ISU faculty take lead in statewide HIV/STD prevention ed project
Illinois State Department of Health Sciences Assistant Professor Adrian Lyde and Chair Jeffrey Clark received a $92,000 grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to develop school-based HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention education for adolescents.
Research and Honors — March 15, 2016
Publications and presentations of Illinois State faculty and staff.
Reactions: A new prime is born
Prime numbers are those positive integers whose only divisors are 1 and itself. (The first few primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ….) Recently, a computer discovered a new prime number. Illinois State’s Sunil Chebolu of the Department of Mathematics explains the race to find large prime numbers. Chebolu: Prime numbers
Distinguished dissertation award announced
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
Digital mapping unlocks students’ STEM knowledge
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.
