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Publication: Campus News
National Nutrition Month: Focus on balanced eating
Health Promotion and Wellness takes a look at healthy eating versus fad diets, which can be restrictive, unsustainable, and often are not evidence-based methods to improve health.
Mimicking bacterial growth to fight antibiotic resistance
Brian Wilkinson and Craig Gatto are studying the way bacteria grow in the human body in an effort to help scientists understand what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Wolfinger named College of Education dean
Illinois State University Provost Jan Murphy has announced the appointment of James Wolfinger as dean of the College of Education, effective July 1.
In the News, March 19, 2019
Illinois State faculty and staff in the news with links to articles.
Illinois State graduate programs advance in the U.S. News & World Report rankings
Illinois State demonstrated its level of excellence for its graduate programs in the College of Education, its part-time MBA program in the College of Business, and its master’s degree programs in Mennonite College of Nursing.
Research and Honors, March 19, 2019
Publications and presentations of Illinois State faculty and staff.
New grant aims to infuse diverse books into classroom
The Representation Project, spearheaded by the English Education Student Advisory Committee, will award a set of books to an Illinois high school English teacher for classroom use.
Social Work Day 2019: The Art of Social Justice: Creating Community Change
Partnering with communities to create innovative social change and social justice initiatives through art will be the theme of Social Work Day 2019, April 1.
Office of Sustainability speaks for the trees—figuratively
The Lorax would have been preaching to the choir at Illinois State University. The hero of Dr. Suess’ eponymously titled children’s fable, who “speaks for the trees” and who fought in vain to stop the Once-ler’s destruction of his beloved Truffulas, may have even found a new home in the Fell Arboretum, with its thousands of trees representing 154 species. Either way, his message in support of sustainability would have definitely struck a chord with Missy Nergard.