Kambui Olujimi’s Skywriters complements his work showing at the University Galleries, An Infinite and Omnivorous Sky exhibit.
Kambui Olujimi’s Skywriters at ISU Planetarium
Publication: Identity
Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe at ISU Planetarium
Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe examines six different Mayan archaeological sites and their connection to the Universe.
Children in Cages: Speaking of the Unspeakable: O’Gorman to speak as part of the Extending Empathy Project Speaker Series
Kathleen O’Gorman, Ph.D., will present Children in Cages: Speaking of the Unspeakable.
FLAME seeking works for The Monologues
Illinois State University’s student group Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME) is sending out a call for pieces for a performance of The Monologues.
A new type of collaboration with China: Typography class explores culture with Shanghai university
Students in China and in Normal are taking part in Designing Authenticity: Shanghai–Normal, which aims to raise awareness of heritage and cultural identity through the design of letter forms.
Atlanta Child Murders focus of Adolph L. Reed Jr. talk for Black History Month, February 13
From 1979-1981 a serial killer abducted and killed two dozen black children, almost all of whom were boys. Scholar and author Adolph L. Reed will explore the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Child Murders, and the questions that linger.
Eugenia Cheng to present on character and gender in mathematics, February 12
Scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of How to Bake Pi and The Art of Logic, Eugenia Cheng, will give the lecture “Character vs. Gender in Mathematics and Beyond.”
The Alchemy of Black Women in Folklore: Nancy Tolson talk, March 30
Dr. Nancy Tolson will discuss the cultural, social, political, and historical images of black women characters found in folklore.
Call for equity: Angela Rye pushes for progress at Martin Luther King Jr. event
Nationally prominent political strategist and commentator Angela Rye delivered the headlining speech at Illinois State University’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Artist Akiva K. Segan to present talk for Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 30
A talk by artist and human rights educator Akiva K. Segan will help mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
