The annual Take Back the Night Rally will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, October 26, in the Bone Student Center, Old Main Room.
Take Back the Night October 26
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Reactions: Goals for Syria vastly different for U.S. and Russia
Illinois State’s Yusuf Sarfati reacts to the calls for a coalition between East and West for the Syrian civi war.
WGLT garners diversity awards
The News Department of WGLT Radio earned a Kaleidoscope Award for diversity reporting from the Radio Television Digital News Association after multiple series focusing on life for underrepresented populations.
Ferguson civil rights activist to deliver Hibberts R. Roberts lecture October 15
The Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, who has been a central figure in the mobilizations and civil disobedience campaigns in Ferguson, Missouri, over the last year, will deliver the annual Hibbert R. Roberts Lecture.
Redbird media: Books and recordings by ISU scholars
The following is a list of books and audio and video recordings released by Illinois State University faculty in the second half of 2014 and the first half of 2015:
ISU professor, student team to research e-government
Arafat Kabir, a master’s student majoring in politics and culture, and Michaelene Cox, M.A. ’11, an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government, teamed up to better understand research trends in e-government.
Grants support services for blind children, other research projects
Illinois State faculty brought in more than $18 million in grant funding in fiscal 2015.
Here are a few research projects that would not be possible without this support.
Historian to speak on Lincoln, black Union soldiers during the Civil War
Historian John David Smith will talk about Abraham Lincoln’s goals for African American recruits into the Union army during the Civil War at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 8.
MacArthur Fellow Tami Bond to speak of A Tale of Fire, Smoke, Time, and Power
Environmental engineer and MacArthur Foundation Fellow Tami Bond will give a talk titled “Energy in the Anthropocene Era: A Tale of Fire, Smoke, Time, and Power” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, in Moulton Hall, room 214.
$1.4 million grant to increase STEM students, teachers
Illinois State University received an NSF grant of $1.4 million to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups seeking a STEM degree or teaching credential.
