Protecting pets in the face of disaster

Ashley Farmer and Sarah DeYoung with one of the Hurricane Harvey cats at an animal shelter.

While working on a project on hurricane evacuation and sheltering, as a graduate student at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center, Ashley Farmer, currently a criminal justice science professor at Illinois State, discovered the gap in research on pet preparedness in the face of disasters.

Szczepura, Wang named University Professors

Replica of the Founders Bell

Illinois State University’s Office of the Provost announced Professor of Chemistry Lisa Szczepura and Professor of Politics & Government T.Y. Wang have been named University Professors.

MWRD scientists and engineers team up with School of IT faculty and students

MWRD Senior Engineer Matt Jurjovec (left), MWRD Environmental Research Scientist Thais Pluth, MWRD Senior Environmental Research Scientist and team leader Fenghua Yang, and Illinois State University Professor Yongning Tang celebrate their award-winning presentation.

A team of scientists and engineers with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) joined professors and students at Illinois State University to create a system that optimized chemical usage to control odors and corrosion issues at the MWRD’s Kirie Water Reclamation Plant in Des Plaines. 

Open access publishing options

Hands at computer

Authors wishing to make their materials digitally available can often place pre-prints or even published articles on institutional repositories such as ISU ReD, but where does the software and tools used in open access publishing come from?