Dr. Kathryn Sampeck is the first from Illinois State University to receive the nearly $1 million award from the British Academy. She will lead a team recentering the study of chocolate with an Indigenous Mezoamerican perspective.
What’s canoe with you? Dr. Jim Skibo talks about the discovery, recovery, and study of the Lake Mendota dugout canoes.
Hostile Terrain is a participatory art exhibition organized by the Undocumented Migration Project that will run November 1-4. The exhibit aims to illuminate the humanitarian crisis of all the lives lost at the United States’ border.
Lawrence Landfair recounts his time interning for Senator Richard J. Durbin.
When Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida last month, University College Program Coordinator Michelle Schuline ’03 watched in disbelief as her father, Mitch Pacyna, shared videos from his waterfront home in Fort Myers Beach of rapidly worsening conditions and ensuing destruction.
Dr. Alice Keyhoe, “girl archaeologist” comes to campus to talk about being one of the first female archaeologists in a male dominated profession.
Dr. Cheri J. Simonds, professor of communication, will deliver the second College of Arts and Sciences Fall Lecture on Thursday, October 27 with the talk, “Designing General Education Curriculum with Assessment in Mind.”
The Sociology and Anthropology Department will be hosting a research talk on October 21, “‘It’s Not That…I Just Got Lucky’: What Emancipated Foster Youth of Color Teach Us about U.S. Higher Education Institutions and Belonging” by Dr. Terrell Strayhorn.
The College of Arts and Sciences will conduct a food drive to benefit the School Street Food Pantry, October 10–21. Collection boxes will be available in the College office and in all school/department offices.
The Sociology and Anthropology department is hosting Cristian Casanova ’17 as special Homecoming guest speaker on October 13.
