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Lucinda Beier, Nobuko Adachi, and Sally Parry
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Three professors in the College of Arts and Sciences are the featured authors for the third annual American Association of University Women-Bloomington Normal (AAUW-BN) Women Book Authors' Forum and book signing: Dr. Nobuko Adachi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Dr. Lucinda McCray Beier, Professor of History; and Dr. Sally E. Parry, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of General Education. The authors will discuss their works and lives as writers, as well as participate in a book signing, followed by the Fall 2008 AAUW-BN School Senior Essay Contest Awards Ceremony. The forum will be held Monday, November 10 at 5:00 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Bloomington. The event is free and open to the public.
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J. Scott Jordan
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The College recently authorized the formation of the Institute for Prospective Cognition (IPC), an international, interdisciplinary innovation devoted to the scholarly investigation of the forward-looking nature of human cognition and the means by which it emerges and expresses itself within individual consciousness, group communication and cultural sustainment. J. Scott Jordan, Professor of Psychology, serves as Director of the IPC. As a first step toward developing a better understanding of the prospective nature of our world, the IPC organizes colloquia by internationally renowned scholars whose research sheds some light on this issue. On Wednesday, November 19, Dr. Walter Freeman from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkely, will give a colloquium entitled "Consciousness, Intentionality, and Causality" from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center. An open reception will follow from 8:00-9:00. These events are free and open to the public.
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Steve Suess
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Steve Suess, the News and Sports Operations Director at WZND, Illinois State University’s student-run radio station, has been awarded first place in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) National Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest. Suess, a Mass Communication/Radio major from Reddick, IL, received his award from the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation on Friday during the Illinois Broadcasters Association Student Convention, which was held in the Bone Student Center on the ISU campus. Suess’ PSA, “Free Speech – It’s American,” shows the essence of free speech and the fact that it is an American right. “I wanted to portray the fact that free speech is part of everyone’s lives regardless of political views, religion, culture, or other differences,” said Suess.
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Mark Tallman
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Mark Tallman, a student in the Department of Politics and Government, is the winner of the university's James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis Award for 2008. Tallman’s thesis, State of War? A Comparative Analysis of National Counterterrorism Paradigms, was completed in spring 2008 and received Departmental distinction. Jessica A. El-Beck, a student in the Chemistry Department, was the runner-up in the competition for her thesis entitled Synthesis and Reactivity of Azuliporphyrins and Oxybenziporphyrins. The Fisher Award provides recognition for completed theses judged to be of the highest quality in university-wide competitions. Nominations are put forward by academic departments/schools and judged in the colleges before the University competition.
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Students in Professor Gelbman's Public Opinion Class
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On Election Day, Professor Shamira Gelbman’s Public Opinion class (POL 312) conducted an exit poll at the Bone Student Center polling station. With the help of Politics and Government graduate student Josh McClusky, the students designed the survey and solicited nearly 300 responses from both student and non-student voters. The responses they received were remarkably close to the precinct’s reported results for the presidential election. They also shed light on the factors that motivate Americans to vote, the sources of their political information, and the issues they think are most important. According to the students, the experience was “a real hands-on adventure” that made them feel like they were “more a part of the election” and let them see firsthand how the concepts they’ve been discussing in class all semester actually play out in the real world. Click Read More for more photos.
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Christopher Mulligan
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Christopher Mulligan joins the ISU faculty as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Mulligan earned his BA from Northern Illinois University and his PhD in analytical chemistry from Purdue University, where he worked on developing handheld mass spectrometers for on-site chemical analysis. His research focuses on instrumentation development for use in forensic chemistry, environmental protection, and homeland security and “ambient” mass spectrometry, in which chemical species are directly analyzed from their native environment.
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Barbara Heyl, Professor Emerita of Sociology, recently co-edited Sociology Through Active Learning: Student Exercises with Kathleen McKinney, Professor of Sociology. This student workbook is a second edition and is designed to provide teachers of Introduction to Sociology courses with active learning exercises. The book includes 51 exercises selected from a nationwide search of class-tested material, as well as a CD for instructors with detailed information about how to use each exercise. About 40% of the assignments are new to this edition, including a wide variety geared to different subjects, time restraints, and class set-ups.
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