College of Arts and Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in June 2025. The social media accounts linked to from College of Arts and Sciences are: • Facebook • Instagram Besides social media accounts, cas.ilstu has populated their site with: • Pennycress: ISU research team transforms weed into cash cover crop • Psychology alum shapes tech at Obama Presidential Center • Illinois State University announces 2026-27 Robert G. Bone Scholars • ‘Solar Send-Off’ planned for Solar Car Team July 14 • Viatori named chair of Sociology and Anthropology • Barnes named associate dean, Driskell appointed interim chair • Q&A with state climatologist Trent Ford ’11 • Honoring Dr. Joan Brehm’s leadership of Sociology and Anthropology • Dr. Andrew Hartman wins book prize • College of Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan • Students advocate for families facing childcare crisis through YWCA project • Students explore geography through project-based learning • Then and now: WZND • Understanding racial disproportionality in child welfare: Data, impact, and action • QuaSy-Con IV fosters research and collaboration in quantum symmetries • Dr. Michelle Martin brings books to life for young readers • Service never stops for Army veteran Joseph Zolper • Jim Skibo’s passion for community, public education perseveres through Skibo Scholars • GETI grants spur development of classes for new gen ed program • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Caitlin M. Mercier • CASNews staff spotlight: Heidi Verticchio • CASNews alumni spotlight: Anna Tulley ’22 • Students Rise to the Challenge in Data Science Competition • Commitment to Career Excellence Awards conferred • CASNews student spotlight: Ishmael Nii Amon Neequaye • Foxtail Film Festival reflects on its stellar performances • Dean’s Research Challenge Grant supports knowledge, opportunity • Graduating Redbirds: Cat Klein • Manuscript translation project connects language, history • LALS student spotlight: Amaya Olivas • WGLT wins five awards from INBA • Graduating Redbirds: Jeff Klepec • WGSS Student Research Symposium, April 24 • Model UN earns Distinguished Delegation award • Confidence, creativity on display at Research Symposium • Economics students attend 2026 MEA Conference • Dr. Ross Kennedy named University Professor • Famous physicist Michio Kaku makes bold predictions during ISU speech • CAS to host spring food drive to benefit School Street Food Pantry • VanGorder publishes biography of Civil War nurse Mary Bickerdyke • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Eric Godoy • CASNews staff spotlight: Lauren Warnecke • CASNews alumni spotlight: Cristian Casanova ’17 • CASNews student spotlight: Jeff Klepec • Himley to deliver Arts and Sciences Lecture March 31 • March GradBird Scholar: Hannah Hogue • Presidential Speaker Series: Dr. Michio Kaku • Ema Sasic made it to the Oscars red carpet • Roll for belonging: Honors Exploration helps students build character through Dungeons & Dragons - News - Illinois State • Toro-Morn documents the lives of Puerto Ricans in Illinois • Metternich and Reavley recognized for Arbor Day progra • From the Dean’s Office: March 2026 • Inaugural CAS Alumni Scholar in Residence gladly taught and learned • CAS Hall of Fame nominations open - News - Illinois State • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Margaret Nauta • CASNews staff spotlight: Mary Tackett • CASNews alumni spotlight: Simran “Sim” Sandhu ’16 • CASNews student spotlight: Alexandra Raloff • February 2026 GradBird Scholar: Deborah Pappoe • Graduate research onstage at Three Minute Thesis competition • Obsidian celebrates 50 years of Black imagination • Illinois State Birds Give Back • Dillon Maher recognized with LOVE Award • Kruz Barrera receives Lincoln Laureate award • Milita utilizing Ignite Grant to investigate mental health • The Founding Celebration '26 • Six recognized as Alumni Awards 2026 recipents • Meet the 2026 Three Minute Thesis competition finalists • Dr. Cedric and Hannah Williams: A love story that began at ISU • AAS Student Spotlight: Aniyah Weddington • Meet the Newsroom: Emily Bollinger • Students merge art and science in Image of Research competition • ‘I’d rather be in the lab’: Donor support helps provide CAS students research experience • CAS welcomes Alumni Scholar in Residence: Dr. Bradley P. Morgan • Finding a voice through public media with Courtney Conroy • African American Studies’ Black History Month Film Festival returns • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Greg Carter • CASNews staff spotlight: Crystal Scheiman • Creating a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing • Civil Service Spotlight: Kelly Harman • New program pays ‘novice’ researchers to work under faculty mentors • Pitluck named inaugural Adaptive Edge Institute faculty fellow • Research links left-hemisphere stroke lesions swallowing disorder • Meet the December GradBird Scholar: Emmanuel Agyei • University Teaching and Learning Symposium winners announced • From the Dean’s Office: January 2026 • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Daniel Kpienbaareh • CASNews staff spotlight: Brittney Vietti • From the Dean’s Office: December 2025 • Popularizing Autogestión: Punk, Zapatismo, and Anarchist Ethics in Mexico City • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Duriel E. Harris • CASNews staff spotlight: Eric Schuller • ISU economics students attend IEA conference • Graduating Redbirds: Marshad Moses • WZND named Radio Station of the Year • Graduating Redbirds: Isabel Romero • Michael Wiant traces 12,000 years of Indigenous ingenuity • 25 for ’25: Our favorite stories from CAS this year • Mock Trial teams excel at Cornell tournament • Aqazade’s grant-funded research to develop games to teach math • From the Dean’s Office: November 2025 • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Jan-Ulrik Dahl • CASNews staff spotlight: Elizabeth Chupp • Deeper meaning: Ciphers reveal more than hidden messages • Cline and Jasper awarded third year of prestigious ARCS funding • Environmental systems science and sustainability student earns award • Doctoral student bridges theory, practice to become better teacher • Students gain experience at Noble-Wieting Archaeology Field School • Bill Killian decks out his house with a Halloween graveyard • Meet the October 2025 GradBird Scholar: Mustafizurrrahman Rahat • Late faculty member’s passion perseveres through Skibo Scholars • Illinois State’s new simulation lab trains DCFS investigators • College of Arts and Sciences’ scholarship applications open • CAS Hall of Fame photo gallery • CAS welcomes applications for second round of staff grants • AAS Student Spotlight: Kiya Brown seeks truth in AAS • CAS staff member builds bond with campus squirrels • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Maura Toro-Morn • CASNews staff spotlight: James U. Dunham • Phsyics student's future shaped by summer internship experience • Alum connects with communities through bilingual reporting • Greenhouse move benefits student access, plant health • CAS hosting food drive to benefit School Street Food Pantry • BBC coverage: Sue Sprecher research • WGLT coverage: "From Passion to Profession" panel • CAS announces 2025 Hall of Fame class • Pause for applause: Summer 2025 • SOA alumni spotlight: Cecilia Montes De Oca, M.S. ’17 • Leonard publishes on supreme court opinion assignment • CASNews staff spotlight: Ingrid Brown • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Bridget Nowicki • From the CAS Dean’s Office: September 2025 • Scholarship more than just financial support for Bleyer • CAS alum scores award, fans in roles with NBA team • Transfer student brings creative spirit, sense of community to his new school • Newest Redbird's passion for the environment fuels charge toward change • CAS alum competing for U.S. in Women’s Rugby World Cup • Trees of (college) life • Guthrie leads efforts in legislation to benefit people with disabilities • FIREbird grant helps philosophy major’s search for the nature of consciousness • CAS welcomes new chairs for Physics, Psychology • CASNews staff spotlight: Aly Hearn ’13 • CASNews faculty spotlight: Dr. Antony Joseph • From the CAS Dean’s Office: August 2025 • CASNews, August 2025 • Wicke Presidential Scholarship supports student success • NYT photog Todd Heisler captures history in the making • Then and Now: Solar Car Raycing Team • WGSS awards student excellence at symposium • CAS units help kids explore careers in science • ‘Ecowarrior’ alum fights to protect Florida ecosystems, manatees • ISU, Illinois DCFS open regional simulation training hub • TV-10 provides students broadcast experience • Sports COM student interns with the Cubs • Studying abroad a life-changing experience for staff member, nontraditional student • Hear to there: Illinois State delivers audiology services to rural communities • Remembering the magic of Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Genetics Herman E. Brockman • Waring-Sparks named interim director of CeMaST • WGSS formalizes Queer Studies certificate • Dr. Ali Riaz gives voice to his native country as it fights for democracy • Intersection of AI, humanities explored at university symposium • First graduates of physics M.S. program accepted to top Ph.D. programs • CAS Scholars benefit from coaching, community