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U.S. News & World Report declared Illinois State University as one of the best public universities in the nation in the annual higher education rankings, placing 83rd in the country for public universities.
Mexico City hip-hop legend Bocafloja will perform spoken word poetry at a showing of his documentary Nana Dijo: Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 20, at the Normal Theater.
Two public forums in October and an online survey will provide opportunities for a broad constituency to provide feedback on the University’s new strategic plan draft.
Katrin Paehler’s new book, The Third Reich’s Intelligence Service: The Career of [...]
Honors, publications, and presentations from Illinois State faculty and staff.
Robin Mockenhaupt is the Nolte Scholar in Health Education and will present “Making the [...]
The power and musicality of Duriel E. Harris’ poetry can strike an audience dumb. The [...]
The pro-life social movement organization Life Chain will hold a silent protest against [...]
Lecturer at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University Inga [...]
Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times Carl Hulse discussed working in the [...]
During the 2016-2017 school year Illinois State University saw a record participation in [...]
Join the network to #BackTheBirds when Illinois State takes on Southern Illinois.
What better way to celebrate fall than with apple picking, cider and Redbirds on October [...]
Get ready to #BackTheBirds when Redbird football takes on Northern Arizona in Flagstaff.
Know someone who is a proud Redbird student and positive impact on campus? Nominate them [...]
Sophomore David Perkins started strong for Illinois State men's golf team over Monday's [...]
Sophomore goalkeeper Haley Smith earned MVC Defensive Player of the Week for the second [...]
Illinois State will offer free admission to all fans when it hosts Missouri Valley [...]
The Illinois State women's soccer team (3-4-2) defeated the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks (0-7-0) [...]