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Impacting Public Health

An Illinois State Chemistry professor works to increase the speed of detecting and identifying viruses.

Dr. Jeremy Driskell and his students love to do the basic science research that leads to important discoveries and practical applications.

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Research Spotlight

Graduate students across campus have the opportunity to be highlighted and to compete for monetary awards through the #GradBirdScholar program.

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Student Research

Collaborate with faculty and engage with the research you're most interested in. Get the tools you need to experience new opportunities at Illinois State and beyond.

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This has just been extraordinary. I’ve learned so much in the past six to seven weeks. It was really tough. There’s a lot of little things that you don’t know about research until you do it.

- Joe Hoberg, geology major who participated in the Office of Student Research’s Summer Undergraduate Research Support Program

Innovation Hub

Illinois State is creating a community makerspace and startup incubator in order to spark entrepreneurship and economic growth in McLean County.

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Help Wanted

Dr. Tina Williams researches underemployment and how it connects to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Read her research

Industry Partnerships

Collaborate with researchers at Illinois State to help address the world's greatest challenges.

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Research News

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Research and Honors, August 23, 2022  
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Panel to explore water issues in Illinois, September 9 
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Dr. Dawn Beichner’s work with UN produces journal issue on violence against women 

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Money to Dream Big

A large gift from Illinois State alum Wonsook Kim and her husband, Thomas Clement, provides big opportunities for three art professors and their students.

Meet these Redbird scholars

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The Graduate School is home to 3,000 students in 94 master’s degree sequences, 10 doctoral programs, and 33 certificate programs.

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