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Nursing Faculty Member Awarded Fellowship
(Dec. 18)
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has awarded a Nurse Educator Fellowship to Professor of Nursing Connie Dennis.

New Book Shines Insight on Welfare Debate
(Dec. 13)
In his new book, The Welfare Debate, Associate Professor of Political Science Greg Shaw examines the centuries-long controversy over how to help poor people in the United States.

Sophomore Tests Mind Power in International Bridge Competitions
(Dec. 12)
Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Sam Katz recently spent 10 days competing in the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) in San Francisco.

Professor Releases New Edition of Top Nursing Book
(Dec. 12)
The fifth edition of the most popular health assessment textbook in America, written by Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing Carolyn Jarvis, was recently released.

Professor Receives Grant to Study Women's Organizations in Pakistan
(Dec. 6)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Meg Rincker will conduct surveys of women's organizations in Pakistan with a grant from the American Political Science Association.

Health Students Raise Funds for Fight Against Malaria
(Dec. 12)
Students contributed to the international fight against malaria by raising more than $1,200 in a little over a week for the Nothing But Nets campaign.

Senior Builds Filmmaking Repertoire
(Nov. 30)
Sehaj Sethi '08 has bright hopes for a future working on film sets, and has already made three independent films.

Dunlop Named Student Laureate
(Nov. 16)
Marcus Dunlop '08, a senior business administration and economics double major, was named a student laureate by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

Exploring African Expressive Arts
(Nov. 13)
Associate Professor of Anthropology Rebecca Gearhart has spent the last 20 years capturing images of her studies in Africa for use in the classroom.

University Librarian Honored for Contributions to Downtown
(Nov. 9)
Illinois Wesleyan's University Librarian Karen Schmidt was awarded the Jean Anderson Downtown Improvement Award by the Downtown Bloomington Association and the City of Bloomington, in recognition of her contributions to the downtown.

Reconstructing China
(Nov. 8)
A team of students will discuss their groundbreaking research on urban planning in post-revolutionary China at a colloquium during International Education Week on the IWU campus.

International Office Photo Contest
(Nov. 7)
Students participating in the International Office Photo Contest share a taste of their experiences abroad.

Ken Burns on The War
(Nov. 2)
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns told an Illinois Wesleyan audience "it is our obligation to ask and to remember" veterans' stories. Click above for the story or listen to his talk (mp3 file).

The Ames Library Receives Grants
(Oct. 29)
The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan has been awarded two grants to further resources for digital collections.

Student a Finalist for Undergraduate Chemistry Prize
(Oct. 29)
Jamie Rogers '08 is a finalist for the Frank and Sara McKnight Prize in Undergraduate Chemistry, which recognizes undergraduate achievement in chemistry research.

IWU Voter Poll Shows Obama Leading Illinois
(Oct. 25)
A statewide poll conducted by Illinois Wesleyan shows Obama as the favorite among Democrat presidential candidates and the GOP without a clear favorite.

Portfolio Class Worth a Million to Students
(Oct. 16)
Illinois Wesleyan students gain real-life experience with the Portfolio Management class, where they help to manage a million-dollar portfolio fund.

Digitizing IWU History
(Oct. 16)
The Ames Library has created a digital image collection documenting the 157-year history of IWU.

Alumnus Honored by NAACP
(Oct. 12)
Erwin Davis, a 1980 Illinois Wesleyan University graduate and champion of education, received the 2007 Community Service Award from the Bloomington-Normal Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Scholar at Risk Joins IWU Faculty
(Oct. 9)
Taye Woldesmiate, who was imprisoned after speaking out against the government in Ethiopia, is teaching political science at Illinois Wesleyan as a Scholar at Risk.

Alumna Part of Team Researching Effects of Space Flight on Bacteria
(Oct. 9)
Emily Richter, a 2005 biology graduate, is part of a research team at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University making headlines recently for its research that showed bacteria became more infectious under conditions of space flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Psychology Studies
(Oct. 5)
Psychology students will have new ways to do research with EEG technology, thanks to a $100,000 National Science Foundation grant awarded to Joseph Williams, associate professor of psychology.

New Fellows Program Supports Peace Studies
(Oct. 2)
A new Peace Fellows Program at Illinois Wesleyan offers student fellows mentoring and financial support for studies that forward peace and justice.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Addresses Convocation
(Sept. 26)
Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Could Cure the World, spoke at Wednesday's President's Convocation.

Alumna Upshaw Wins "Genius Grant"
(Sept. 25)
Soprano Dawn Upshaw, a four-time Grammy-award winner and a 1982 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, has been named one of 24 MacArthur Fellows for 2007 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Alumnus Inducted into Local School's Hall of Fame
(Sept. 21)
Jack Waddell '63, a renowned opera singer and Broadway vocal coach, was inducted into Bloomington District 87's Hall of Fame.

Staff Member, Two Alumni Named to "20 Under 40"
(Sept. 20)
Deborah Halperin, coordinator of the Action Research Center at Illinois Wesleyan University, Brian Beam '91, vice president and art director of Business Builders, and plastic surgeon Chad Tattini '94 have been named to the Pantagraph's 20 Under 40, which recognizes accomplished and dedicated individuals in the community under 40 years of age.

Wasabi Ice Cream and Other Lessons in Culture
(Sept. 17)
Students who traveled to Tokyo this summer as part of the Technos Program found it a mind-opening experience.

IWU Presents Sustainability Efforts at "Greening of the Campus" Conference
(Sept. 17)
Sixteen representatives of Illinois Wesleyan attended the biennial Greening of the Campus conference at Ball State University.

Program Awarded $100,000 NSF Grant
(Aug. 28)
The National Science Foundation has awarded $100,000 for a national proposal co-written by Illinois Wesleyan University Provost Beth Cunningham to develop leaders in science education.

Five Books to Read Before You Die
(Aug. 21)
Members of the English faculty at Illinois Wesleyan have recommended books they find ultimately moving, profound, and cherished.

Professor Publishes Critical Edition of Picaresque Novel
(Aug. 13)
Hispanic Studies Professor Carolyn Nadeau has published a critical edition of the 17th century Spanish novel, El Buscon.

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