Posts Tagged ‘College of Arts and Sciences’
‘In the Petri Dish’
Five Indiana State professors investigate climate through seafloors, tree rings, weather patterns and archeology. They agree that times are changing and humans are living the experiment.
Flooded
On June 7, 2008, many Terre Haute, Ind., residents awoke to a rising Honey Creek that swept through their houses and became a moment that changed their lives.
‘A Public Service’
Terry and Brenda Ball, ’73, GR ’74 and GR ’75, fell in love at Indiana State, but a ferocious Midwest winter sent them south to Georgia. There they’ve encountered wild weather of a different type.
Chance Taken
In his first try at college, Benjamin Tomak walked away from three universities. He doubted if he could finish. he will be pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Liverpool and the University of Delaware.
Collecting Weather
Indiana State students work to record and track weather locally and thousands of years ago.
Students Become SURE
ISU students participating in the SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences) program gain ample experience while conducting research alongside faculty.
Changing Lives
This issue of the magazine examines different aspects of crime and punishment including, the cost of educating prisoners, an outlaw who kept a safe house in Terre Haute, and an alumnus who spent his career working for the FBI. Spend time with a university employee who can determine personality through handwriting and a professor who uses Shakespeare to help prisoners change their lives.
‘In Bad Company’
Mark Hamm spends time in prisons and alleys as part of his “seat-of-the-pants” research into the lives of Neo Nazis and terrorists.
Unshackling Shakespeare
Laura Bates has spent decades working with those labeled “the worst of the worst” while using Shakespeare to help change their lives.
Devil in the Details
A forensic accounting minor at ISU moves graduates to the center of criminal investigations as they comb through numbers looking for fraud and embezzlement.




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