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Fall 2024 FIREBird and BirdFEEDER Grant Winners Announced

The Office of Student Research (OSR) at Illinois State University announces the winners of the fall 2024 FIREBird and BirdFEEDER research grants. These small grants provide funding to support student research, scholarly inquiry, and innovation at Illinois State.  

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Meet the October 2024 GradBird Scholar: Tuba Yasmin Lubna
CAST Hall of Fame Inductees

PodCAST features CAST Hall of Fame inductees ahead of 2024 induction ceremony
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Redbirds launching campaign to send award-winning ISU IFAMA Team to 2025 Global Competition
Mar4
Education Career Fair3/4/25 at 10:00 AMHorton Field House
Mar20
World Water Day 2025 Speaker – Robert Hirschfeld3/20/25 at 3:00 PMMilner Library

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Vertical Farm at ISU

The Vertical Farm at ISU will use a repurposed shipping container with an enclosed, controlled environment for growing plants year-round.

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University Farm Compost

Loading compost Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Price: $40 per ton / $25 for smaller loads. No appointment necessary.
Loading by tall blue silos Contact - Jason Lindbom, Farm Manager at (309) 438-0288.
There is a call list on the front door of the main office if Jason is unavailable.

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