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Meet the M.F.A. cohort: Studio open house and first-year student introductions

On Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 4 to 8 p.m., the Wonsook Kim School of Art and Design's Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art cohort will host an open house at their studios in Eastland Mall. This opportunity is open to the public.  

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Fall 2026 Sociology graduate program news and updates
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LALS welcomes Taina Torres
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Illinois State researchers team up with Urban Rivers to study ecology, equity of Chicago River
Dr. John Sedbrook has led a more than decade-long initiative that successfully transformed pennycress into a cash cover crop.

Redbird Scholar update: From weed to cash crop

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