A look into the settlement after Illinois State University workers’ strike
A settlement has been reached between AFSCME Council 31 and Illinois State University following a strike that lasted nearly four weeks.
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Best of: How Lee Hawkins found freedom in exploring traumatic family history
Lee Hawkins is a journalist, a podcast producer, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. But in his new book, he turns his skills toward telling his own family’s story. It’s a memoir across 400 years of enslavement, Jim Crow, and beyond — and how the trauma of those experiences is passed from one generation to the next. The book is called, “I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.”
Illinois doctor recounts life on Mars — in a yearlong NASA simulation
Nathan Jones, an emergency room doctor from Springfield, Illinois, was part of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA. It was the first of a series of missions to simulate life on Mars.
He was one of four crew members living in isolation on earth at the Johnson Space Center from June 25, 2023 – July 6, 2024.
From the prairie to the moon, these Illinoisans are connected to the NASA Artemis program
When the four astronauts of Artemis II orbited the moon, it was the culmination of work by countless thousands of people — including some based here in Illinois. We’ll talk with an aerospace engineer who dreamed of space as a boy (and still does), and the head of a company whose work with NASA dates back to Apollo.
Book takes deep look into evolution of women through lens of the female body
The book "Eve" explores human evolution with a particular focus on the female body and its author joins the program today.
