Daniel LaRocca of Palatine, Ill., Kyle Connour ’15 and Chelsea Davitt ’14, both of Bloomington all made precise observations of asteroids resulting in the designation of the University’s Mark Evans Observatory as an official observing site.   Under the direction of Chair and Professor of Physics Linda French, the three also installed a new telescope and charge-coupled device (CCD) camera at the observatory.

Daniel also worked with Prof. Linda French, studying the properties of trojan asteroids at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. He is the co-author of the papers titled ” A Rotation Study of Jovian Trojan Asteroids” , by L.M. French, R.D. Stephens, L.H. Wasserman, D. Coley, D.A. Rohl, D. La Rocca, N. Jaggi and S.M. Lederer, and “A Troop of Trojans:  Photometry of 24 Jovian Trojan Asterioids”, by L.M. French, R.D. Stephens, D.C. Coley, L.H. Wasserman, F.Vilas, and D.M. La Rocca.

Chelsea Davitt ’14, Daniel LaRocca ’13 and Kyle Connour ’15 pose with the new telescope in the Mark Evans Observatory.

Mary Heath, Lisa Peltekian, and Max Polisky all were on tv! They were part of AMC’s reality tv show, The Pitch. To read the rest of their story please click here.

Chris Francis ’13 published a review of Nathan Schneider’s book, God In Proof, in Yes!magazine.  He blogs about books at thenarrativereview.wordpress.com.

Bob Moses – Honorary ’13 grad – was quoted in Parade magazine August 25th on Martin Luther King’s historic March on Washington. Dr. Moses was instrumental throughout the Civil Rights movement and continues to improve racial relations throughout America.

 Jenna Loynachan has earned All-Academic honors for their combined efforts in competition and in the classroom from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Tara Clemens has earned All-Academic honors for her combined efforts in competition and in the classroom from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Elise Anderson has earned All-Academic honors for their combined efforts in competition and in the classroom from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

A west Bloomington neighborhood will see a wave of housing revitalization, thanks to a $1.5 million grant to a new community group whose partners include Illinois Wesleyan’s Action Research Center (ARC) and the city of Bloomington.

ARC Coordinator Deborah Halperin said IWU involvement included Jenny Long ’13, who helped with research as part of the University’s grant writingseminar and interned with the West Bloomington Revitalization Project (WBRP) last spring; Matt Lalonde ’14, whose Tool Library at the WBRP will gain support from grant funds; Professor of Political Science Greg Shaw, who is the housing chair of the WBRP; and University Librarian Karen Schmidt, city council member and WBRP board member.

Former Titan football player Andrew Weishar, who died of cancer last fall, will be honored at a “Weish Fest” benefit.