Archive for September 19th, 2011

Coffee with Cool Women

Coffee with Cool Women

[ September 21, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Women’s Studies presents Coffee with Cool Women, with Dr. Jennifer Horney, deputy director at the UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness in the CAS Conference Room, Peck 3117. Horney studied economics as an undergraduate and earned an MA in art history before returning for an MPH and a Ph.D in epidemiology.  She is now the deputy director for […]

Academic Women and Their Struggle to Succeed: The Science Glass Ceiling

Academic Women and Their Struggle to Succeed: The Science Glass Ceiling

[ September 21, 2011; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] SIUE and the Office of the Provost welcome a public lecture by Provost Sue Rosser of San Francisco State University, sponsored by the ADVANCE Grant from the National Science Foundation. The lecture will take place in the Maple/Dogwood rooms at the Morris University Center. Rosser has interviewed some of the finest female scientists regarding their […]

Jazz Band Concert

Jazz Band Concert

[ September 20, 2011; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] SIUE Jazz band performs at the Dunham Hall Theater.

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

Usually, a married couple’s “big project” consists of something such as repainting the outside of the house or renovating the basement.
For Leah O’Brien, professor of chemistry at SIUE and her husband, James, also a professor of chemistry at University of Missouri – St. Louis, the “big project” will consist of observing certain bonding properties […]

On campus field school - a priceless tool

On campus field school – a priceless tool

Few schools can boast an archeology site that is on campus and is used on a regular basis to give undergraduate students a graduate school experience.  SIUE can boast, and with good reason.
The summer field school, conducted by the Anthropology Department of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), is an instrumental tool for the […]

Beauty and the 'triply periodic minimal surface' beast

Beauty and the ‘triply periodic minimal surface’ beast

“Imagine taking a long piece of wire. Bend it into some shape in space and solder the ends together. You might have some crazy curves. Dip it in dish soap. Pull it out. You probably will have a spanning film on there, some kind of soap film. I study a mathematical model of those things,” […]

‘Love Letters’ raises $2,500 for SIUE theater scholarship and the Wildey

‘Love Letters’ raises $2,500 for SIUE theater scholarship and the Wildey

Growing together and growing apart through relationships with friends and lovers are a recurring theme in just about everyone’s life.
That’s what made the play “Love Letters,” written by A. R. Gurney, a perfect choice for Peter Cocuzza and Kate Motley when deciding on a play the two could perform together. Cocuzza, chair of the theater […]

Hyphane by Annie Pennington

A New Face at Art Jewelry Magazine

Annie Pennington
Annie Pennington MFA, has been hired as the new Associate editor for Art Jewelry Magazine. Annie obtained her BFA in jewelry design from Pittsburg State University, and her MFA in metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Published by Kalmbach Publishing out of Waukesha Wisconsin, Art Jewelry Magazine is an instructional, “how to” Magazine for people […]

Rowe appointed director of Brubeck Institute

Rowe appointed director of Brubeck Institute

The Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in California will welcome its new director Tuesday after a six month-long search.
Simon Rowe, an Australian native and currently associate professor of music at Minnesota State University Moorhead, received his master’s degree in music from SIUE. He is most involved in jazz studies and has made […]

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