Archive for September 1st, 2013

Gov. Quinn Presents $23 Million Check to Fund Science Building

Gov. Quinn Presents $23 Million Check to Fund Science Building

Gov. Pat Quinn presented a $23 million check to SIUE last week for the renovation of the old Science Building within the College of Arts and Sciences. The funds will completely renovate the existing building connected to the recently completed, brand new science facility. The building’s completion will enable it to become one of the […]

Bentley, Cairo receive International Education Faculty Achievement Award

Bentley, Cairo receive International Education Faculty Achievement Award

The SIUE professors responsible for a collaboration between departments that began with a workshop and culminated in a study abroad program were awarded the 2013 International Education Faculty Achievement Award last week by Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe.
Anthropology professor Aminata Cairo and theater and dance professor Kathryn Bentley created the interdisciplinary program and its study abroad component, […]

SIUE Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Opens with Reception

SIUE Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Opens with Reception

Opening night at the SIUE Art and Design Art Gallery faculty exhibition saw hushed crowds of people taking in all the splendor. Paintings packed with meaning, a casual array of old objects that were made from porcelain and foil imaging provoked discussions. The anticipation of the first annual display of faculty work in the gallery […]

Political science, economics student attends ICPSR Summer Program

Political science, economics student attends ICPSR Summer Program

Senior political science and economics major Kyle Foutch spent part of his summer immersed in quantitative analysis to further his studies at SIUE.
Photo courtesy of Kyle Foutch
Foutch participated in the Inter-university Consortium of Political Science Research (ICPSR) Summer Program at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Foutch said the program, which he became interested in after […]

Professor Davis named a 2013 SIUE Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator

Professor Davis named a 2013 SIUE Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator

Writing her first book, “The Dubious Diagnosis: How Intersex Became a Disorder of Sex Development,” Georgiann Davis, assistant professor of SIUE Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, realized a necessary voice was missing from sociocultural scholarship on the topic: children’s voices.
Sociology and criminal justice professor Georgiann Davis
Looking forward, Davis was determined to fill this […]

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