Archive for October, 2013

Science Building West ribbon cutting to be held Nov. 4

Science Building West ribbon cutting to be held Nov. 4

SIUE will celebrate the completion of the new science building – Science Building West – with a ribbon-cutting ceremony next week.
Gov. Pat Quinn speaks at a press conference earlier this year regarding funding for renovations to the old Science Building.
The ribbon cutting will take place at 3 p.m., Nov. 4, followed by a tour of […]

University of Illinois at Chicago professor to discuss hookup culture

University of Illinois at Chicago professor to discuss hookup culture

College-age students hooking up is not new, but the results of a recent study showed unexpected results regarding the perception of hooking up, according to Barbara Risman, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Sociology chair.
Risman, who will speak tomorrow – Oct. 29 – about hookup culture for the Women’s Studies department, found that most […]

New art and design professor applies contemporary yet practical methods to metalsmithing

New art and design professor applies contemporary yet practical methods to metalsmithing

From Left: art education major Calvin Cooper and art and design professor Aimee Howard after a casting process
New art and design professor Aimee Howard hopes through her position at SIUE to instill in students the fine art perspective of metalwork and jewelry by teaching them historical and contemporary ideas and techniques while also pushing the […]

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club president Mike Meyers watches as a club member recrystallizes a super-saturated solution Photo by Theresa San Luis
The SIUE Chemistry Club featured a variety of demonstrations last week during National Chemistry Week in which participants learned about battery power running off saltwater, observed materials with different heat conductivities and viewed an example of catalysis.
Chemistry […]

Reiheld presents notions of civility research at FEAST conference

Reiheld presents notions of civility research at FEAST conference

Common phrases such as “don’t rock the boat” and “keep a civil tongue in your head” do nothing to help society better itself.
Philosophy professor Alison Reiheld makes that argument in the paper she presented last month at the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) Conference, which had a theme of pluralism.
Under pluralism, a person can […]

Ledzewicz receives NSF research grant to apply optimal control to problems in biomedicine

Ledzewicz receives NSF research grant to apply optimal control to problems in biomedicine

Mathematics professor Urzula Ledzewicz received a National Science Foundation grant to apply optimal control theory research to cancer and epidemiology Photo courtesy of Ledzewicz
It is possible tomathematically analyze ways to control cancer treatments and the spread of epidemics through optimal control theory, according to mathematics professor Urszula Ledzewicz.
Ledzewicz was recently awarded a National Science Foundation […]

Midwest Paint Group visually responds to SIUE's Jean Helion painting

Midwest Paint Group visually responds to SIUE’s Jean Helion painting

A painting that has been in SIUE’s possession for nearly 50 years recently drew the interest of the Midwest Paint Group, causing its members to create visual responses to it. They unveiled those responses last week.
The group visited the campus over the summer to view the painting, “Le Grand Luxembourg,” by French artist Jean Helion […]

Vocalists prepare “The Billy Goats Gruff” opera tour for local schoolchildren with anti-bullying message

Vocalists prepare “The Billy Goats Gruff” opera tour for local schoolchildren with anti-bullying message

"The Billy Goats Gruff" SIUE opera cast during rehearsal Photo courtesy of Kate Slovinski
SIUE vocal students will tackle issues of bullying for local schools with the production of “The Billy Goats Gruff.”

Opera-tion Arts is an Opera Outreach program that performs in cooperation with the SIUE department of music. This fall, students will perform in the […]

SIUE welcomes Al-Hardan to speak on Palestinian refugees, Syrian war

SIUE welcomes Al-Hardan to speak on Palestinian refugees, Syrian war

Palestinian scholar Anaheed Al-Hardan visited SIUE last week to discuss the impact the war in Syria has had on Palestinians.
Anaheed Al-Hardan speaks to students and faculty Thursday afternoon at her lecture, "The Palestinians in Syria and the Syrian War." Photo by Kari Williams
Al-Hardan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin, Germany, […]

STELLAR Student profile: Tom Teague

STELLAR Student profile: Tom Teague

Junior applied mathematics major Tom Teague dreams of working for NASA one day, and his experiences at SIUE, including being a recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences STELLAR Student Award, could help him reach that goal.
Photo courtesy of Tom Teague
Though he does not have a “specific career path” in mind, Teague said he […]

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