Archive for November, 2013

SIUE SIUC Combined Orchestras sell out tonight's performance

SIUE SIUC Combined Orchestras sell out tonight’s performance

Though more than 100 miles apart, SIUE and SIUC join forces this evening for a combined orchestra performance as part of the 2013-14 Arts and Issues season.
The sold-out event features works by Giuseppe Verde and Richard Wagner in celebration of their 200th anniversary.
SIUE professor Michael Mishra will conduct four Wagner pieces, two tenor arias and […]

URCA students present research on occupied Palestinian state at regional conference

URCA students present research on occupied Palestinian state at regional conference

Political science students studying the occupied Palestinian state presented their preliminary research at the International Studies Association Midwest conference earlier this month.
The 10 students – Meghan Hughes, Thomas Pearson, Nasir Almasri, Charmaine Burrus, Daniel Crain, Eric Gross, Nesreen Jaber, Ana Murillo, Tyler Urish and Stephen Wilkerson – held a panel presentation called “Human Security in […]

Anthropology students write transgender children's stories

Anthropology students write transgender children’s stories

Research into the transgender community has resulted in four anthropology students and one professor creating children’s books based on what members of that community wish they could have read as a child.
Anthropology professor Aminata Cairo said ideas for the books came from interviews and surveys the class conducted in the transgender community, as well as […]

Sri Lankan professor translates the ‘unspoken’ voice of her native country from war times

Sri Lankan professor translates the ‘unspoken’ voice of her native country from war times

English Professor Anushiya Ramaswamy has published translations of well-known Sri Lankan writer
English professor Anushiya Ramaswamy spent her recent sabbatical giving a voice to Sri Lankan writer Shobasakthi’s works, which are written in his native Tamil language.
Like Shobasakthi, Ramaswamy had some first-hand experiences with the civil war in 1983 “at its height,” yet she and her […]

Poet and professor Kryah ‘thrilled’ to join English department

Poet and professor Kryah ‘thrilled’ to join English department

English professor and poet Joshua Kryah has published poems on spirituality themes
SIUE’s newest English professor Joshua Kryah is a published poet who primarily writes about faith and spirituality. However he does not consider himself a religious poet.
Kryah instills in his writing the iconography and imagery he learned over the years from his Catholic upbringing, yet he […]

SIUE cooperates with Brazilian university, produces book on literary theory

SIUE cooperates with Brazilian university, produces book on literary theory

Foreign Languages Department Chair João Sedycias edited a book on literary theory to be published for Brazilian university curriculum

An international collaboration between SIUE and the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) has resulted in a book being published for Brazilian university curriculum.
The book “Rethinking Contemporary Literary Theory,” or “Repensando a Teoria Literária Contemporânea,” features world-renowned scholars and authors of literary criticism and theory according to foreign […]

SIUE celebrates completion of Science Building West with ribbon cutting ceremony

SIUE celebrates completion of Science Building West with ribbon cutting ceremony

The crowd at the Science Building West entrance last Monday looked on as Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, SIU President Glenn Poshard and public officials spoke about the years of dedication and work behind the construction of the building leading up to the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Photo by Theresa San Luis
Furst-Bowe said the new facility is an example […]

SIUE honors veterans in second annual tribute

SIUE honors veterans in second annual tribute

SIUE honored the thousands of men and women who have served their country with its second annual Veterans Tribute event held Nov. 4-6.
There are roughly 600 veterans on campus, according to political science department chair Denise DeGarmo, and because SIUE is “touted as a military friendly university,” she said it is important to recognize “the […]

'The 39 Steps' makes its SIUE debut this week

‘The 39 Steps’ makes its SIUE debut this week

Monty Python meets Alfred Hitchcock.
That’s how theater and dance professor Peter Cocuzza described the department’s latest production, “The 39 Steps,” which runs Nov. 13 – 17. Cocuzza said the production is a murder-mystery spoof that has previous adaptations in book (John Buchan’s 1915 publication) and film (Hitchcock’s movie of the same name).
“It’s still about spies […]

Dunham Hall window replacements expected to save in energy costs

Dunham Hall window replacements expected to save in energy costs

Window replacements on Dunham Hall are expected to save SIUE between 50 percent and 70 percent in energy costs, according to Bill Retzlaff, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Window replacement construction began last month on Dunham Hall and are expected to be completed by early December. Photo by Kari Williams
“The expectation is […]

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