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Professor makes case for phenomenology as method for religious studies

Professor makes case for phenomenology as method for religious studies

Dr. Kevin Hart, a leading voice in the application of phenomenology to the study of religion, discussed a widely-debated topic during the Philosophy Department’s annual Fritz Marti lecture March 18.
Dr. Kevin Hart, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, speaks at the annual Fritz Marti lecture. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
Hart challenged a paper written […]

Annual art auction benefits department, connects students, faculty with community

Annual art auction benefits department, connects students, faculty with community

SIUE senior Katie Manning had spent more than 20 hours tirelessly carving woodblocks and pressing her Woodblock print piece titled “The Griffin.”
Art Therapy student Kaitlyn Elliot runs an art piece to be auctioned through the audience during the annual Art Auction March 16 at Art Building West. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
She had also spent weeks […]

SIUE math major presents research at national conference

SIUE math major presents research at national conference

SIUE junior Kelly Buch is pursuing a career in biomathematics. SIUE currently does not have a bio math program, so Buch must actively seek research opportunities to prepare for graduate school.
SIUE junior Kelly Buch (right) presented her research in a poster and oral presentation in January. (Courtesy photo)
Buch earned a lucrative opportunity last summer when […]

Female entrepreneurs overcame stereotypes for wealth and fame

Female entrepreneurs overcame stereotypes for wealth and fame

In the early 20th century, when African Americans still faced oppression with limited civil rights, Annie Malone and Madame CJ Walker defied stereotypes of black women.
Gwen Moore, curator from the St. Louis history museum, speaks at the Lovejoy Library on March 26. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
Both women rose to national prominence in the business world […]

MFA Student shares emotional story behind art pieces

MFA Student shares emotional story behind art pieces

Veronica Delgado understands Art Therapy from both sides. As a student at Georgia State University, Delgado remembers the difficult emotions she dealt with as an undergraduate student.
Veronica Delgado, a second year MFA student, speaks during the opening of the annual Art Therapy Exhibit earlier this month. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
For six years, she created paintings […]

French major turns lifelong dream into academic achievement

French major turns lifelong dream into academic achievement

Emily Koester’s love of the French language started while watching French films and listening to French music.
Senior Emily Koester, who is student teaching at Sperreng Middle School in St. Louis, recently earned the prestigious Hammonds Scholarship in January. (Photo courtesy of Emily Koester)
While growing up in the small, central Illinois town of Tolono, Ill., population […]

Former SIUE student curates print collection at EAC

Former SIUE student curates print collection at EAC

Everyday conversation, and the different ways humans communicate, was the subject matter highlighting a collection of prints from the University Museum Feb. 18 at the Edwardsville Art Center.
Jessica Hunt MFA student studying sculpture, looks at a print during the SIUE History Museum’s annual exhibition at the Edwardsville Art show Feb. 18. The show was curated […]

Statistics professor earns prestigious award, will present lecture this fall

Statistics professor earns prestigious award, will present lecture this fall

Encouraging greater skepticism of the validity of scientific results and greater experimentation are key ideas statistics professor Andrew Neath would like to stress in collegiate classrooms. Neath would like to change the way academics view experimental results.
Dr. Andrew Neath, Statistics professor won the William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award on Feb. 17. (Photo by […]

History professor shares experiences in Africa during Brown Bag series

History professor shares experiences in Africa during Brown Bag series

Anthony Cheeseboro remembers the night he first dreamed in Arabic.
Dr. Anthony Cheeseboro, history professor, speaks at the Brown Bag series lecture in Peck Hall. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
He lay in his bed at the University of Khartoum in South Sudan during his’s dissertation studies at Michigan State University. Then a 30-year old PhD student,  he […]

Dino expert shares latest discoveries during annual Darwin Day celebration

Dino expert shares latest discoveries during annual Darwin Day celebration

Showcasing the latest in 3D modeling and technology, Dr. Lawrence Witmer, Professor of Paleontology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Ohio University presented the ways the advanced modeling techniques can further shed light on the large creatures that roamed the earth several millennia ago.
Dr. Lawrence Witmer, speaks about Dinosaurs during the Biological Sciences Departments […]

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