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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 […]

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 […]

IDOT archaeologist speaks Thursday about Mississippi River Bridge Project

IDOT archaeologist speaks Thursday about Mississippi River Bridge Project

An ancient city unearthed in present-day East St. Louis during the Mississippi River Bridge Project will be the topic of discussion for the first of two Native American Studies minor events held this month.
Brad Koldehoff, chief archaeologist of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), will speak to students at 7 p.m., Nov. 7, at Peck […]

SIUE biology professor collaborates with Ohio University professor to study plants in space

SIUE biology professor collaborates with Ohio University professor to study plants in space

Biologists could soon know how plants react to a lack of gravity due to an experiment biology professor Darron Luesse will conduct with Ohio University professor Sarah Wyatt with the assistance of a nearly $400,000 grant from NASA.
Photo courtesy of Darron Luesse
The research, according to Luesse, will help understand basic biology, such as how plants […]

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 […]

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