Category: Environmental Sciences

New CAS student senators hope to connect with classmates this fall

New CAS student senators hope to connect with classmates this fall

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences student senators believe changes in the student government structure will give better representation to CAS students next fall.
Cody Osborne
Landon Montgomery
Haley Schlecht
Students were elected by direct vote from students enrolled in each college on candidates who were also enrolled in their respective colleges. This year’s CAS representatives are sophomore Cody […]

Biology students get field experience, earn honors for research

Biology students get field experience, earn honors for research

Undergraduate presentation winners from the annual Illinois State Academy of Science meeting pose with mentor Peter Minchin. From left, Noah Dell, Minchin, Aaron Alexander, and Savanna Stabenow. (Photo courtesy of Minchin)
Conducting relevant research can require great motivation and at times, students must brave the elements to complete studies. Biology majors Aaron Alexander, Noah Dell and […]

SIUE alum’s environmental educational programs stimulate interest in museum activities

SIUE alum’s environmental educational programs stimulate interest in museum activities

When Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann moved to the St. Louis area from Phoenix, she said she enrolled at SIUE to enhance her teaching career.
SIUE alum Erin Hilligoss Volkmann receives the 2014 Hiram M. Chittenden award for Interpretive Excellence from Col. Anthony Mitchell, St. Louis District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Photo courtesy of Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann)
Instead, through […]

SIUE professor contributes to international research study on toad behavior

SIUE professor contributes to international research study on toad behavior

During a two-year study, SIUE professor Richard Essner and a team of researchers from Ohio, Missouri and Europe gained insight into the behavior into one of the world’s leading invasive species.
Dr. Richard Essner places a Cane toad into jumping position for filming in Science Building West. By placing digitized landmarks on toad joints, Essner can […]

Environmental Sciences Program, grants give graduate students training in faculty research

Environmental Sciences Program, grants give graduate students training in faculty research

Graduate students in the Environmental Sciences Program deal with real world environmental issues by conducting frontline research and receiving training in faculty research, according to program chair and professor Zhi-Qing Lin.
Environmental Sciences alumna Erika Hussar running chemical analyses. Her thesis research was published in the international journal, 'Water, Soil, and Air Pollution" in Nov. 2012
Lin […]

Martinez receives grant to research the effects of stream impoundment

Martinez receives grant to research the effects of stream impoundment

The construction of dams and the effect of stream impoundments have caused changes in river characteristics.
Environmental Sciences and geography professor Adriana Martinez (left) and Suzanne Walther from Utah Valley University, Co-PI on the project (right).
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences Program professor Adriana Martinez has received a 2014 iUTAH Research Catalyst Grant to examine changes in […]

Romero's work with former students published in environmental history anthology

Romero’s work with former students published in environmental history anthology

Aldemaro Romero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and five of his former students are featured in “Animals,” the most recent work of the “Themes in Environmental History” series published by The White Horse Press.
Aldemaro Romero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is featured in the "Themes in Environmental History" anthology […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science selects Chan for BRIDGE Fellowship

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science selects Chan for BRIDGE Fellowship

Environmental sciences professor Melissa Chan was one of three Americans awarded a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. As a result, she will study new research techniques and the impact of the 2011 Fukushima radioactive leaks in Japan that resulted from an earthquake and a tsunami.
Photo courtesy of Melissa Chan
Chan said […]

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