Medical marijuana, legalized in Illinois through a four-year pilot program, is a hot topic affecting many according to Public Administration and Policy Analysis (PAPA) professor Nancy Huyck.
PAPA professor Nancy Huyck will teach a course on legalized medical marijuana in Illinois. Photo courtesy of Huyck
She will teach a special topics course on marijuana policy as a […]
Mafoya Dossoumon learned the importance of communication while growing up in his native Benin.
Mafoya Dossoumon is the communications manager at the Canadian Museums Association in Ottawa, Canada. He earned two master's degrees at SIUE. Photo by Brooklyn Bertels
As a teen living in the coastal city of Cotonou in Western Africa, Dossoumon became fascinated with computers […]
Pianist Ruth Slenczynska has fingers that have touched the hearts of five American presidents and audiences across the country and the world.
Ruth Slencznyska, former piano prodigy and later an SIUE artist-in-residence, turns 90 this month. Photo courtesy of Lovejoy Library
The New York City resident, who turns 90 this month, was also artist-in-residence at SIUE from […]
To continue discussing the university’s role within the community in relation to Ferguson, anthropology professor Aminata Cairo and St. Louis University School of Social Work professor Jami Curley will conduct research.
Anthropology professor Cairo and SLU social work professor Curley will conduct research about discussing Ferguson within the university setting
In August 2014, an 18-year-old unarmed African-American, […]
Former Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and history professor Stephen Hansen will serve as Interim Dean until Aug. 2015 when a faculty search committee reviews and identifies applicants for the dean’s position on a continuing basis.
Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Stephen Hansen. Photo courtesy of Howard Ash
Hansen came to SIUE […]
Art Therapy professor Gussie Klorer was a resident of Ferguson for 48 years and said she was crushed when she saw what happened in her hometown.
Ferguson City Hall after murals were painted on the boarded windows. Photo courtesy of Delgaldo.
“The destruction and the riots were absolutely devastating to me,” Klorer said. “The anger and destruction […]
Criminal justice professor Erin Heil said she decided to participate in a film project on sex trafficking because she appreciated the direction the filmmaker was taking with it.
Criminal Justice professor Erin Heil in an interview for a documentary on trafficking. Photo courtesy of Heil.
John Thornton II from Georgia Tech University is directing the film. The […]
When Alexandra Taitt began her college career at SIUE, she knew she wanted to major in anthropology.
Alexandra Taitt was named to the STELLAR Student award list for 2014. Photo courtesy of Taitt
She was named to the 2014 STELLAR Student award list, and said she felt honored.
Taitt said she would not be where she is today […]
Paula Tarbell believes in the value of social workers to promote social justice and empowering people to solve their problems.
Senior social work major Paula Tarbell
“One of the things I love about social work is that it comes from a strengths perspective [where] people are viewed within their entire environment, not just as a diagnoses/situation,” Tarbell […]
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 […]
