Archive for October 27th, 2013

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 […]

New art and design professor applies contemporary yet practical methods to metalsmithing

New art and design professor applies contemporary yet practical methods to metalsmithing

From Left: art education major Calvin Cooper and art and design professor Aimee Howard after a casting process
New art and design professor Aimee Howard hopes through her position at SIUE to instill in students the fine art perspective of metalwork and jewelry by teaching them historical and contemporary ideas and techniques while also pushing the […]

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club president Mike Meyers watches as a club member recrystallizes a super-saturated solution Photo by Theresa San Luis
The SIUE Chemistry Club featured a variety of demonstrations last week during National Chemistry Week in which participants learned about battery power running off saltwater, observed materials with different heat conductivities and viewed an example of catalysis.
Chemistry […]

Reiheld presents notions of civility research at FEAST conference

Reiheld presents notions of civility research at FEAST conference

Common phrases such as “don’t rock the boat” and “keep a civil tongue in your head” do nothing to help society better itself.
Philosophy professor Alison Reiheld makes that argument in the paper she presented last month at the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) Conference, which had a theme of pluralism.
Under pluralism, a person can […]

Ledzewicz receives NSF research grant to apply optimal control to problems in biomedicine

Ledzewicz receives NSF research grant to apply optimal control to problems in biomedicine

Mathematics professor Urzula Ledzewicz received a National Science Foundation grant to apply optimal control theory research to cancer and epidemiology Photo courtesy of Ledzewicz
It is possible tomathematically analyze ways to control cancer treatments and the spread of epidemics through optimal control theory, according to mathematics professor Urszula Ledzewicz.
Ledzewicz was recently awarded a National Science Foundation […]

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