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Stan Ford

SIUE Alumnus Stan Ford inducted into 2011 Hall of Fame

Even thousands of miles away at a university in Austria, SIUE Alumnus Stan Ford said he applies his SIUE-learned knowledge straight to his own students.
Stan Ford, pianist and inductee into SIUE's 2011 Alumni Hall of Fame
This year, the university inducted Ford into its 2011 Alumni Hall of Fame for his accomplishments since obtaining his bachelor’s […]

New professor presents research on intersex identity in the medical profession

New professor presents research on intersex identity in the medical profession

SIUE welcomed Assistant Professor Georgiann Davis into the Sociology Department this fall and students were invited to get a glimpse into her research last Wednesday. She presented her talk on the tender and little-researched subject of intersex persons and their reactions to the medical profession, as well as society as a whole. The Women’s Studies […]

Coffee with Cool Women: Dail Chambers

Coffee with Cool Women: Dail Chambers

 
Chambers
SIUE’s Women Studies Department and Black Studies Department, as a co-sponsor, welcomed Dail Chambers as last week’s guest for the series “Coffee with Cool Women.”
Dail Chambers, founder of the Yeyo Arts Collective
 
The series has been successful since the start and is aimed at helping students gain insight from professionals about their lives and careers in […]

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ opens this week at Dunham

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ opens this week at Dunham

Sometimes people think a small lie won’t build up into a bigger and bigger lie, but Oscar Wilde’s play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” tells a different — and usually true — story.

The comical play opens this week as SIUE Theater and Dance Department’s first main play of the season. The two main characters change […]

ESPN camera crew documents old Lincoln School mural

ESPN camera crew documents old Lincoln School mural

When Mannie Jackson went to school as a kid before the end of segregation, the old Lincoln School served as a segregated place for African American children like him to learn.
Fast forward to more than a year ago and the side of old Lincoln School, located on 1210 North Main St. in Edwardsville, is covered […]

Rosser presents research on the ‘science glass ceiling’

Rosser presents research on the ‘science glass ceiling’

Sue Rosser, provost at San Francisco State University, lectured SIUE attendees and the public Wednesday about her research, titled “Academic Women and their Struggle to Succeed: The Science Glass Ceiling.” The National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Grant sponsored the lecture.
Sue Rosser, SFU provost
Rosser received her doctoral degree in zoology and has served as provost and vice […]

Upcoming faculty music showcase highlights quirky talents

Upcoming faculty music showcase highlights quirky talents

This semester’s Faculty Showcase of the Department of Music will feature more than just the popular classical pieces of music on instruments such as the piano and saxophone. Some of the faculty will also be performing music on unusual instruments.
The event, which will be begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Abbott Auditorium in […]

Horney talks health

Horney talks health

Students filled the College of Arts and Sciences conference room in Peck Hall Wednesday for the women’s studies department’s first “Coffee with Cool Women” event of the semester.
The “cool woman” guest of the hour, Jennifer Horney, talked with students about the public health profession and gave them insight on their future careers.
Horney, currently deputy director […]

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

Usually, a married couple’s “big project” consists of something such as repainting the outside of the house or renovating the basement.
For Leah O’Brien, professor of chemistry at SIUE and her husband, James, also a professor of chemistry at University of Missouri – St. Louis, the “big project” will consist of observing certain bonding properties […]

‘Love Letters’ raises $2,500 for SIUE theater scholarship and the Wildey

‘Love Letters’ raises $2,500 for SIUE theater scholarship and the Wildey

Growing together and growing apart through relationships with friends and lovers are a recurring theme in just about everyone’s life.
That’s what made the play “Love Letters,” written by A. R. Gurney, a perfect choice for Peter Cocuzza and Kate Motley when deciding on a play the two could perform together. Cocuzza, chair of the theater […]

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