My name is Tim Dickison. I have a BA of British and American Literature from Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL. I spent two years in Akzhaik, Kazakhstan as a Teacher of English in a Foreign Language. I am a second year graduate student in Mass Communications.
The largest collection of Manhattan Project documents and memorabilia, outside of the federal government, is housed at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences, according to Denise DeGarmo, associate professor and chair of the political science department.
The collection is housed in Peck Hall in The Arthur V. DeGarmo, Jr. Research Room for the Study and Preservation […]
Each week, the editors will choose an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education. An interview will be conducted with several CAS professors. The responses will be posted in this section in a straightforward Q and A layout.
This section is opinion based.
The editors of This Week In CAS are asking that you, the professors of CAS, […]
Dr. Annalyssa Gypsy Murphy, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, helped to kick off a new minor at SIUE. The Native American Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor that combines anthropology, art, history, philosophy, political science and a special topics interdisciplinary studies course.
Murphy (left) stands with Lynn Braveheart, a Native American speaker she brought to SIUE […]
Each week, the editors will choose an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. An interview will be conducted with several CAS professors. The responses will be posted in this section in a straightforward Q and A layout.
This section is opinion based.
The editors of This Week In CAS are asking that you, the professors of CAS, […]
Finding evidence of evolutionary changes is always interesting to scientists. Sometimes, though, the reason for the changes are not always the best.
A selection of the book cover with Theodorakis' chapter. Courtesy of Cambridge Press.
Chris Theodorakis, associate professor of biological sciences at SIUE, recently had a chapter published on this topic. The chapter is titled “Evolutionary […]
Usually, art is designed for a space. This is an understandable method of creating art. You wouldn’t want to create a piece of art that would never fit into the space for which it is designated.
However, SIUE’s Morris University Center did not follow this ‘logical’ path. Rather, the ‘Plumbob’ piece was discovered and then the […]
Testing for heavy metal in blood, urine, soil samples, etc., is time consuming — up to weeks — and the machine is expensive — between $100,000 and $150,000. Two SIUE scientists are hoping to change this.
Navarre (left) and Noble (right) converse about their invention and its future prospects.
Edward Navarre, assistant professor of chemistry in the […]
What would it be like to maintain your culture as it is being wiped out? The Anthropology Department hosted a speaker to help students understand an answer to that question.
Lynn Thunder Horse Braveheart was the featured speaker for a group of students at SIUE on Thursday, November 11, 2010. Braveheart was asked to speak as […]
Two SIUE College of Arts and Sciences faculty drew a crowd on Tuesday, November 9 when they mashed two centuries of poetry. Eric Ruckh, historical studies associate professor, and Jeffrey Skoblow, english language and literature professor brought together the two centuries on a crisp fall day.
Reading over a constant breeze and a lawn mower, the readers […]
Belinda Carstens-Wickham, professor of foreign languages and literature and chair of that department, was invited to the University of Heidelberg, Germany, this past summer. The trip, all expenses paid by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), was a weeklong excursion sponsored by that university.
Carstens-Wickham with group of international alumni. Photo courtesy of Castens-Wickham.
The trip included […]
