Category: Geography

SIUE professors granted five-year study of endangered languages and geography in Nepal

SIUE professors granted five-year study of endangered languages and geography in Nepal

The research group in the village of Nace in Manang. From left, back row: Dr. Oliver Bond (University of Surrey), Dr. Dubi Nanda Dhakal (Tribhuvan University), Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt, Dr. Shunfu Hu , Prita Malla. From left, front row: Prabal Malla, Ritar Lhakpa Lama, Kali Lama. Photo courtesy of Shunfu Hu.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) […]

SIUE Storm Chasing and Assessment Class in Joplin MO

SIUE Goes to Joplin

Mark Hildebrandt recently returned from Joplin, MO where he and his students engaged in post storm assessment of the town one year after the EF 5 tornado that caused massive destruction.  The visit was part of a course in Storm Chasing and Assessment taught by Hildebrandt since 2007 in response to hurricane Katrina.
Possessing a facination with […]

Dr. Zhou presenting at the 2012 CAS Spring Colloquium

Complimentary Human Spaces

Wednesday March 28, 2012 Bin Zhou of the geography department and Carly Foster of the department of political science presented for the spring 2012 colloquium with the shared topic of “Complimentary Human Spaces.” Both presentations dealt with understanding the perception of class and gender roles and their connection too space within culture.
Zhou presented first with […]

Colloquium presenters speak to natural spaces

Colloquium presenters speak to natural spaces

Two presenters spoke about natural spaces as part of the 2012 Spring Colloquium. On Tuesday, Aldemaro Romero, dean of the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences, and David Israelitt, a student at SIUE, spoke to a small crowd about two distinctly different types of natural spaces. The session was simply entitled Natural spaces.
Romero, who has […]

SIUE receives a $215,000 IDOT grant

SIUE receives a $215,000 IDOT grant

SIUE recently received a $215,000 research grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to identify available methodologies for collecting and storing highway inventory data. Working on the project are Shunfu Hu, professor of geography, and his graduate assistant Kamiliah Logralso, as well as Huoguo Zhou, assistant professor of civil engineering; Jie Gong, assistant professor of construction; […]

Teaching GIS to EHS

Teaching GIS to EHS

Last Monday, Edwardsville high school students took to the campus with gps units at the ready. The students are part of the new advanced placement geography course being taught for the first time this semester. The course has been organized through a joint effort between Edwardsville high school and SIUE’s Geography Department.
“Most people really don’t […]

Hume elected president of the National Council for Geographic Education

Hume elected president of the National Council for Geographic Education

Susan Hume has a split personality — research-wise, that is.
Hume, associate professor of geography at SIUE, focuses her research on geographic education and, on the other end of the spectrum, people who immigrate to the U.S.
That passion is what got Hume elected to become president of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE).
“It’s obviously an honor,” […]

Geography caters to many interests, says new department chair

Geography caters to many interests, says new department chair

When most college students think of taking a geography class, they expect to be memorizing countries and places on a map.
For those students that actually do take a geography class, their perspective is much different. Gillian Acheson, associate professor and chair of the geography department, hopes that many more students broaden their horizons to brave […]

Welcome back SIUE CAS to This Week In CAS - from the TWIC Editors

Welcome back SIUE CAS to This Week In CAS – from the TWIC Editors

As many of you know, This Week In CAS (TWIC) launched its first edition in October 2010.  TWIC is part of an effort by Aldemaro Romero, Dean of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), and his staff, to diversify the way the CAS communicates the stories, adventures, and successes within the CAS community, as […]

CAS meeting brings faculty together, introduces new members

CAS meeting brings faculty together, introduces new members

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty and staff are anything but negative about the outlook for the upcoming school year.
All members gathered at the 17th Annual CAS Fall Meeting on Friday to discuss the present and future state of the university and introduce new faculty and staff.
SIUE’s Chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift began the meeting […]

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