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Faculty Writers Read - Juliet Kerico

Faculty Writers Read – Juliet Kerico

The Department of English Language and Literature of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) began its 2011 Faculty Writers Read series Thursday, September 29.
Juliet Kerico, assistant professor at Lovejoy Library, reads a selection of her poetry.
The series began with Adam Cleary,instructor of English language and literature, reading several short stories. Juliet Kerico, assistant professor […]

CAS day called on account of rain

CAS day called on account of rain

 
Last Friday at approximately 12:34 pm the sky over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville broke out in a sudden downpour. On the quad, faculty from all over the Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CAS) could be seen scurrying for cover, their arms full of colorful posters, candy, and expensive lab equipment. This was not the sudden […]

On campus field school - a priceless tool

On campus field school – a priceless tool

Few schools can boast an archeology site that is on campus and is used on a regular basis to give undergraduate students a graduate school experience.  SIUE can boast, and with good reason.
The summer field school, conducted by the Anthropology Department of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), is an instrumental tool for the […]

Beauty and the 'triply periodic minimal surface' beast

Beauty and the ‘triply periodic minimal surface’ beast

“Imagine taking a long piece of wire. Bend it into some shape in space and solder the ends together. You might have some crazy curves. Dip it in dish soap. Pull it out. You probably will have a spanning film on there, some kind of soap film. I study a mathematical model of those things,” […]

Anthropology students present to board

Anthropology students present to board

“40 hours a week, eight hours a day, soaring temperatures, and you’re stuck at the bottom of a hole.  And, I paid SIUE for this experience,” said Kate Jamruk, senior anthropology major at SIUE.   “And I am sure I would do it again.”  So began an interesting presentation to an interested board of trustees.
Kate […]

Professor emeritus tackles de Beauvoir

Professor emeritus tackles de Beauvoir

Feminism and radicalism of the 1950’s and ’60’s could not be influenced more by anything other than Simone de Beauvoir, so argues Margaret Simons, professor emeritus of the philosophy department of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences.  The world has changed a lot since Simons first tackled de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex.
Margaret Simons, photo courtesy […]

Speaking of ethics - ethics speakers to speak

Speaking of ethics – ethics speakers to speak

When it comes to taking ethics from the classroom to a professional field, the connection is often dropped, according to one professor at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).  Alison Reiheld, assistant professor of philosophy, plans on fixing that for a variety of students at SIUE through a speaker series this academic year.
Alison Reiheld […]

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