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Physics professors test their newly developed method to combat Hepatitis C virus, through wider international collaboration

Physics professors test their newly developed method to combat Hepatitis C virus, through wider international collaboration

Physics professors Edward Ackad and Mohammad Yousef collaborated with scientists from Egypt and Pakistan to validate their newly developed methodology, which aims to predict strains of Hepatitis C virus that are drug resistant. Their research was published in PLOS ONE.
Physics professors Ackad and Yousef discuss ideas pertaining to research. Photo courtesy of Yousef.
An extension of […]

Nov 23, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Taitt receives NSF grant to preserve Anishinaabe language and culture

Taitt receives NSF grant to preserve Anishinaabe language and culture

Pictured above are English professor and IRIS Co-Director Kristine Hildebrandt, senior Alex Taitt and Anthropology professor Cory Willmott. Photo courtesy of Willmott.
Senior anthropology and computer science major Alex Taitt has received a National Science Foundation grant to preserve the language and culture of the Anishinaabe peoples through computer databases.
Taitt said she is looking forward to […]

Oct 20, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
URCA student researches, creates campus display for largest elm tree in Illinois

URCA student researches, creates campus display for largest elm tree in Illinois

One biology student has worked throughout the spring semester to give a long-gone elm tree new life.
Senior biological sciences and German major Emma Kuester researched the history and myth behind the largest elm tree on record in Illinois. Kuester created a photo illustration display for the tree, which located on campus property. The display can […]

Apr 27, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
URCA students present research on occupied Palestinian state at regional conference

URCA students present research on occupied Palestinian state at regional conference

Political science students studying the occupied Palestinian state presented their preliminary research at the International Studies Association Midwest conference earlier this month.
The 10 students – Meghan Hughes, Thomas Pearson, Nasir Almasri, Charmaine Burrus, Daniel Crain, Eric Gross, Nesreen Jaber, Ana Murillo, Tyler Urish and Stephen Wilkerson – held a panel presentation called “Human Security in […]

Nov 17, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
URCA students present research at Indiana Political Science Association Conference

URCA students present research at Indiana Political Science Association Conference

Two groups of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) students presented research at the Indiana Political Science Association Conference last week in Evansville, Ind.
Two groups of political science URCA students presented research at the Indiana Political Science Association Conference March 22. The students presented research regarding effects of campaign visits and occupied Palestine. Photo courtesy […]

Apr 01, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Political science professor reveals bias in media coverage of American Indian gaming issues

Political science professor reveals bias in media coverage of American Indian gaming issues

Since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed in 1988, it has become clear the media’s representation of American Indians, specifically in New York, is biased — At least according to one SIUE professor’s research.
Political science professor Anne Flaherty. Photo courtesy of Flaherty.
Political science professor Anne Flaherty’s paper, “American Indian Land Rights, Rich Indian Racism […]

Feb 18, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
DeGarmo researches human security in occupied Palestinian territories

DeGarmo researches human security in occupied Palestinian territories

When Political Science Department Chair Denise DeGarmo first visited the occupied Palestinian territories in 2011, what she discovered was not quite what she learned about in her studies.
Photo courtesy of Denise DeGarmo
“I’d read about it. I studied it as an international relations scholar, but what I had learned is very different from what I saw […]

Jan 21, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
SIUE Theater Students Raise Hell (and Heaven) Over Winter Break

SIUE Theater Students Raise Hell (and Heaven) Over Winter Break

While many SIUE students and faculty were enjoying a much deserved break over the holidays several were hard at work constructing sets for the March production of Edwin Penhorwood’s, “Too Many Sopranos.”
“Too Many Sopranos,” will go on stage for two nights only (March 22 and 23) although the students performing are already working on perfecting […]

Jan 07, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Cooper to do REU in applied mathematics

Cooper to do REU in applied mathematics

Angela Cooper, a senior mathematics major in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences, will be traveling this summer to Northern Arizona University to participate in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. The REU is funded by the National Science Foundation, according to Cooper.
According to Krzysztof Jarosz, distinguished research professor and chair of the mathematics […]

Apr 23, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

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