Environmental Sciences

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School encouraged the pursuit of discovery and creativity at its annual Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Faculty and representatives from each of the graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Nursing; Business; Pharmacy; Engineering; and Education, Health and Human Behavior met with prospective students in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.

According to SIUE Graduate School Dean and Associate ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $299,547 to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to consider how the integration of informal science learning experiences, namely EarthCaching, in a course for pre-service teachers will increase their geoscience content knowledge and positive attitudes toward science, thereby strengthening their preparation to teach science in their own classrooms.

The project, entitled “EarthCaching for Pre-Service Teachers: Examining Attitudes and I...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach welcomes students, educators and community members to its new location in the renovated Science Building East, room 1276.

The STEM Center’s vibrant, expanded new location is advancing its mission of building a community of researchers and educators, who together innovate ways to engage students and the public in STEM.

Among the Center’s n...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of Admissions invites prospective students to register for Preview SIUE and experience the University’s array of academic programming, student life opportunities and available support services.

High school and transfer students are encouraged to take advantage of one of two remaining sessions of the University’s most popular visit program being held Saturday, Nov. 3 and Monday, Nov. 12.  Registration is available at siue.edu/...

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), and its charitable arm, the Green Infrastructure Foundation (GIF) have named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a Living Architecture Regional Center of Excellence (LARCE). SIUE is one of four higher education institutions in the nation to receive the honorable designation.

“We are pleased with this designation and how it positions SIUE as a national leader in this exciting research area,” said SIUE’s Bill Retzlaff, PhD. “...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s collaboration with the City of Alton underscores the University’s commitment to high impact community engagement practices (HICEP). SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) and Alton announced its partnership during a kickoff event Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Cougar Pavilion in SIUE’s Vadalabene Center. 

“I want to thank Alton for partnering with us,” said SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook, “and challenging ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s annual Homecoming celebration will take place Monday-Saturday, Sept. 24-29. The University will host a weeklong series of events for current students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members, beginning with the Homecoming Kickoff at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24.

The week will feature Uber Eddie, a chalk mural contest, royalty voting booth, karaoke, Cosmic Cougar Bowling, the 17^th annual Chili Cook-Off, a golf cart parade, Homecoming bonfire and...

The public is invited to engage in exciting, educational and authentic science activities that benefit the local environment by participating in the new community-based collaborative program, DANCES (Day and Night Citizen Environmental Science).

DANCES is hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center and the Watershed Nature Center, and is partially funded by the SIUE Meridian Society. Throughout the coming year, three cit...

Makyla Green eagerly files out of her classroom at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC). The SIUE Upward Bound student is participating in the place-based environmental research project led by SIUE’s Danielle N. Lee, PhD. Lee is a visiting assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, who has been internationally recognized by the National Geographic Society as an Emerging Explorer. 

The project...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is introducing a cooperative PhD in environmental resources and policy (ER&P) with the Carbondale campus that will be available for the fall 2017 semester.

The central focus of the ER&P program is advanced interdisciplinary training and research on physical, biological, and social processes responsible for natural resource and environmental problems facing contemporary society. The program features concentrations in water resources, ecology, climatology...

Dr. Robert Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago is the featured speaker for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s annual Axtell Memorial Lecture in celebration of Darwin Day (Charles Darwin’s birthday). The presentation is 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.

Martin’s lecture will be Human Reproduction - from Primate Origins to Darwinian Medicine. The SIUE Departments of Biological Sciences, Psycholog...

SIUE’s Kyong Sup Yoon, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences, was quoted by TODAY Health and Wellness for his research on resistant head lice.

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The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is introducing a bachelor’s program in environmental sciences to begin fall 2016.

“There is strong demand for environmental scientists as public interest in the hazards facing the environment has grown dramatically,” said Zhi-Qing Lin, PhD and director of the environmental sciences program. “The increasing pressure placed on the environment and natural resources due to population growth is a...

A longtime sustainability scholar at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has won the Research Award of Excellence from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a not-for-profit association working to promote the industry throughout North America. 

Bill Retzlaff, PhD, and College of Arts and Sciences associate dean and research co-director of the St. Louis metropolitan area research collaboration (G.R.E.E.N. – Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network) based at ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. Pui-Ling “Melissa” Chan, assistant professor of environmental sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the SIUE 2014 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award. The SIUE Graduate School presents the award to tenure-track faculty members whose scholarly activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their fields of study and to the University in general.

Chan’s current research focus...