Five students and three professors attended a workshop in St. Louis and collaborated architects students from five other universities to discuss ideas about enhancing the Gateway Arch grounds. Senior civil engineering major Zach Leach said the charrette, which is a time of intense design activity, helped him gain experience working in the real world.… Post the First Comment

Ameren IP will flip the switch on SIUE during the Thanksgiving break with two planned power outages on Nov. 29 and 30. According to Facilities Management, Ameren IP will replace critical outdated equipment on the high voltage distribution system. The outage was originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday, but it was rescheduled for the weekend after Thanksgiving, when many students will not be on campus.… 1 Comment

Hossein Omoumi's musical career started at age 14, when he began playing the ney, a traditional Iranian reed flute. Omoumi now plays several instruments and is a professor of music at the University of California-Irvine. He has played at various music festivals and concert halls all over the United States and Europe.… Post the First Comment

Building multi-million dollar giant lasers isn't easy. Physics professor Jack Glassman will address the issues for this seemingly sci-fi field during his seminar titled "A Case Study of High Energy Laser Design: The Z-Beamlet Laser at Sandia National Laboratory," Thursday.… Post the First Comment