By Tyten Nalley COLLINSVILLE, IL — The Old Herald Brewery and Distillery of Collinsville is making shifts to stay relevant and to help out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Owned and operated by…
New campus organization offers insight on data collection
By Logan Kuhns The Center for Predictive Analytics (C-PAN) is a new, on-campus organization whose aim is to help various school programs, as well as local businesses, turn the data they have…
COVID-19 Testing Sites available in Metro East
By Tyeisha Clark All over the nation, Americans are being urged to shelter in place in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to a compilation of statistics done by KMOV,…
SIUE Takes Part in Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program
By Tyten Nalley CHICAGO, IL — Seventeen science students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) taking part in the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program (LSAMP) presented their research at…
City of Gillespie receives grant for downtown renovation initiative ‘Grow Gillespie’
By Logan Kuhns GILLESPIE, IL – The State of Illinois recently granted the city of Gillespie $1 million to renovate its downtown. Gillespie is being given the money through the bipartisan Rebuild…
Edwardsville Sew-A-Bag Event
By: Stephanie Schrage In preparation for the roll-out of Edwardsville’s single-use bag ordinance that takes effect April 1, the Bring Your Own Glen-Ed group wants to provide residents with resources to BYOB—Bring…
Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award presented to Jeff Broins, CEO of POET
Jeff Broins, CEO of POET was awarded the Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. in April of 2019. Following his acceptance of the award, Broins…
Iogen continues to advance cellulosic biofuels production
Iogen is one of the leading companies in the world in developing technology to produce cellulosic biofuels. Cellulosic biofuels are made from the fibrous parts of plants (such as stems and leaves),…
Clariant highlights cellulosic ethanol capabilities
Paolo Corvo, head of sales and marketing for Clariant, painted a grim scene for future world energy demands at the 2019 ABLC Conference in Washington, D.C. Global emissions hit a record high…
McAfee charts the future of Aemetis biotech at ABLC 2019
Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis, was the keynote speaker at the 2019 ABLC Conference, held in January of this year and spoke about future prospects of the bioeconomy through the…