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Wilmington College: Comm Arts Prof Publishes Book of Insightful Photo Essays and Narratives on Adulthood
WILMINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Wilmington College issued the following news:
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Comm Arts Prof Publishes Book of Insightful Photo Essays and Narratives on Adulthood
Published on Sep 10, 2026
Jeff Hazelden's new book, these are adults, chronicles six Columbus residents' distinct pathways to adulthood. Their roadmaps might have deviated from traditional milestones or a popularly perceived sequence, but they find themselves enjoying fulfilling and impactful lives. The artist and communication arts professor at Wilmington College concludes that "no single path defines a successful life."
The ... Show Full Article WILMINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Wilmington College issued the following news: * * * Comm Arts Prof Publishes Book of Insightful Photo Essays and Narratives on Adulthood Published on Sep 10, 2026 Jeff Hazelden's new book, these are adults, chronicles six Columbus residents' distinct pathways to adulthood. Their roadmaps might have deviated from traditional milestones or a popularly perceived sequence, but they find themselves enjoying fulfilling and impactful lives. The artist and communication arts professor at Wilmington College concludes that "no single path defines a successful life." Theauthor pairs individual written narratives with portrait photographs he took, one featuring his subject surrounded by objects they selected as representative of their lives, and a second zooming in on several key items from their personal mementos. Objects ranged from a toy firetruck and socket wrench to a ceramic cat, disassembled bicycle and empty prescription bottles. "After the portraits, I asked each person a series of questions, from what success looks like to them as an adult, to which milestones they have or have not reached, to how living in Columbus has shaped their experience," said Hazelden, 37, noting that his subjects' ages range within 10 years of his.
"We are taught that there is a natural sequence to adult life," he added, noting there are "traditional milestones to reach": going to college, committing to a career, getting married, buying a house and having children, in that order and on a schedule. "It is presented to us as the universal shape adulthood simply takes."
Hazelden cited these cultural expectations as the "residue of a brief and unusual postwar abundance": a few decades of cheap housing, single-earner wages and expanding credit, available unevenly even then. "We have mistaken that brief arrangement for the lasting natural order." He admits that sequence did not fail some people -- "it was constructed around a particular life and offered to everyone as if it were theirs." For most of human history, and in most of the world, he said, "no single path has defined a successful life."
He drew the analogy of being a child building a "fort" in the woods from branches, blankets and readily available, discarded furniture. "These worlds were made to my own specification," he said. "Building a fort is the opposite of following an inherited sequence. You work with what you have, with the people around you, to no fixed plan."
Hazelden's six subjects shared what adulthood means to them, "people living it right now." Their testimonials revealed that a life can be measured in many ways, and rarely by the timeline we are given. "Some reached the old milestones late, or out of order. Others set them aside entirely," he added.
"The six adults documented here rarely centered their answers on the familiar markers of success. What mattered most was harder to measure: the work that felt worth doing, the people they chose to show up for and the difference between a life that looks right and one that feels right."
Hazelden resides in Columbus with my wife and two daughters. The assistant professor of communication arts at Wilmington College earned my Master of Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in photo illustration from Kent State University. His art practice uses the camera and digital media to create works of social critique.
The book, these are adults, is available free of charge from Hazelden at his office on campus at Robinson Communication Center and in Columbus at Palomino Coffee and, by the end of the month, at Bikes for All People and Wexner Center Store. Also, an online version can be viewed at: https://www.pageturnpro.com/Wilmington-College/113754-These-Are-Adults/sdefault.html
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Original text here: https://www.wilmington.edu/news/comm-arts-prof-publishes-book-of-insightful-photo-essays-and-narratives-on-adulthood
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Comm Arts Prof Publishes Book of Insightful Photo Essays and Narratives on Adulthood
Published on Sep 10, 2026
Jeff Hazelden's new book, these are adults, chronicles six Columbus residents' distinct pathways to adulthood. Their roadmaps might have deviated from traditional milestones or a popularly perceived sequence, but they find themselves enjoying fulfilling and impactful lives. The artist and communication arts professor at Wilmington College concludes that "no single path defines a successful life."
The ... Show Full Article WILMINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Wilmington College issued the following news: * * * Comm Arts Prof Publishes Book of Insightful Photo Essays and Narratives on Adulthood Published on Sep 10, 2026 Jeff Hazelden's new book, these are adults, chronicles six Columbus residents' distinct pathways to adulthood. Their roadmaps might have deviated from traditional milestones or a popularly perceived sequence, but they find themselves enjoying fulfilling and impactful lives. The artist and communication arts professor at Wilmington College concludes that "no single path defines a successful life." Theauthor pairs individual written narratives with portrait photographs he took, one featuring his subject surrounded by objects they selected as representative of their lives, and a second zooming in on several key items from their personal mementos. Objects ranged from a toy firetruck and socket wrench to a ceramic cat, disassembled bicycle and empty prescription bottles. "After the portraits, I asked each person a series of questions, from what success looks like to them as an adult, to which milestones they have or have not reached, to how living in Columbus has shaped their experience," said Hazelden, 37, noting that his subjects' ages range within 10 years of his.
"We are taught that there is a natural sequence to adult life," he added, noting there are "traditional milestones to reach": going to college, committing to a career, getting married, buying a house and having children, in that order and on a schedule. "It is presented to us as the universal shape adulthood simply takes."
Hazelden cited these cultural expectations as the "residue of a brief and unusual postwar abundance": a few decades of cheap housing, single-earner wages and expanding credit, available unevenly even then. "We have mistaken that brief arrangement for the lasting natural order." He admits that sequence did not fail some people -- "it was constructed around a particular life and offered to everyone as if it were theirs." For most of human history, and in most of the world, he said, "no single path has defined a successful life."
He drew the analogy of being a child building a "fort" in the woods from branches, blankets and readily available, discarded furniture. "These worlds were made to my own specification," he said. "Building a fort is the opposite of following an inherited sequence. You work with what you have, with the people around you, to no fixed plan."
Hazelden's six subjects shared what adulthood means to them, "people living it right now." Their testimonials revealed that a life can be measured in many ways, and rarely by the timeline we are given. "Some reached the old milestones late, or out of order. Others set them aside entirely," he added.
"The six adults documented here rarely centered their answers on the familiar markers of success. What mattered most was harder to measure: the work that felt worth doing, the people they chose to show up for and the difference between a life that looks right and one that feels right."
Hazelden resides in Columbus with my wife and two daughters. The assistant professor of communication arts at Wilmington College earned my Master of Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in photo illustration from Kent State University. His art practice uses the camera and digital media to create works of social critique.
The book, these are adults, is available free of charge from Hazelden at his office on campus at Robinson Communication Center and in Columbus at Palomino Coffee and, by the end of the month, at Bikes for All People and Wexner Center Store. Also, an online version can be viewed at: https://www.pageturnpro.com/Wilmington-College/113754-These-Are-Adults/sdefault.html
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Original text here: https://www.wilmington.edu/news/comm-arts-prof-publishes-book-of-insightful-photo-essays-and-narratives-on-adulthood
Syracuse University: Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 11 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
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Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of a documentary produced by alumnus Chris Meek.
Cort Ruddy Sept. 10, 2026
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host a panel discussion and film screening on Monday, Sept. 14, examining the heroism and resiliency that emerged from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 25 years after the tragedy reshaped the nation.
The ... Show Full Article SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 11 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of a documentary produced by alumnus Chris Meek. Cort Ruddy Sept. 10, 2026 The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host a panel discussion and film screening on Monday, Sept. 14, examining the heroism and resiliency that emerged from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 25 years after the tragedy reshaped the nation. Theevent, "25 Years Later: The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11," begins at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion in the K.G. Tan Auditorium at the National Veterans Resource Center, followed by a screening of the documentary "The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph." The film is directed by Michael Gier and narrated by Gary Sinise.
Dean David M. Van Slyke will moderate the panel that brings together voices from journalism, security policy and international affairs, alongside Syracuse University alumnus Chris Meek '92, G'18.
Meek earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics and an executive master of public administration from Maxwell. He served on the school's advisory board for 10 years and is the founder and CEO of the 9/11 Legacy Foundation and executive producer of the featured documentary. He was working at Goldman Sachs less than half a mile from Ground Zero on the morning of the attacks. He and his colleagues evacuated their office and sought refuge at the American Stock Exchange, where they were when the North Tower collapsed.
Meek has authored three books, "Next Steps Forward: Beyond Remembering," "The Power of Action" (SoldierStrong, 2022), "Everyday Triumphs: Extraordinary Stories of Hope," "Resilience, and Impact" (self-published, 2025) and "Keeping Our Nation's Promise: 9/11 and the Stories that Still Shape Us" (Amplify Publishing, 2026).
His writings and launch of the 9/11 Legacy Foundation seek to preserve the stories of survivors, first responders and victims' families for a generation with no living memory of the attacks.
"Seeing those first responders running toward trouble, running toward the World Trade Center because it's their job and that's what they needed to do is one of my most lasting memories from that day," said Meek in an interview last fall. "Because of those first responders, I knew I had to do something to give back."
Joining Meek on the panel are Mark J. Lodato, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Renee de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs; and Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
The panelists bring unique perspectives to the discussion. A former television journalist and dean of Newhouse since 2020, Lodato reported on 9/11 from the Pentagon. De Nevers is a senior research associate at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration whose research focuses on international security and terrorism. She is coauthor of "Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches" (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008). Murrett is deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law. He was assigned as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Joint Services Command that was responsible for the domestic military response to the 9/11 attacks.
The event is free and open to the public. Those requiring accommodations should contact Nell Bartkowiak at nsbartko@syr.edu.
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Original text here: https://news.syr.edu/2026/09/10/maxwell-to-host-panel-discussion-film-screening-marking-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11/
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Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of a documentary produced by alumnus Chris Meek.
Cort Ruddy Sept. 10, 2026
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host a panel discussion and film screening on Monday, Sept. 14, examining the heroism and resiliency that emerged from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 25 years after the tragedy reshaped the nation.
The ... Show Full Article SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 11 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of a documentary produced by alumnus Chris Meek. Cort Ruddy Sept. 10, 2026 The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host a panel discussion and film screening on Monday, Sept. 14, examining the heroism and resiliency that emerged from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 25 years after the tragedy reshaped the nation. Theevent, "25 Years Later: The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11," begins at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion in the K.G. Tan Auditorium at the National Veterans Resource Center, followed by a screening of the documentary "The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph." The film is directed by Michael Gier and narrated by Gary Sinise.
Dean David M. Van Slyke will moderate the panel that brings together voices from journalism, security policy and international affairs, alongside Syracuse University alumnus Chris Meek '92, G'18.
Meek earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics and an executive master of public administration from Maxwell. He served on the school's advisory board for 10 years and is the founder and CEO of the 9/11 Legacy Foundation and executive producer of the featured documentary. He was working at Goldman Sachs less than half a mile from Ground Zero on the morning of the attacks. He and his colleagues evacuated their office and sought refuge at the American Stock Exchange, where they were when the North Tower collapsed.
Meek has authored three books, "Next Steps Forward: Beyond Remembering," "The Power of Action" (SoldierStrong, 2022), "Everyday Triumphs: Extraordinary Stories of Hope," "Resilience, and Impact" (self-published, 2025) and "Keeping Our Nation's Promise: 9/11 and the Stories that Still Shape Us" (Amplify Publishing, 2026).
His writings and launch of the 9/11 Legacy Foundation seek to preserve the stories of survivors, first responders and victims' families for a generation with no living memory of the attacks.
"Seeing those first responders running toward trouble, running toward the World Trade Center because it's their job and that's what they needed to do is one of my most lasting memories from that day," said Meek in an interview last fall. "Because of those first responders, I knew I had to do something to give back."
Joining Meek on the panel are Mark J. Lodato, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Renee de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs; and Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
The panelists bring unique perspectives to the discussion. A former television journalist and dean of Newhouse since 2020, Lodato reported on 9/11 from the Pentagon. De Nevers is a senior research associate at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration whose research focuses on international security and terrorism. She is coauthor of "Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches" (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008). Murrett is deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law. He was assigned as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Joint Services Command that was responsible for the domestic military response to the 9/11 attacks.
The event is free and open to the public. Those requiring accommodations should contact Nell Bartkowiak at nsbartko@syr.edu.
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Original text here: https://news.syr.edu/2026/09/10/maxwell-to-host-panel-discussion-film-screening-marking-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11/
SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin
HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news:
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SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin
09/10/2026
Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings.
ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, and matters considered by the Missouri state government.
Approval ... Show Full Article HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin 09/10/2026 Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings. ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, and matters considered by the Missouri state government. ApprovalRatings
* 48% of voters approve of Donald Trump's job performance and 52% disapprove, his lowest approval yet recorded in the SLU/YouGov Poll
* 40% of voters approve of Governor Mike Kehoe's job performance and 49% disapprove, an all-time low for Kehoe in the poll
* 42% of voters approve of the Missouri State Legislature's performance and 49% disapprove, also an all-time low
* 25% of voters approve of the U.S. Congress's performance, 68% disapprove
Ballot Initiatives and Amendments
* Amendment 3: 43% support, 44% oppose, 13% not sure
* Amendment 6: 48% support, 21% oppose, 32% not sure
* Proposition A: 35% yes, 32% no, 33% not sure
Issues in the 2026 Election
* 68% of voters oppose a new data center being built in their local community and 17% support it, a 17-point increase in opposition since February 2026 (margin of error +-5.92%)
* At least 59% of voters are worried about being able to afford each of the following: health care, food and groceries, gas, and utilities, and property taxes (margin of error +-5.92%)
* 21% of voters rate the U.S. economy as excellent or good and 25% say the same of Missouri's economy
* 53% of voters say that the U.S. decision to go to war in Iran was the wrong decision, 35% say it was the right decision, and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%)
2026 Election Outlook
* For Missouri State Auditor, 45% would vote for Scott Fitzpatrick (R), 43% for Quentin Wilson (D), and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%)
* In a generic ballot for the Missouri state House, 48% would vote Republican, 44% Democratic
* In a generic ballot for the U.S. House, 48% of voters would vote for the Republican candidate in their district and 44% for the Democratic candidate, down from a 15-point Republican lead (53% to 38%) in February 2026
* 82% of voters are confident the November election in Missouri will be run and administered fairly
Education
* 38% of voters rate public schools in their community as excellent or good, down 6 points from February 2026
* 60% of voters support publishing annual A-F report card grades for public schools and school districts, 19% oppose
* 70% of voters support establishing a paid parental leave program for public school employees
* At least 77% of voters support requiring the MMR, polio, and DTaP vaccines for public school attendance, compared to 47% for HPV and 33% for the COVID-19 vaccine
Missouri Voters Increasingly Disapprove of President Trump
Since the February 2026 Poll, President Donald Trump's approval among likely voters fell to 48%, with 52% disapproving, his lowest mark recorded in the SLU/YouGov Poll. The decline was steepest among independent voters: 44% approved of Trump's performance in February 2026, but just 33% did in August, while disapproval among independents rose from 54% to 66%.
"Trump's decline may reflect the war in Iran, the economy, and the cost of living," said Steven Rogers, Ph.D., director of the SLU/YouGov Poll and professor of political science at Saint Louis University. "Fifty-three percent of Missouri voters told us the decision to go to war was wrong, and only 21% of Missouri voters rate the national economy as excellent or good."
The decline in Trump approval in Missouri mirrors national trends: YouGov's national tracker of registered voters put Trump's approval at 42% and disapproval at 56% on February 23, 2026, almost the same day our own February survey closed, and by August 31, 2026, national approval had fallen to 39% while disapproval had risen to 60%.
"Our SLU/YouGov Poll shows a similar, consistent decline in approval scores for Trump, although, as expected in the red state of Missouri, his decline in approval ratings has not been as dramatic," said Kenneth Warren, Ph.D., associate director of the SLU/YouGov Poll and professor emeritus at Saint Louis University.
Missouri on the Wrong Track
Thirty-nine percent of voters told the SLU/YouGov Poll that Missouri is headed in the right direction, down 9 points since February, while 48% say the state is on the wrong track (margin of error +-5.67%). Views of the state economy soured over the same period, with 25% of voters rating Missouri's economy as excellent or good, down 7 points since February.
Voters' evaluations of Jefferson City Republicans reflect these trends. Governor Mike Kehoe's approval fell 10 points since February to a new low of 40%, while disapproval rose 9 points to 49%. The Missouri State Legislature, where Republicans hold a supermajority, saw a similar decline, with approval dropping 9 points to 42%, also an all-time low in the SLU/YouGov Poll, while disapproval rose 7 points to 49%. Both declines also come after the defeat of Amendments 4 and 5 on the August primary ballot.
"When voters are unhappy about the direction of the state and its economy, and reject the governor's and legislature's priorities at the ballot box, those rebukes may help explain why the their approval numbers moved together," said Rogers.
Amendment 3: Too Close to Call
The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll suggests that Missouri voters are now divided on Amendment 3, the proposed constitutional amendment that places more restrictions on abortion, partly undoing the constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024. The SLU/YouGov Poll found that 43% of voters support Amendment 3 in 2026, 44% oppose it, and 13% are not sure, down from a 50% to 39% lead in February 2026, a 12-point swing in the net margin.
"The decline in support crossed party lines," said Rogers. "Republican support fell 7 points since February to 65%, with opposition rising 3 points to 21%. Democrats remained opposed, with opposition in August moving to 68% from 66% in February, while support declined slightly to 20%."
Amendment 6: Support Ahead with a 27-Point Margin
Amendment 6 proposes to reform the initiative petition process and make it harder for state lawmakers to change or repeal a law after Missouri voters have approved it at the ballot box. Currently, if voters pass a law through the initiative petition process, as opposed to a constitutional amendment, the legislature can amend or repeal it with simple majority votes in the state House and Senate and the governor's signature. Amendment 6 would prevent that by requiring 80% support of each legislative chamber to refer the change to voters, followed by another statewide vote.
The SLU/YouGov Poll found that 48% of Missouri voters support Amendment 6, 21% oppose it, and 32% are not sure. More voters supported than opposed Amendment 6 across all regions of Missouri, all age and income groups, and among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.
"Missourians have evidently not been happy with the legislature repeatedly trying to overturn the voice of voters who had approved ballot initiatives," said Warren.
Voters "Not Sure" About Proposition A (Ballot Language)
A "yes" vote on Proposition A would uphold the congressional district map the legislature passed in 2025, which would likely shift Missouri's congressional delegation from a 6-2 to a 7-1 Republican advantage. A "no" vote on Proposition A would overturn this 7-1 map. In August 2026, the SLU/YouGov Poll asked voters about Proposition A using the same ballot language they would see in November, and 35% of voters said they would vote yes, 32% no, and 33% were not sure.
The high share of "not sure" voters may reflect confusion about the ballot language itself more than indecision about the map. To explore this possibility, SLU/YouGov looked at the 305 respondents who answered both the February and August surveys. Among those who saw a fuller explanation of the state legislature's actions and said they "supported the state legislature adopting this new map of congressional districts" in February, only 48% said they would vote yes on Proposition A in the August poll, while 19% flipped to no and 33% became unsure. Among those who had opposed the map in February, 53% stuck with opposition in August, but 20% flipped to yes and 27% became unsure. Altogether, the number of these repeat respondents who were unsure roughly tripled, from 33 to 101, once they saw the referendum's actual wording instead of a description of what the legislature did.
"Missouri voters are likely somewhat divided on whether to approve the state legislature's new map," said Rogers. "However, both campaigns, at least early on, will need to focus on educating voters about what a 'yes' and 'no' vote actually means, since our poll suggests some confusion amongst the electorate."
Opposition to Local Data Centers Grows by 17 Percent
Sixty-eight percent of voters oppose a new data center being built in their local community, and just 17% support it, a 17-point increase in opposition since February 2026 (margin of error +-5.7-5.9%). The same voters oppose a data center being built in the state of Missouri by a narrower margin: 55% opposed and 29% supportive, compared with 44% opposed and 32% supportive in February.
A question-order experiment offers a clue as to why opposition to data centers in the state of Missouri is lower than to data centers in voters' local community. The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll randomly assigned voters to be asked about the local or the state of Missouri data center first. When the state of Missouri question came first, 66% of voters opposed it. Among voters asked the state of Missouri question after the local question, 55% opposed it, an 11-point difference. Opposition to the local data center, meanwhile, barely moved: 68% when asked first, 70% when asked second.
"Once voters had already registered opposition to a data center in their own community, they became somewhat more accepting of one built elsewhere in the state," said Rogers. "This may reflect a 'not-in-my-backyard' sentiment, where Missouri voters are more comfortable with development so long as it's someone else's community."
Tight State Elections
When asked about the upcoming race for Missouri State Auditor, 45% of voters would vote for incumbent Republican Scott Fitzpatrick, 43% for Democrat Quentin Wilson, and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%), a far closer margin than Missouri Republicans have posted in recent down-ballot statewide races. In the August 2024 SLU/YouGov Poll, every Republican candidate for statewide office below governor led by at least 13 points, ranging from a 13-point lead for Attorney General to an 18-point lead for Secretary of State. Republicans have held all six statewide offices in Missouri since Democrat Nicole Galloway, the last Democrat to hold statewide office, left the Auditor's seat in January 2023.
"It is not that our poll shows Fitzpatrick losing, but that we would expect an incumbent Republican holding statewide office in the deep red state of Missouri to be way ahead of his Democratic challenger," said Warren.
In the 2026 state House elections, Democrats hope to break the Republicans' supermajority. The August SLU/YouGov Poll asked likely voters, using a generic-ballot format, how they would vote in their local state House district; 48% said Republican and 44% said Democratic, with 8% not sure. Independents favored Democratic candidates, 42% to 36%. It is important to note that this is not a district-by-district forecast, and results vary by region: in St. Louis, Democrats lead 60% to 35%, while in southwest Missouri, Republicans lead 65% to 30%.
"Reflecting the role national politics plays in state elections, our polling and statistical analyses show that a Missouri voter who strongly disapproves of Trump is roughly sixteen percentage points more likely to vote for a Democratic state House candidate than one who strongly approves of him. Voters' opinions of their own state legislature and of Governor Kehoe matter too, but only about a third as much," said Rogers. "This lines up with the research I conducted in 2023 for my book, Accountability in State Legislatures, which shows presidential approval carries about three times the weight that approval of the state legislature does in these races. Voters are punishing their state lawmakers for Trump's actions, even though state lawmakers do not control what Trump does."
Approval of the U.S. Congress
The U.S. Congress remains deeply unpopular with Missouri voters, with just 25% approving of its performance, down 8 points since the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll, and 68% disapproving, up 5 points. The generic ballot for the U.S. House tells a similar story. When asked how they would vote in a U.S. House election today, 48% of voters said they would back the Republican candidate and 44% the Democratic candidate, down from a 15-point Republican lead (53% to 38%) in February 2026.
Missouri's two Republican U.S. Senators are also less popular than they were in February but remain more popular than Congress as a whole. Forty-seven percent of voters approve of Senator Josh Hawley's job performance, down 6 points from a high of 53% in February 2026, while disapproval rose 4 points to 44%. Senator Eric Schmitt's approval also fell 6 points to 44%, down from his own all-time high of 50% in February, with disapproval rising 5 points to 41%.
Affordability Worries, Including Access to Childcare
Heading into the 2026 election, at least 59% of voters are worried about affording health care (69%), food and groceries (66%), gas (66%), utilities (62%), and property taxes (59%) (margin of error +-5.92%). Rural voters express the most worry of any region: 77% are concerned about affording health care, compared to 64% of voters in urban areas.
"Affordability concerns go beyond lower-income households," said Rogers. "Seventy-three percent of voters earning less than $50,000 a year are worried about affording both food and gas, but even among voters earning more than $100,000, 55% are still worried about food and 62% about gas."
The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll reveals childcare costs are part of that picture. Fifty-four percent of voters agree that access to affordable childcare is a problem in their community, and 65% say the Missouri state government should help expand access to affordable childcare. Voters with children currently in school feel this most: 67% of such parents say childcare access is a problem in their community, and 80% want the state to help expand access, compared to 51% and 60% among voters without kids in school.
These poll findings arrive as a childcare tax credit package has passed the Missouri House four years running but stalled in the Senate (e.g., HB 2409 in the 2026 session). The SLU/YouGov Poll found broad support among likely Missouri voters for using the tax code to address the cost: 73% agree that businesses that help pay for their employees' childcare should receive a state tax credit, and 61% support a similar credit for childcare businesses that build or expand their facilities. Voters extend that same support to Missouri's own school employees: 70% would back a state-funded paid parental leave program for public school staff, while just 14% are opposed.
School Ratings Slip While Voters Continue to Back A-F Report Cards
The August SLU/YouGov Poll also found that voters' ratings of Missouri's public schools have declined since February. Thirty-eight percent of voters rate public schools in their community as excellent or good, down 6 points since February, while just 22% say the same about schools statewide, also down 6 points. To better evaluate schools, voters broadly support a proposal for the state to publish annual A-F report card grades for public schools and districts, based on state test results and graduation rates, which largely match findings from the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll.
As children went back to school, the SLU/YouGov Poll also asked Missouri voters about school vaccination requirements. At least 77% support requiring the MMR, polio, and DTaP vaccines for public school attendance, with 10% opposed to a measles, mumps, and rubella requirement, 12% opposed to polio, and 14% opposed to DTaP. Voters are far more divided over newer or more contested vaccines: 47% support requiring HPV vaccination, with 37% opposed, while just 33% support requiring COVID-19 vaccination, with 57% opposed.
"These opposition numbers come at a moment when Missouri's own child vaccination rates have been slipping," said Rogers. "Missouri's kindergarten measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate has fallen for a sixth consecutive year, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services."
Methodology and Funding
YouGov interviewed 900 likely Missouri voters between August 13 and August 24, 2026. The YouGov panel, a proprietary opt-in survey panel, is comprised of 3.1 million United States residents who have agreed to participate in YouGov Web surveys. Using their gender, age, race, and education, YouGov weighted the set of survey respondents to known characteristics of Missouri voters from the American Community Survey (ACS) public use microdata file, public voter file records.
YouGov conducted a review and updated its methodology in 2026. The revised weighting methodology makes two improvements. First, it uses more recent demographic benchmarks for Missouri registered voters, which YouGov finished processing after the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll was completed. Second, it accounts for additional demographic characteristics and relationships among them. To align the February 2026 poll with the more detailed approach that will be used going forward, YouGov has updated the weights for the February poll and results are posted to slu.edu/poll. While the original weights were valid, these updates should improve the representativeness of the results and comparability across waves.
The underlying survey responses and sample have not changed. However, the revised weights result in slight changes to some survey estimates and the margin of error. This is because more detailed weighting can increase variation in the influence individual respondents have on the results. The revised results supersede the previously published version and should be used when comparing this study with subsequent waves.
The majority of funding for the SLU/YouGov Poll has been through the PRiME Center in SLU's School of Education and SLU's College of Arts and Sciences. Additional grant funding from the Department of Energy supports this poll. For fuller details about funding for the SLU/YouGov Poll, visit slu.edu/poll.
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About Saint Louis University
Founded in 1818, Saint Louis University is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious Catholic research institutions. Rooted in Jesuit values and its pioneering history as the first university west of the Mississippi River, SLU offers more than 13,300 students a rigorous, transformative education that challenges and prepares them to make the world a better place. As a nationally recognized leader in research and innovation, SLU is an R1 research university, advancing groundbreaking, life-changing discoveries that promote the greater good.
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About YouGov
Saint Louis University has partnered with YouGov to conduct its biannual survey of Missouri voters. YouGov conducts surveys for multiple academic institutions and is the primary, trusted survey firm for media organizations, including CBS News and The Economist. FiveThirtyEight (538) ranked YouGov as one of the top pollsters in the country, with respect to its strong commitment to accuracy and transparency in polling. In September 2024, The New York Times reported "Only YouGov, long at the cutting edge of [online] polling, is still producing reasonably accurate results with [online] panels."
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SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin
09/10/2026
Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings.
ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, and matters considered by the Missouri state government.
Approval ... Show Full Article HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin 09/10/2026 Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings. ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, and matters considered by the Missouri state government. ApprovalRatings
* 48% of voters approve of Donald Trump's job performance and 52% disapprove, his lowest approval yet recorded in the SLU/YouGov Poll
* 40% of voters approve of Governor Mike Kehoe's job performance and 49% disapprove, an all-time low for Kehoe in the poll
* 42% of voters approve of the Missouri State Legislature's performance and 49% disapprove, also an all-time low
* 25% of voters approve of the U.S. Congress's performance, 68% disapprove
Ballot Initiatives and Amendments
* Amendment 3: 43% support, 44% oppose, 13% not sure
* Amendment 6: 48% support, 21% oppose, 32% not sure
* Proposition A: 35% yes, 32% no, 33% not sure
Issues in the 2026 Election
* 68% of voters oppose a new data center being built in their local community and 17% support it, a 17-point increase in opposition since February 2026 (margin of error +-5.92%)
* At least 59% of voters are worried about being able to afford each of the following: health care, food and groceries, gas, and utilities, and property taxes (margin of error +-5.92%)
* 21% of voters rate the U.S. economy as excellent or good and 25% say the same of Missouri's economy
* 53% of voters say that the U.S. decision to go to war in Iran was the wrong decision, 35% say it was the right decision, and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%)
2026 Election Outlook
* For Missouri State Auditor, 45% would vote for Scott Fitzpatrick (R), 43% for Quentin Wilson (D), and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%)
* In a generic ballot for the Missouri state House, 48% would vote Republican, 44% Democratic
* In a generic ballot for the U.S. House, 48% of voters would vote for the Republican candidate in their district and 44% for the Democratic candidate, down from a 15-point Republican lead (53% to 38%) in February 2026
* 82% of voters are confident the November election in Missouri will be run and administered fairly
Education
* 38% of voters rate public schools in their community as excellent or good, down 6 points from February 2026
* 60% of voters support publishing annual A-F report card grades for public schools and school districts, 19% oppose
* 70% of voters support establishing a paid parental leave program for public school employees
* At least 77% of voters support requiring the MMR, polio, and DTaP vaccines for public school attendance, compared to 47% for HPV and 33% for the COVID-19 vaccine
Missouri Voters Increasingly Disapprove of President Trump
Since the February 2026 Poll, President Donald Trump's approval among likely voters fell to 48%, with 52% disapproving, his lowest mark recorded in the SLU/YouGov Poll. The decline was steepest among independent voters: 44% approved of Trump's performance in February 2026, but just 33% did in August, while disapproval among independents rose from 54% to 66%.
"Trump's decline may reflect the war in Iran, the economy, and the cost of living," said Steven Rogers, Ph.D., director of the SLU/YouGov Poll and professor of political science at Saint Louis University. "Fifty-three percent of Missouri voters told us the decision to go to war was wrong, and only 21% of Missouri voters rate the national economy as excellent or good."
The decline in Trump approval in Missouri mirrors national trends: YouGov's national tracker of registered voters put Trump's approval at 42% and disapproval at 56% on February 23, 2026, almost the same day our own February survey closed, and by August 31, 2026, national approval had fallen to 39% while disapproval had risen to 60%.
"Our SLU/YouGov Poll shows a similar, consistent decline in approval scores for Trump, although, as expected in the red state of Missouri, his decline in approval ratings has not been as dramatic," said Kenneth Warren, Ph.D., associate director of the SLU/YouGov Poll and professor emeritus at Saint Louis University.
Missouri on the Wrong Track
Thirty-nine percent of voters told the SLU/YouGov Poll that Missouri is headed in the right direction, down 9 points since February, while 48% say the state is on the wrong track (margin of error +-5.67%). Views of the state economy soured over the same period, with 25% of voters rating Missouri's economy as excellent or good, down 7 points since February.
Voters' evaluations of Jefferson City Republicans reflect these trends. Governor Mike Kehoe's approval fell 10 points since February to a new low of 40%, while disapproval rose 9 points to 49%. The Missouri State Legislature, where Republicans hold a supermajority, saw a similar decline, with approval dropping 9 points to 42%, also an all-time low in the SLU/YouGov Poll, while disapproval rose 7 points to 49%. Both declines also come after the defeat of Amendments 4 and 5 on the August primary ballot.
"When voters are unhappy about the direction of the state and its economy, and reject the governor's and legislature's priorities at the ballot box, those rebukes may help explain why the their approval numbers moved together," said Rogers.
Amendment 3: Too Close to Call
The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll suggests that Missouri voters are now divided on Amendment 3, the proposed constitutional amendment that places more restrictions on abortion, partly undoing the constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024. The SLU/YouGov Poll found that 43% of voters support Amendment 3 in 2026, 44% oppose it, and 13% are not sure, down from a 50% to 39% lead in February 2026, a 12-point swing in the net margin.
"The decline in support crossed party lines," said Rogers. "Republican support fell 7 points since February to 65%, with opposition rising 3 points to 21%. Democrats remained opposed, with opposition in August moving to 68% from 66% in February, while support declined slightly to 20%."
Amendment 6: Support Ahead with a 27-Point Margin
Amendment 6 proposes to reform the initiative petition process and make it harder for state lawmakers to change or repeal a law after Missouri voters have approved it at the ballot box. Currently, if voters pass a law through the initiative petition process, as opposed to a constitutional amendment, the legislature can amend or repeal it with simple majority votes in the state House and Senate and the governor's signature. Amendment 6 would prevent that by requiring 80% support of each legislative chamber to refer the change to voters, followed by another statewide vote.
The SLU/YouGov Poll found that 48% of Missouri voters support Amendment 6, 21% oppose it, and 32% are not sure. More voters supported than opposed Amendment 6 across all regions of Missouri, all age and income groups, and among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.
"Missourians have evidently not been happy with the legislature repeatedly trying to overturn the voice of voters who had approved ballot initiatives," said Warren.
Voters "Not Sure" About Proposition A (Ballot Language)
A "yes" vote on Proposition A would uphold the congressional district map the legislature passed in 2025, which would likely shift Missouri's congressional delegation from a 6-2 to a 7-1 Republican advantage. A "no" vote on Proposition A would overturn this 7-1 map. In August 2026, the SLU/YouGov Poll asked voters about Proposition A using the same ballot language they would see in November, and 35% of voters said they would vote yes, 32% no, and 33% were not sure.
The high share of "not sure" voters may reflect confusion about the ballot language itself more than indecision about the map. To explore this possibility, SLU/YouGov looked at the 305 respondents who answered both the February and August surveys. Among those who saw a fuller explanation of the state legislature's actions and said they "supported the state legislature adopting this new map of congressional districts" in February, only 48% said they would vote yes on Proposition A in the August poll, while 19% flipped to no and 33% became unsure. Among those who had opposed the map in February, 53% stuck with opposition in August, but 20% flipped to yes and 27% became unsure. Altogether, the number of these repeat respondents who were unsure roughly tripled, from 33 to 101, once they saw the referendum's actual wording instead of a description of what the legislature did.
"Missouri voters are likely somewhat divided on whether to approve the state legislature's new map," said Rogers. "However, both campaigns, at least early on, will need to focus on educating voters about what a 'yes' and 'no' vote actually means, since our poll suggests some confusion amongst the electorate."
Opposition to Local Data Centers Grows by 17 Percent
Sixty-eight percent of voters oppose a new data center being built in their local community, and just 17% support it, a 17-point increase in opposition since February 2026 (margin of error +-5.7-5.9%). The same voters oppose a data center being built in the state of Missouri by a narrower margin: 55% opposed and 29% supportive, compared with 44% opposed and 32% supportive in February.
A question-order experiment offers a clue as to why opposition to data centers in the state of Missouri is lower than to data centers in voters' local community. The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll randomly assigned voters to be asked about the local or the state of Missouri data center first. When the state of Missouri question came first, 66% of voters opposed it. Among voters asked the state of Missouri question after the local question, 55% opposed it, an 11-point difference. Opposition to the local data center, meanwhile, barely moved: 68% when asked first, 70% when asked second.
"Once voters had already registered opposition to a data center in their own community, they became somewhat more accepting of one built elsewhere in the state," said Rogers. "This may reflect a 'not-in-my-backyard' sentiment, where Missouri voters are more comfortable with development so long as it's someone else's community."
Tight State Elections
When asked about the upcoming race for Missouri State Auditor, 45% of voters would vote for incumbent Republican Scott Fitzpatrick, 43% for Democrat Quentin Wilson, and 12% are not sure (margin of error +-5.92%), a far closer margin than Missouri Republicans have posted in recent down-ballot statewide races. In the August 2024 SLU/YouGov Poll, every Republican candidate for statewide office below governor led by at least 13 points, ranging from a 13-point lead for Attorney General to an 18-point lead for Secretary of State. Republicans have held all six statewide offices in Missouri since Democrat Nicole Galloway, the last Democrat to hold statewide office, left the Auditor's seat in January 2023.
"It is not that our poll shows Fitzpatrick losing, but that we would expect an incumbent Republican holding statewide office in the deep red state of Missouri to be way ahead of his Democratic challenger," said Warren.
In the 2026 state House elections, Democrats hope to break the Republicans' supermajority. The August SLU/YouGov Poll asked likely voters, using a generic-ballot format, how they would vote in their local state House district; 48% said Republican and 44% said Democratic, with 8% not sure. Independents favored Democratic candidates, 42% to 36%. It is important to note that this is not a district-by-district forecast, and results vary by region: in St. Louis, Democrats lead 60% to 35%, while in southwest Missouri, Republicans lead 65% to 30%.
"Reflecting the role national politics plays in state elections, our polling and statistical analyses show that a Missouri voter who strongly disapproves of Trump is roughly sixteen percentage points more likely to vote for a Democratic state House candidate than one who strongly approves of him. Voters' opinions of their own state legislature and of Governor Kehoe matter too, but only about a third as much," said Rogers. "This lines up with the research I conducted in 2023 for my book, Accountability in State Legislatures, which shows presidential approval carries about three times the weight that approval of the state legislature does in these races. Voters are punishing their state lawmakers for Trump's actions, even though state lawmakers do not control what Trump does."
Approval of the U.S. Congress
The U.S. Congress remains deeply unpopular with Missouri voters, with just 25% approving of its performance, down 8 points since the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll, and 68% disapproving, up 5 points. The generic ballot for the U.S. House tells a similar story. When asked how they would vote in a U.S. House election today, 48% of voters said they would back the Republican candidate and 44% the Democratic candidate, down from a 15-point Republican lead (53% to 38%) in February 2026.
Missouri's two Republican U.S. Senators are also less popular than they were in February but remain more popular than Congress as a whole. Forty-seven percent of voters approve of Senator Josh Hawley's job performance, down 6 points from a high of 53% in February 2026, while disapproval rose 4 points to 44%. Senator Eric Schmitt's approval also fell 6 points to 44%, down from his own all-time high of 50% in February, with disapproval rising 5 points to 41%.
Affordability Worries, Including Access to Childcare
Heading into the 2026 election, at least 59% of voters are worried about affording health care (69%), food and groceries (66%), gas (66%), utilities (62%), and property taxes (59%) (margin of error +-5.92%). Rural voters express the most worry of any region: 77% are concerned about affording health care, compared to 64% of voters in urban areas.
"Affordability concerns go beyond lower-income households," said Rogers. "Seventy-three percent of voters earning less than $50,000 a year are worried about affording both food and gas, but even among voters earning more than $100,000, 55% are still worried about food and 62% about gas."
The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll reveals childcare costs are part of that picture. Fifty-four percent of voters agree that access to affordable childcare is a problem in their community, and 65% say the Missouri state government should help expand access to affordable childcare. Voters with children currently in school feel this most: 67% of such parents say childcare access is a problem in their community, and 80% want the state to help expand access, compared to 51% and 60% among voters without kids in school.
These poll findings arrive as a childcare tax credit package has passed the Missouri House four years running but stalled in the Senate (e.g., HB 2409 in the 2026 session). The SLU/YouGov Poll found broad support among likely Missouri voters for using the tax code to address the cost: 73% agree that businesses that help pay for their employees' childcare should receive a state tax credit, and 61% support a similar credit for childcare businesses that build or expand their facilities. Voters extend that same support to Missouri's own school employees: 70% would back a state-funded paid parental leave program for public school staff, while just 14% are opposed.
School Ratings Slip While Voters Continue to Back A-F Report Cards
The August SLU/YouGov Poll also found that voters' ratings of Missouri's public schools have declined since February. Thirty-eight percent of voters rate public schools in their community as excellent or good, down 6 points since February, while just 22% say the same about schools statewide, also down 6 points. To better evaluate schools, voters broadly support a proposal for the state to publish annual A-F report card grades for public schools and districts, based on state test results and graduation rates, which largely match findings from the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll.
As children went back to school, the SLU/YouGov Poll also asked Missouri voters about school vaccination requirements. At least 77% support requiring the MMR, polio, and DTaP vaccines for public school attendance, with 10% opposed to a measles, mumps, and rubella requirement, 12% opposed to polio, and 14% opposed to DTaP. Voters are far more divided over newer or more contested vaccines: 47% support requiring HPV vaccination, with 37% opposed, while just 33% support requiring COVID-19 vaccination, with 57% opposed.
"These opposition numbers come at a moment when Missouri's own child vaccination rates have been slipping," said Rogers. "Missouri's kindergarten measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate has fallen for a sixth consecutive year, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services."
Methodology and Funding
YouGov interviewed 900 likely Missouri voters between August 13 and August 24, 2026. The YouGov panel, a proprietary opt-in survey panel, is comprised of 3.1 million United States residents who have agreed to participate in YouGov Web surveys. Using their gender, age, race, and education, YouGov weighted the set of survey respondents to known characteristics of Missouri voters from the American Community Survey (ACS) public use microdata file, public voter file records.
YouGov conducted a review and updated its methodology in 2026. The revised weighting methodology makes two improvements. First, it uses more recent demographic benchmarks for Missouri registered voters, which YouGov finished processing after the February 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll was completed. Second, it accounts for additional demographic characteristics and relationships among them. To align the February 2026 poll with the more detailed approach that will be used going forward, YouGov has updated the weights for the February poll and results are posted to slu.edu/poll. While the original weights were valid, these updates should improve the representativeness of the results and comparability across waves.
The underlying survey responses and sample have not changed. However, the revised weights result in slight changes to some survey estimates and the margin of error. This is because more detailed weighting can increase variation in the influence individual respondents have on the results. The revised results supersede the previously published version and should be used when comparing this study with subsequent waves.
The majority of funding for the SLU/YouGov Poll has been through the PRiME Center in SLU's School of Education and SLU's College of Arts and Sciences. Additional grant funding from the Department of Energy supports this poll. For fuller details about funding for the SLU/YouGov Poll, visit slu.edu/poll.
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About Saint Louis University
Founded in 1818, Saint Louis University is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious Catholic research institutions. Rooted in Jesuit values and its pioneering history as the first university west of the Mississippi River, SLU offers more than 13,300 students a rigorous, transformative education that challenges and prepares them to make the world a better place. As a nationally recognized leader in research and innovation, SLU is an R1 research university, advancing groundbreaking, life-changing discoveries that promote the greater good.
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About YouGov
Saint Louis University has partnered with YouGov to conduct its biannual survey of Missouri voters. YouGov conducts surveys for multiple academic institutions and is the primary, trusted survey firm for media organizations, including CBS News and The Economist. FiveThirtyEight (538) ranked YouGov as one of the top pollsters in the country, with respect to its strong commitment to accuracy and transparency in polling. In September 2024, The New York Times reported "Only YouGov, long at the cutting edge of [online] polling, is still producing reasonably accurate results with [online] panels."
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Original text here: https://www.slu.edu/news/2026/september/slu-poll.php
Princeton: In Banner ACS Year for Chemistry Department, MacMillan and Chirik Receive Awards
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Princeton University issued the following news:
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In banner ACS year for chemistry department, MacMillan and Chirik receive awards
By Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry on Sept. 10, 2026
David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and a winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious 2027 Arthur C. Cope Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of extraordinary achievement and contributions to the field of catalysis.
The ACS also named Paul Chirik, the Edwards ... Show Full Article PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * In banner ACS year for chemistry department, MacMillan and Chirik receive awards By Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry on Sept. 10, 2026 David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and a winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious 2027 Arthur C. Cope Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of extraordinary achievement and contributions to the field of catalysis. The ACS also named Paul Chirik, the EdwardsS. Sanford Professor of Chemistry, as the recipient of the 2027 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry.
The Cope Award is one of the highest international honors in organic chemistry, considered a career award that focuses on lifelong achievement rather than one specific technology. Cope award recipients are also largely determined by peers, reflecting an individual's high standing among colleagues and other experts in the field. (It is distinguished from the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards, 10 of which are given out each year to encourage excellence in the field; MacMillan won a Cope Scholar Award in 2007.)
"I feel incredibly privileged and incredibly humbled. It's another of those moments in life," said MacMillan. "Coming up as an organic chemist, I would see Cope Award winners and think, these are like gods of the organic chemist world. So when the ACS president called me up to tell me I had won it, it was really surreal," he said.
"This is also an award for my group's research that represents the creativity, dedication and innovation of all the members of my lab past and present," said MacMillan. "It's really their award, to be honest."
MacMillan's contributions to the field of catalysis have had a worldwide impact, including the technology for which he was jointly awarded the 2021 Nobel in chemistry, asymmetric organocatalysis, a revolutionary means of designing and building small organic molecules to drive chemical reactions more selectively and in a more environmentally benign fashion; and advancements in photoredox catalysis, a powerful strategy for the activation of small molecules that uses visible light to drive reactions.
The ACS announced the awards on Aug. 31 in its flagship journal, Chemical and Engineering News. The Cope Award consists of $25,000 and a medallion along with an unrestricted grant in the amount of $150,000 for research in organic chemistry. It was created in celebration of the life and chemical contributions of Arthur C. Cope, a highly influential chemist and former president of the ACS.
MacMillan was born in Bellshill, Scotland, in 1968, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Glasgow in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine in 1996.
He began his independent research career as a member of the chemistry faculty at the University of California-Berkeley, in July 1998. He joined the chemistry department at Caltech in 2000. He came to Princeton in 2006 and was named the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry in 2011. He served as chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015.
He has won numerous prizes and awards, including most recently an honorary fellowship in the Royal Society of Chemistry (2026), and the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research (2024). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2019, and in 2022 was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Chirik's 'exceptional honor'
The ACS recognized Chirik for his research in earth-abundant metal catalysis and his group's mission to understand how the chemistry of iron, cobalt and nickel can be controlled to promote important reactions in catalysis. This research feeds a host of applications ranging from drug discovery and synthesis to chemically recyclable plastic to new carbon-neutral fuels.
Chirik is a leading expert in the application of catalysis to challenges in sustainable chemistry. He called the award an "exceptional honor" for his lab.
"I have been studying organometallic chemistry since my freshman year as an undergraduate and have continued in the field throughout graduate school and my 25-year independent career," said Chirik, who is also the chair of the Department of Chemistry. "To be honored by the ACS for our work in earth-abundant metal catalysis is an important recognition for all of the hard work that my students and postdocs have done over the years."
Chirik received his B.S. in chemistry from Virginia Tech, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1995. He earned his Ph.D. under John Bercaw at Caltech in 2000. He did his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and joined the faculty at Cornell University in 2001 before coming to Princeton in 2011.
Chirik won the Linus Pauling Medal in Chemistry in 2021; the Rylander Award in Catalysis in 2020; and the Gabor Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis in 2021. He also received one of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's first exploration-phase grants for research in green chemistry in 2022, and was named a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science that same year.
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Original text here: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/09/10/banner-acs-year-chemistry-department-macmillan-and-chirik-receive-awards
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In banner ACS year for chemistry department, MacMillan and Chirik receive awards
By Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry on Sept. 10, 2026
David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and a winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious 2027 Arthur C. Cope Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of extraordinary achievement and contributions to the field of catalysis.
The ACS also named Paul Chirik, the Edwards ... Show Full Article PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * In banner ACS year for chemistry department, MacMillan and Chirik receive awards By Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry on Sept. 10, 2026 David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and a winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious 2027 Arthur C. Cope Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of extraordinary achievement and contributions to the field of catalysis. The ACS also named Paul Chirik, the EdwardsS. Sanford Professor of Chemistry, as the recipient of the 2027 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry.
The Cope Award is one of the highest international honors in organic chemistry, considered a career award that focuses on lifelong achievement rather than one specific technology. Cope award recipients are also largely determined by peers, reflecting an individual's high standing among colleagues and other experts in the field. (It is distinguished from the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards, 10 of which are given out each year to encourage excellence in the field; MacMillan won a Cope Scholar Award in 2007.)
"I feel incredibly privileged and incredibly humbled. It's another of those moments in life," said MacMillan. "Coming up as an organic chemist, I would see Cope Award winners and think, these are like gods of the organic chemist world. So when the ACS president called me up to tell me I had won it, it was really surreal," he said.
"This is also an award for my group's research that represents the creativity, dedication and innovation of all the members of my lab past and present," said MacMillan. "It's really their award, to be honest."
MacMillan's contributions to the field of catalysis have had a worldwide impact, including the technology for which he was jointly awarded the 2021 Nobel in chemistry, asymmetric organocatalysis, a revolutionary means of designing and building small organic molecules to drive chemical reactions more selectively and in a more environmentally benign fashion; and advancements in photoredox catalysis, a powerful strategy for the activation of small molecules that uses visible light to drive reactions.
The ACS announced the awards on Aug. 31 in its flagship journal, Chemical and Engineering News. The Cope Award consists of $25,000 and a medallion along with an unrestricted grant in the amount of $150,000 for research in organic chemistry. It was created in celebration of the life and chemical contributions of Arthur C. Cope, a highly influential chemist and former president of the ACS.
MacMillan was born in Bellshill, Scotland, in 1968, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Glasgow in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine in 1996.
He began his independent research career as a member of the chemistry faculty at the University of California-Berkeley, in July 1998. He joined the chemistry department at Caltech in 2000. He came to Princeton in 2006 and was named the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry in 2011. He served as chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015.
He has won numerous prizes and awards, including most recently an honorary fellowship in the Royal Society of Chemistry (2026), and the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research (2024). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2019, and in 2022 was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Chirik's 'exceptional honor'
The ACS recognized Chirik for his research in earth-abundant metal catalysis and his group's mission to understand how the chemistry of iron, cobalt and nickel can be controlled to promote important reactions in catalysis. This research feeds a host of applications ranging from drug discovery and synthesis to chemically recyclable plastic to new carbon-neutral fuels.
Chirik is a leading expert in the application of catalysis to challenges in sustainable chemistry. He called the award an "exceptional honor" for his lab.
"I have been studying organometallic chemistry since my freshman year as an undergraduate and have continued in the field throughout graduate school and my 25-year independent career," said Chirik, who is also the chair of the Department of Chemistry. "To be honored by the ACS for our work in earth-abundant metal catalysis is an important recognition for all of the hard work that my students and postdocs have done over the years."
Chirik received his B.S. in chemistry from Virginia Tech, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1995. He earned his Ph.D. under John Bercaw at Caltech in 2000. He did his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and joined the faculty at Cornell University in 2001 before coming to Princeton in 2011.
Chirik won the Linus Pauling Medal in Chemistry in 2021; the Rylander Award in Catalysis in 2020; and the Gabor Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis in 2021. He also received one of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's first exploration-phase grants for research in green chemistry in 2022, and was named a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science that same year.
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Original text here: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/09/10/banner-acs-year-chemistry-department-macmillan-and-chirik-receive-awards
Penn College Grads' Earnings Outpace National Median
WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news:
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Penn College grads' earnings outpace national median
Thursday, September 10, 2026
The career outlook for Pennsylvania College of Technology students is bright, both in terms of opportunities and compensation.
Their strong return-on-investment potential is reflected by the college's 98% graduate placement rate and alumni earnings that exceed the national median for college graduates by 36% and the median salary of 25-to-34-year-olds with only a high school diploma by 58%.
Penn College ... Show Full Article WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College grads' earnings outpace national median Thursday, September 10, 2026 The career outlook for Pennsylvania College of Technology students is bright, both in terms of opportunities and compensation. Their strong return-on-investment potential is reflected by the college's 98% graduate placement rate and alumni earnings that exceed the national median for college graduates by 36% and the median salary of 25-to-34-year-olds with only a high school diploma by 58%. Penn Collegealumni have median annual earnings of $66,316 four years after graduation compared to $48,560 for graduates of all U.S. colleges, according to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard. The median salary of individuals 25 to 34 years of age with only a high school diploma is $41,800, based on National Center for Education Statistics datasets. Median salary is the midpoint of all reported salaries.
The College Scorecard is derived from tax-filing data - including W-2s and self-employment earnings reported on Schedule SE - from individuals who received federal financial aid while in college. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that about 55% of undergraduates nationwide receive some form of federal financial aid.
"Both our graduate placement rate and the median salary figures from the College Scorecard provide further evidence that Penn College puts its students in the most competitive position for long-term success," President Michael J. Reed said. "While we offer a diverse academic portfolio, all our programs are aligned with the needs of industry. Last year alone, we implemented over 200 curriculum changes influenced by our valued industry partners. Penn College's talented faculty and staff, industry partners and nimble approach in providing an applied technology education are the reasons our students are in demand and well compensated for their expertise and technical skill set."
Median annual salaries for alumni of select programs at the college include $90,272 for construction management, $88,433 for polymer engineering technology and $88,335 for associate degree nursing graduates. Construction management and polymer engineering technology are both bachelor's degree programs.
Penn College majors that fall within the following fields of study also produced high median salaries for graduates:
computer and information sciences (bachelor's degree) $85,701
industrial production technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $85,665
computer engineering technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $85,115
electromechanical technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $79,193
heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies/technicians (associate degree) $77,955
computer/information technology administration and management (bachelor's degree) $77,250
building/construction finishing, management and inspection (bachelor's degree) $74,310
mechatronic, robotics and automation engineering (associate degree) $73,390
electrical and power transmission installers (associate degree) $72,531
precision metal working (associate degree) $70,298
"The median salary figures are just a snapshot of where graduates are four years after college," Reed said. "Our alumni are positioned for significant advancement in their careers, thanks to hands-on technical, problem-solving and effective communication skills that they build at the college."
In U.S. News & World Report's Regional Colleges (North) category, Penn College has been ranked the most innovative school for three consecutive years and the top college for veterans for the past two years.
For information about Penn College, a national leader in applied technology education, email Admissions or call toll-free 800-367-9222.
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Original text here: https://www.pct.edu/news/articles/2026/09/10/penn-college-grads-earnings-outpace-national-median
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Penn College grads' earnings outpace national median
Thursday, September 10, 2026
The career outlook for Pennsylvania College of Technology students is bright, both in terms of opportunities and compensation.
Their strong return-on-investment potential is reflected by the college's 98% graduate placement rate and alumni earnings that exceed the national median for college graduates by 36% and the median salary of 25-to-34-year-olds with only a high school diploma by 58%.
Penn College ... Show Full Article WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College grads' earnings outpace national median Thursday, September 10, 2026 The career outlook for Pennsylvania College of Technology students is bright, both in terms of opportunities and compensation. Their strong return-on-investment potential is reflected by the college's 98% graduate placement rate and alumni earnings that exceed the national median for college graduates by 36% and the median salary of 25-to-34-year-olds with only a high school diploma by 58%. Penn Collegealumni have median annual earnings of $66,316 four years after graduation compared to $48,560 for graduates of all U.S. colleges, according to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard. The median salary of individuals 25 to 34 years of age with only a high school diploma is $41,800, based on National Center for Education Statistics datasets. Median salary is the midpoint of all reported salaries.
The College Scorecard is derived from tax-filing data - including W-2s and self-employment earnings reported on Schedule SE - from individuals who received federal financial aid while in college. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that about 55% of undergraduates nationwide receive some form of federal financial aid.
"Both our graduate placement rate and the median salary figures from the College Scorecard provide further evidence that Penn College puts its students in the most competitive position for long-term success," President Michael J. Reed said. "While we offer a diverse academic portfolio, all our programs are aligned with the needs of industry. Last year alone, we implemented over 200 curriculum changes influenced by our valued industry partners. Penn College's talented faculty and staff, industry partners and nimble approach in providing an applied technology education are the reasons our students are in demand and well compensated for their expertise and technical skill set."
Median annual salaries for alumni of select programs at the college include $90,272 for construction management, $88,433 for polymer engineering technology and $88,335 for associate degree nursing graduates. Construction management and polymer engineering technology are both bachelor's degree programs.
Penn College majors that fall within the following fields of study also produced high median salaries for graduates:
computer and information sciences (bachelor's degree) $85,701
industrial production technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $85,665
computer engineering technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $85,115
electromechanical technologies/technicians (bachelor's degree) $79,193
heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies/technicians (associate degree) $77,955
computer/information technology administration and management (bachelor's degree) $77,250
building/construction finishing, management and inspection (bachelor's degree) $74,310
mechatronic, robotics and automation engineering (associate degree) $73,390
electrical and power transmission installers (associate degree) $72,531
precision metal working (associate degree) $70,298
"The median salary figures are just a snapshot of where graduates are four years after college," Reed said. "Our alumni are positioned for significant advancement in their careers, thanks to hands-on technical, problem-solving and effective communication skills that they build at the college."
In U.S. News & World Report's Regional Colleges (North) category, Penn College has been ranked the most innovative school for three consecutive years and the top college for veterans for the past two years.
For information about Penn College, a national leader in applied technology education, email Admissions or call toll-free 800-367-9222.
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Original text here: https://www.pct.edu/news/articles/2026/09/10/penn-college-grads-earnings-outpace-national-median
Georgia State University Celebrates Opening of New Research Tower
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Georgia State University issued the following news:
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Georgia State University Celebrates Opening of New Research Tower
September 10, 2026
ATLANTA -- On Sept. 22, Georgia State University will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new 155,000-square-foot Research Tower. Located off Decatur Street and adjacent to the Petit Science Center and Research Science Center, the nine-story facility is designed to support cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative teaching on the university's downtown Atlanta Campus.
"The ... Show Full Article ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * Georgia State University Celebrates Opening of New Research Tower September 10, 2026 ATLANTA -- On Sept. 22, Georgia State University will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new 155,000-square-foot Research Tower. Located off Decatur Street and adjacent to the Petit Science Center and Research Science Center, the nine-story facility is designed to support cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative teaching on the university's downtown Atlanta Campus. "TheResearch Tower is more than a new building. It is a launchpad for discovery," said M. Brian Blake, president of Georgia State University. "By investing in this facility, we are strengthening the path forward for our students, our research and our state. We're excited to see the progress this space will unlock."
The Research Tower offers classrooms, a large lecture space and teaching labs on the first two floors, and the middle floors will house research space for faculty, including researchers from the university's Institute for Biomedical Sciences. The top-most floors are currently set up for future expansion.
Over the past decade, Georgia State has invested more than $2 billion in research expenditures, with annual research expenditures nearly tripling since 2010. This continued growth has increased demand for modern research facilities to support expanding academic programs, attract top researchers and students, and advance collaborative scholarship.
"The Research Tower creates new opportunities for innovation and strengthens our ability to address the questions and challenges that matter most," said Donald Hamelberg (Ph.D. '01), the university's vice president for Research and Economic Development. "It provides the space needed to support the ambition and creativity of our highly active research community."
In addition to serving students and faculty, the Research Tower further strengthens Georgia State's role as a driver of economic growth in the region. According to a study released by the University System of Georgia Aug. 13, Georgia State generated $3.48 billion in economic impact in fiscal year 2025, representing an 8.1 percent increase over the previous year. The new facility will help sustain that momentum by supporting further research activity, workforce development and innovation.
For 30 years, Georgia State has held the Carnegie Foundation's highest ranking for research activity, a distinction shared by only a select group of universities in the nation. Through the Office of Research and Economic Development, the university continues to foster a research environment where collaboration thrives and researchers are empowered to translate and share knowledge that creates meaningful impact.
For more information about Georgia State University, visit www.gsu.edu. For more about Georgia State University research and its impact, visit research.gsu.edu.
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Original text here: https://news.gsu.edu/2026/09/10/georgia-state-university-celebrates-opening-of-new-research-tower/
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Georgia State University Celebrates Opening of New Research Tower
September 10, 2026
ATLANTA -- On Sept. 22, Georgia State University will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new 155,000-square-foot Research Tower. Located off Decatur Street and adjacent to the Petit Science Center and Research Science Center, the nine-story facility is designed to support cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative teaching on the university's downtown Atlanta Campus.
"The ... Show Full Article ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * Georgia State University Celebrates Opening of New Research Tower September 10, 2026 ATLANTA -- On Sept. 22, Georgia State University will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new 155,000-square-foot Research Tower. Located off Decatur Street and adjacent to the Petit Science Center and Research Science Center, the nine-story facility is designed to support cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative teaching on the university's downtown Atlanta Campus. "TheResearch Tower is more than a new building. It is a launchpad for discovery," said M. Brian Blake, president of Georgia State University. "By investing in this facility, we are strengthening the path forward for our students, our research and our state. We're excited to see the progress this space will unlock."
The Research Tower offers classrooms, a large lecture space and teaching labs on the first two floors, and the middle floors will house research space for faculty, including researchers from the university's Institute for Biomedical Sciences. The top-most floors are currently set up for future expansion.
Over the past decade, Georgia State has invested more than $2 billion in research expenditures, with annual research expenditures nearly tripling since 2010. This continued growth has increased demand for modern research facilities to support expanding academic programs, attract top researchers and students, and advance collaborative scholarship.
"The Research Tower creates new opportunities for innovation and strengthens our ability to address the questions and challenges that matter most," said Donald Hamelberg (Ph.D. '01), the university's vice president for Research and Economic Development. "It provides the space needed to support the ambition and creativity of our highly active research community."
In addition to serving students and faculty, the Research Tower further strengthens Georgia State's role as a driver of economic growth in the region. According to a study released by the University System of Georgia Aug. 13, Georgia State generated $3.48 billion in economic impact in fiscal year 2025, representing an 8.1 percent increase over the previous year. The new facility will help sustain that momentum by supporting further research activity, workforce development and innovation.
For 30 years, Georgia State has held the Carnegie Foundation's highest ranking for research activity, a distinction shared by only a select group of universities in the nation. Through the Office of Research and Economic Development, the university continues to foster a research environment where collaboration thrives and researchers are empowered to translate and share knowledge that creates meaningful impact.
For more information about Georgia State University, visit www.gsu.edu. For more about Georgia State University research and its impact, visit research.gsu.edu.
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Original text here: https://news.gsu.edu/2026/09/10/georgia-state-university-celebrates-opening-of-new-research-tower/
CSUSB Egyptologists Share Wadi El-Hudi Research Across Australia
SAN BERNARDINO, California, Sept. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news:
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CSUSB Egyptologists share Wadi el-Hudi research across Australia
As the 2026 Gale Egyptology Fellows, Cal State San Bernardino Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer introduced scholars, students and public audiences to ancient Egyptian archaeology during a lecture tour in Australia.
Published September 10, 2026
CSUSB Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer brought the university's archaeological research to international audiences this past summer as the 2026 ... Show Full Article SAN BERNARDINO, California, Sept. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB Egyptologists share Wadi el-Hudi research across Australia As the 2026 Gale Egyptology Fellows, Cal State San Bernardino Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer introduced scholars, students and public audiences to ancient Egyptian archaeology during a lecture tour in Australia. Published September 10, 2026 CSUSB Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer brought the university's archaeological research to international audiences this past summer as the 2026Gale Egyptology Fellows of the Australian Centre for Egyptology.
During a wide-ranging lecture tour in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne, they shared new perspectives on ancient Egyptian amethyst expeditions, archaeology, epigraphy and museum practice with scholars, university students, schoolchildren and members of the public.
The fellowship recognized Liszka and Kraemer's work as directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in Egypt, where they study the desert mines, settlements and inscriptions associated with expeditions sent by Egyptian pharaohs to obtain amethyst nearly 4,000 years ago.
"I feel so honored that we were selected to be the Gale Egyptology Fellows this year," Liszka said. "This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about Australia, meet so many people interested in ancient Egypt and share our archaeological work."
The pair presented a full-day program of four connected lectures on their work at Wadi el-Hudi:
* "The Journey of Ancient Egyptian Amethyst: From Desert Mine to Royal Jewelry," Liszka;
* "Epigraphy on the Run: Recording the Inscribed Spaces of Wadi el-Hudi," Kraemer;
* "Building Egypt's Amethyst Industry: Archaeological Perspectives from Wadi el-Hudi," Liszka; and
* "'Fear the Watchman Upon the Wall': The Fortified Frontiers of Egypt's Middle Kingdom and the Example of Wadi el-Hudi," Kraemer.
In Perth, Liszka delivered a keynote lecture at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip on ancient Egyptian expeditions for amethyst. Dozens of audience members remained after the program to continue the conversation with the speakers.
Liszka and Kraemer also delivered 11 presentations at seven middle and high schools, introducing students to the work of Egyptologists and archaeologists and demonstrating how archaeology uses primary evidence to write history. Teachers reported that students were especially excited by Kraemer's live reading of hieroglyphs and his lesson on identifying royal names inside cartouches.
Liszka additionally spoke with Year 12 students about Egypt and Nubia during the 18th Dynasty and the origins of colonialism. The program was so well received that she was invited to reprise it via Zoom in March 2027 for history teachers from across Western Australia, helping them incorporate the material into the state's required high school curriculum.
The tour concluded in Melbourne, where Liszka and Kraemer reprised their four-lecture study day for the Egyptology Society of Victoria at Monash University. The event brought together local Egyptologists for discussions comparing archaeological sites across Egypt. Liszka also led an advanced seminar for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students at Monash, using Wadi el-Hudi to demonstrate how scholars reassess primary evidence, challenge assumptions and build logical arguments from the ground up. Students began applying those methods to their own research during the seminar.
"This was an incredible opportunity to meet wonderful colleagues and see an amazing part of the world," Kraemer said. "We shared several solutions to issues in archaeology and museum practice."
The fellowship tour strengthened CSUSB's international connections while showcasing the university's expertise in Egyptology, archaeology, museum collections, digital documentation and student-centered teaching. Outside their formal programs, Liszka and Kraemer explored Australian history and wildlife at Uluru and the Blue Mountains and encountered quokkas, kangaroos, little penguins, emus, ibises and cockatoos.
About the Scholars
Kate Liszka is the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and a professor of history at CSUSB. She teaches courses on ancient Egypt, oversees the university's Certificate in Egyptology and is one of three directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition.
Bryan Kraemer is the Egyptologist at CSUSB's Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. He has researched the university's Egyptological collection and spearheaded 3D documentation of its objects and galleries. He has also taught for CSUSB's Department of History and in graduate programs at La Sierra University. As one of three directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition, he leads survey, 3D recording, epigraphy and translation for the project.
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Original text here: https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/598309/csusb-egyptologists-share-wadi-el-hudi-research-across-australia
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CSUSB Egyptologists share Wadi el-Hudi research across Australia
As the 2026 Gale Egyptology Fellows, Cal State San Bernardino Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer introduced scholars, students and public audiences to ancient Egyptian archaeology during a lecture tour in Australia.
Published September 10, 2026
CSUSB Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer brought the university's archaeological research to international audiences this past summer as the 2026 ... Show Full Article SAN BERNARDINO, California, Sept. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB Egyptologists share Wadi el-Hudi research across Australia As the 2026 Gale Egyptology Fellows, Cal State San Bernardino Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer introduced scholars, students and public audiences to ancient Egyptian archaeology during a lecture tour in Australia. Published September 10, 2026 CSUSB Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer brought the university's archaeological research to international audiences this past summer as the 2026Gale Egyptology Fellows of the Australian Centre for Egyptology.
During a wide-ranging lecture tour in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne, they shared new perspectives on ancient Egyptian amethyst expeditions, archaeology, epigraphy and museum practice with scholars, university students, schoolchildren and members of the public.
The fellowship recognized Liszka and Kraemer's work as directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in Egypt, where they study the desert mines, settlements and inscriptions associated with expeditions sent by Egyptian pharaohs to obtain amethyst nearly 4,000 years ago.
"I feel so honored that we were selected to be the Gale Egyptology Fellows this year," Liszka said. "This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about Australia, meet so many people interested in ancient Egypt and share our archaeological work."
The pair presented a full-day program of four connected lectures on their work at Wadi el-Hudi:
* "The Journey of Ancient Egyptian Amethyst: From Desert Mine to Royal Jewelry," Liszka;
* "Epigraphy on the Run: Recording the Inscribed Spaces of Wadi el-Hudi," Kraemer;
* "Building Egypt's Amethyst Industry: Archaeological Perspectives from Wadi el-Hudi," Liszka; and
* "'Fear the Watchman Upon the Wall': The Fortified Frontiers of Egypt's Middle Kingdom and the Example of Wadi el-Hudi," Kraemer.
In Perth, Liszka delivered a keynote lecture at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip on ancient Egyptian expeditions for amethyst. Dozens of audience members remained after the program to continue the conversation with the speakers.
Liszka and Kraemer also delivered 11 presentations at seven middle and high schools, introducing students to the work of Egyptologists and archaeologists and demonstrating how archaeology uses primary evidence to write history. Teachers reported that students were especially excited by Kraemer's live reading of hieroglyphs and his lesson on identifying royal names inside cartouches.
Liszka additionally spoke with Year 12 students about Egypt and Nubia during the 18th Dynasty and the origins of colonialism. The program was so well received that she was invited to reprise it via Zoom in March 2027 for history teachers from across Western Australia, helping them incorporate the material into the state's required high school curriculum.
The tour concluded in Melbourne, where Liszka and Kraemer reprised their four-lecture study day for the Egyptology Society of Victoria at Monash University. The event brought together local Egyptologists for discussions comparing archaeological sites across Egypt. Liszka also led an advanced seminar for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students at Monash, using Wadi el-Hudi to demonstrate how scholars reassess primary evidence, challenge assumptions and build logical arguments from the ground up. Students began applying those methods to their own research during the seminar.
"This was an incredible opportunity to meet wonderful colleagues and see an amazing part of the world," Kraemer said. "We shared several solutions to issues in archaeology and museum practice."
The fellowship tour strengthened CSUSB's international connections while showcasing the university's expertise in Egyptology, archaeology, museum collections, digital documentation and student-centered teaching. Outside their formal programs, Liszka and Kraemer explored Australian history and wildlife at Uluru and the Blue Mountains and encountered quokkas, kangaroos, little penguins, emus, ibises and cockatoos.
About the Scholars
Kate Liszka is the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and a professor of history at CSUSB. She teaches courses on ancient Egypt, oversees the university's Certificate in Egyptology and is one of three directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition.
Bryan Kraemer is the Egyptologist at CSUSB's Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. He has researched the university's Egyptological collection and spearheaded 3D documentation of its objects and galleries. He has also taught for CSUSB's Department of History and in graduate programs at La Sierra University. As one of three directors of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition, he leads survey, 3D recording, epigraphy and translation for the project.
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Original text here: https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/598309/csusb-egyptologists-share-wadi-el-hudi-research-across-australia