<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/june/in-pursuit.html" dsn="news"><title>In Pursuit: SLU Expert Explores How Grief Can Alter a Life and Deepen Moral Resolve</title><description>Diana B. Carlin, Ph.D., professor emerita of communication at Saint Louis University and an expert on first ladies, penned an essay on Jane Pierce for In Pursuit, a national civic education project that creates lessons from the past for future generations. </description><image>/-img/-newsfeeds/newsfeed-slu.svg</image><date>06/11/2026</date><tags><tag>Arts and Science</tag><tag>Communication</tag></tags></item>