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Frequent Heartburn May Signal Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder, SLU Study Finds

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Lipic Clock Tower Plaza on SLU's north campus. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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Kimberly Schiel, M.D. (Family and Community Medicine) was quoted in a Medical Xpress article about her research into frequent heartburn and alcohol disorder. The article also appeared on Memesita, Newsylist and MSN.
A KFF Health News article about the federally funded Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, quoting Marla Berg-Weger, Ph.D. (Social Work) ran in the print edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The syndicated article previously appeared in the New York Times, California Healthline and News Medical.
Flavio Esposito, Ph.D. (Computer Science) was quoted in a KTVI-TV Ch. 2 story about the recent Amazon Web Services outage.
Christine Rose (Communications Science & Disorders) was interviewed by KMOX-AM 1120 about stuttering and a new medical alert notation on Missouri driver’s licenses.
Leena Sai Sree Maridi (School for Professional Studies student) was interviewed by KTVI-TV Ch. 2 about her pursuit of a career in cybersecurity.
Michelle Scheipeter (Center for Aviation Science) was interviewed in a KSDK-TV Ch. 5 report about Girls in Aviation Day, hosted by Saint Louis University.
Jocelyn Ciotti (School of Science & Engineering student) and Michelle Scheipeter (Center for Aviation Science) were quoted in a St. Louis Business Journal article about Girls in Aviation Day organized by SLU’s Oliver L. Parks Department of Aviation Sciences and Women in Aviation International.

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SLU, Maryville Team Up with Women in Cybersecurity to Close the Cyber Talent Gap

Students from the Saint Louis University and Maryville University Women in Cybersecurity chapters are teaming up to address one of the nation's most critical challenges: the shortage of skilled professionals trained to combat escalating cybersecurity threats.

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'Soul on Fire,' Film Based on the Life of Saint Louis University Alumnus John O'Leary, Opens Friday, October 10

"Soul on Fire," a film based on the life story of John O'Leary (CSB '99) and shot on the campus of Saint Louis University in 2023, recently opened in theaters nationwide.

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St. Louis Literary Award Events to Kick Off with Screening of “The Namesake,” Talk with Director Mira Nair

Saint Louis University will welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri to campus in 2026 to receive the St. Louis Literary Award. Literary Award programming kicks off the week of Oct. 27 with a showing of the film "The Namesake" and a discussion with director Mira Nair.

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SLU Hispanic Studies Professor Named Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at East Carolina University

Amy E. Wright, Ph.D., professor of Hispanic Studies at Saint Louis University, has been named the David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at East Carolina University. She will hold the visiting Whichard professorship in ECU’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences for two years before returning to SLU.

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SLU Students Compete, Excel at Hacker Summer Camp

The Saint Louis University Cybersecurity Team earned high marks after facing off with some of the top competitors in three of the world's most respected cybersecurity competitions. This summer, the team traveled to Las Vegas for a trio of major cybersecurity events, DEF CON 33, Black Hat, and BSides Las Vegas, collectively known as Hacker Summer Camp 2025.

SLU pilots prepare a plane for the landing event in the 2025 National Intercollegiate Flying Association Competition's Region VI and VIII SAFECON event hosted at St. Louis Downtown Airport on Oct. 15, 2025.

SLU's Flying Billikens Secure Spot in 2026 National Intercollegiate Flying Competition

A team of aviation science students from Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering placed high enough this weekend to secure a spot in the 2026 National Intercollegiate Flying Association Competition. This is the third straight year the team has qualified for the national competition.

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