(Above) Cadet Anna Roberts trains to assist someone with a mental health issue, with Cadet Lolade Dawodo observing. (Below) Cadet Eric Canady participates in the AI training. (Photos by Russell Bailey)
Imagine a colleague comes to you, struggling with tough life problems, perhaps life-or-death questions. Thanks to an innovative new mental health training program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, cadets from Air Force ROTC Detachment 205 will be prepared to help if faced with such situations.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase held recently at Southern Illinois University Carbondale drew scores of people to celebrate some of the region’s most impressive new innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs.
For Salukis Sarah and James Anderson, time doesn’t stand still. It can’t.
Even though no one in his family was in the industry, 19-year-old Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior Nathan Baskar has had a passion for aviation and airplanes for as long as he can remember, including dressing up as a pilot for Halloween when he was 2 years old.
Jan Eliasson, a former Swedish and United Nations diplomat, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for a virtual discussion on the state of the world in 2025 and challenges facing the international system.
The academic achievements of about 1,550 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students will be celebrated at fall 2025 commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Banterra Center.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale students have taken top honors once again in the recent 2025-26 regional Deloitte FanTAXtic tax case competition, punching its third ticket in the last four years to the nationals in January.
An exhibition next week will highlight the creative work of eight graduating seniors in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge J. Phil Gilbert and Southern Illinois University Carbondale Saluki men’s basketball Hall of Famer Mike Glenn will receive honorary degrees, following approval by the SIU Board of Trustees today (Dec. 4). They are two of five individuals recommended by SIU Chancellor Austin A. Lane for honorary degrees and Distinguished Service Awards.
The U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes wind ensemble will give a free, public performance on Monday, Dec. 8, in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium.
Imagine finding just the perfect gifts for family, friends and yourself this holiday season. You need look no further than Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Holiday Craft Sale Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 4-6.
This month, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Sharp Museum will open an exhibition highlighting works by nationally acclaimed sculptor and SIU School of Art and Design alumnus Preston Jackson, and it will host a reception for two local artists with the Oak Street Art Collective.
Paul Starr, a Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar at Princeton University and the founding co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a virtual conversation on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
