Sarah-Anne Winchester, a graduate art major and research assistant with SIU Carbondale’s University Museum, hangs up an artwork collected by Caresse Crosby as part of “Chère Caresse: Art in the Crosby Papers” exhibition. (Photo by Russell Bailey)
With a $1 million gift, Professor James Franklin Sharp has chiseled his name into Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s legacy. Now, the university will honor his generosity by renaming the University Museum as Sharp Museum.
“Salukis in Paradise: A celebration of Southern Illinois as our home away from home!” is the theme of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2023 Homecoming celebration, set for Oct. 16-21.
A naturally occurring warm-up for the total solar eclipse in April will happen in October, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale is planning activities that will help the public enjoy and learn from it.
Eduardo Chavez, the grandson of two legendary civil rights activists: César Chávez and Cuban revolutionary Max Lesnik, will be speaking and presenting his “Hailing César” documentary showcase on Oct. 11 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The presentation begins at 5 p.m. in the John C. Guyon Auditorium at Morris Library (this is a different time than previously announced). Everyone is welcome to attend at no cost.
John G. Gilbert worked as the “education senator” alongside his close friend SIU President Delyte W. Morris in helping transform Southern Illinois University Carbondale from a small teachers college to a major university in the 1960s and 1970s.
The carnival deaths of six teenagers — and their subsequent efforts to be the one chosen to come back to life — hits Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s McLeod Theater stage Oct. 12-15 as the School of Theater and Dance opens its 2023-2024 season with the dark comic musical “Ride the Cyclone.”
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will commemorate October as LGBTQ+ History Month with the theme of History, Community, Resilience.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is honoring two families as the 2023 Saluki Family of the Year winners during Family Weekend Celebration (Sept. 29-Oct. 1).
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble will perform a variety of works based on order and chaos when they present “PRISM: Order and Chaos,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Shryock Auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public.
Former Saluki head football coach Rey Dempsey will be the grand marshal for Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2023 Homecoming.
A community read-in, panel discussion and a presentation on First Amendment freedoms are the focal points as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library recognizes Banned Books Week Oct. 2-6.
Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks will discuss her pioneering career and the barriers that women are still facing when the author, businesswoman and MSNBC legal analyst presents the Hiram H. Lesar Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 4 at Southern Illinois University’s School of Law.
Top Dawgs. That’s where not one but two teams of Southern Illinois University Carbondale business students have been for weeks now in the long-term, ongoing Capsim simulation business competition.
