Adrian Macedo, a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, works with a northern cottonmouth snake in the Cache River Basin this fall. Macedo is looking into Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungus that causes skin and tissue breakdown, leading to lesions typically on the head and face of snakes. Severely infected snakes often lose the ability to eat and end up dying, while others clear the infection after shedding their skins. Below, Adrian and his adviser, Robin Warne, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, work with a northern cottonmouth snake. (Photos provided)
Cold temperatures are the enemy of snakes – ectotherms that get their body heat from the environment. A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student, however, is trying to find out more about another deadly adversary awaiting them in the warmer crevices of the sandstone cliffs where they typically ride out the winter.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale officials will investigate the feasibility of three projects that could improve sustainability and better heat and cool campus buildings, following today’s (Dec. 1) vote by the SIU Board of Trustees.
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree following approval by the SIU Board of Trustees today (Dec. 1). Stevenson is one of five individuals recommended by SIU Carbondale Chancellor Austin A. Lane for honorary degrees and Distinguished Service Awards.
Three Southern Illinois University Carbondale students have been selected to participate in a unique experiential training program to help them become more innovative, creative and entrepreneurial and to foster those characteristics in their fellow students.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is sponsoring “I Stand with Immigrants,” a three-day action campaign for education, promoting understanding and advocacy, Nov. 28-30.
Art Over Easy, the annual art auction and show hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design, returns on Dec. 2.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law students David Voss and Jordan Blazek-Guinan are gaining an intimate look into the state’s legal system and taking an active role in criminal legal proceedings.
Singing, dancing and merriment will burst onto the McLeod Theater stage in early December as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Theater and Dance present “Little Women, the Broadway Musical,” Dec. 8-11.
A Transgender Day of Remembrance observance will take place at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Becker Pavilion along Campus Lake from 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 30.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will recognize 122 retired employees for their service to the university in a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the Student Center Ballrooms.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will recognize 278 employees for their service and commitment in a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the Student Center Ballrooms.
Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen is the next guest in the virtual Meet the Mayor series hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
Wil Clark, who has served as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s chief information officer on an interim basis since December 2021, has been named to the permanent position, effective, November 4.
