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Jia Liu, foreground, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, works with students in her lab at SIU. Liu is working with a three-year grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate using magnetic nanomaterials to treat groundwater contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. (Photo by Russell Bailey)

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Entrepreneurs invited to Southern Illinois 2024 Business Plan Competition at SIU

Entrepreneurs can enter the Southern Illinois 2024 Business Plan Competition with a comprehensive business plan and a compelling 90-second pitch for a chance to win a portion of more than $20,000 cash and in-kind services to propel their businesses forward, thanks to Regions Bank, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and other regional sponsors.

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SIU celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15

Southern Illinois University Carbondale will commemorate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15 with a variety of special events recognizing the rich, diverse cultural heritage and numerous accomplishments of the peoples whose ancestors came to the United States from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America or South America.

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SIU Honors Program lecture, symposium to examine gyroids

A free, public lecture and symposium that examines the groundbreaking work of the late Alan Schoen, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor who discovered the gyroid while working for NASA as a scientist, is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6.

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