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A student tends to a tank at a coral farm.

SIU Carbondale student Ashlynn Shea tends to a tank at the university’s coral farm. It is one example of many of the research that occurs on campus. (Photo by Russell Bailey)

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SIU plans to bring behavioral health, related services for public into one hub

Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) provides a wide variety of behavioral, mental health, rehabilitative, restorative and other services to the public through four special programs. Plans are now underway to bring them all together into one collaborative, centralized place, tentatively called the Community Care and Education Center (CCEC).

SIU’s Father Brown: First American pope a leader “this complicated age needs”

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, will likely carry on the mission of his predecessor and serve as an inspiration to young people to “make a positive difference,” says Father Joseph A. Brown, a professor and coordinator of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Africana studies program and director of the School of Africana and Multicultural Studies.

Saluki Pride: Mary Louise Cashel wins SIU Women of Distinction Award

In the classroom, within the mental health profession and in the greater community, Mary Louise Cashel, associate professor in the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, has been making a difference through her dedication, leadership, vision and transformative contributions for several decades, her colleagues say. Cashel’s efforts have not gone unnoticed as she has been selected as the 2025 winner of SIU’s Women of Distinction Award, one of eight Excellence Awards presented April 23.

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