Scott Hamilton-Brehm, left, assistant professor of microbiology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, works with graduate students Tia Zimmerman, center, and Jennifer Pierce. The three are among the elite number of researchers to win an XPRIZE funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation for carbon sequestration technology. Their team, titled “Carbon Down Under,” is one of just 23 worldwide to win the contest. (Photo by Russell Bailey)
A team of two Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate students and a faculty member are among only 23 teams in the world to win the XPRIZE Carbon Removal challenge funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, officials announced today.
For nearly half a century, there’s a name that has been virtually synonymous with math education according to those in the field: Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty member Jerry Becker.
The Southern Illinois chapter of the United Nations Association USA will recognize the staff of the Carbondale Warming Center for its efforts to secure the human rights of a vulnerable population during an award ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10.
Creativity and development throughout the region were highlighted at the 2021 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center on Dec. 2.
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music is hosting a unique performance this week featuring some of its newest faculty members and a selected number of advanced music students.
Even though he’s a freshman in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s architectural studies program, Jordan Adams already has designs on his future.
Fred Martino, who has more than two decades experience in public media – including the last 13 years directing content for KRWG Public Media at New Mexico State University – starts today (Dec. 6) as executive director for WSIU Public Broadcasting Service, the broadcasting arm of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
The academic achievements of 1,400 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and recent graduates will be celebrated at fall 2021 commencement exercises on Dec. 11 at the Banterra Center.
The SIU Board of Trustees recently honored Khalid Meksem with the inaugural SIU System Inventor of the Year award. Meksem, a professor of genomics and genetics at SIU Carbondale, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of seed traits and nematodes resistance.
Former U.S. senator and groundbreaking Illinois politician Roland W. Burris will receive a Distinguished Service Award following approval by the SIU Board of Trustees today (Dec. 2). Burris is one of six individuals recommended by SIU Carbondale Chancellor Austin A. Lane for honorary degrees and distinguished service awards.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will award posthumous degrees to four students who tragically died during the fall 2021 semester.
Five students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Master of Fine Arts interdisciplinary media program in the School of Media Arts will show their work later this week.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss will discuss the agenda for his city, including a slavery and racial discrimination reparations program, during a virtual conversation next week hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
