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SIU offering safe, secure Amazon Locker package pickup option - Tales of porch pirates throughout the country abound these days, so Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering a safe, convenient way for people to get delivery of Amazon packages.
Media Advisory – SIU Carbondale spring 2025 semester graduation, deans’ lists - Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s spring 2025 degree candidates and deans’ lists are available on the SIU news website. Commencement ceremonies were May 9 at Shryock Auditorium for SIU Simmons Law School graduates and May 10 at SIU’s Banterra Center for all other graduates.
SIU’s Paul Simon Institute to host virtual discussion on Pope Leo XIV, Catholicism - Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute will host a virtual discussion on Wednesday, May 28, with author Philip Shenon on challenges facing the Catholic Church and the new papacy of Pope Leo XIV.
SIU Flying Salukis continue legacy with third-place finish - Earning titles in three individual events and battling challenging weather, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Flying Salukis continued the tradition of national success with a third-place finish at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) championships on May 17.
SIU’s Paul Simon Institute awards four Simon Democracy Prizes - Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute announced today (May 20) four recipients of the 2025 Paul Simon Democracy Prize.
SIU journalism student Carly Gist earns prestigious scholarship - Unsure of what she specifically wanted to study when she came to Southern Illinois University Carbondale in August 2023, Carly Gist took very little time in finding her niche.
SIU dental hygiene graduates prepared for success with degrees, certifications - The spring 2025 graduates of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s dental hygiene program are uniquely poised for career success and to make a difference in their communities, thanks to the education and training they received.
SIU Carbondale among 21 U.S. universities named top for research and opportunity - Southern Illinois University Carbondale is part of an extraordinary group. It is one of only 21 institutions in the country to be included on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions for Higher Education’s lists for Research 1 and Opportunity Colleges and Universities.
SIU Alumni Association’s Chicagoland Scholarship reaches $25,000 endowment goal - The SIU Alumni Association’s Chicagoland Scholarship has reached its $25,000 endowment goal, officially securing the fund’s future as a permanent source of financial support for area students to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Numerous New Student Orientation sessions happening this summer - Several sessions of New Student Orientation (NSO), a one-day on-campus program for incoming Salukis and their supporters, will be held throughout the summer on campus, beginning on Monday, May 19, and the campus community is encouraged to welcome the visitors.
Experts to discuss AI, ethics and society at free, public workshop at SIU - A workshop on the transformations AI is bringing to the world and the societal implications takes place this week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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).
Three Illinois high school students win 2025 SIU Creative Futures art awards - The talents of Illinois high school juniors and seniors were evident at the second Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Art and Design statewide online art competition.
SIU researchers study ways to improve how all students learn chemistry - Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher Senetta Bancroft’s study into whether a differently structured chemistry class will benefit all students was inspired by a spring 2017 semester that left her disillusioned.
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.
SIU students create marketing plans for real clients, including an iconic theater - As the iconic Varsity Theater prepares to celebrate its 85th birthday next month, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior hospitality marketing management class presented proposed marketing plans for the Varsity Center’s second life as an arts and entertainment venue.
SIFest’s 21st season promises magical operas, tribute to Haydn and more - Powerful operas by Italian master composer Gaetano Donizetti, along with celebrating the first two of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn’s “London Symphonies,” are among the highlights for the 21st Southern Illinois Music Festival (SIFest), May 23-June 8.
SIU initiative helps students stay in school, supporting academics, leadership and more - Southern Illinois University Carbondale launched Saluki Spectrum Students to improve student retention among groups most at risk of dropping out.
SIU agribusiness majors earn degrees at accelerated pace - Some people are just in a hurry to get their lives started and make a difference. Take Southern Illinois University Carbondale students Cambell Douglas and Morgan Young, for instance.
Flexible schedule summer program starts May 25 - The university is offering an employee flexible schedule program again this summer. The program will begin May 25 and will continue through July 26, 2025.
Communications Building on track to complete design by July - The multimillion-dollar project to renovate the Communications Building is expected to reach a major milestone in July – the completion of the design and plans by design firm RATIO Architects.
Campus Starbucks closing for updates; Delyte’s will be open this summer - SIU’s Starbucks in the Student Center will be closed for renovations beginning May 12, but Delyte’s at Morris Library will remain open this summer to accommodate customers; hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. When Starbucks reopens in the fall, it will offer new perks and benefits.
Spring 2025 SIU senior art exhibition on display - An exhibition this week is highlighting the work of 20 seniors in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design.
SIU researcher seeks to upcycle food waste into biodegradable packaging - It might surprise you to learn that the No. 1 type of landfill waste in the United State is food. That being the case, a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is looking for ways to divert that waste into a process for making biodegradable packaging for food.
Salukis helping Salukis: SIU alum creates unique health care internship - Brian Hawkins is the president and chief executive officer of HHM Health, a corporation with six locations in the Dallas area, but the 1991 Southern Illinois University Carbondale political science graduate hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to be a struggling student. So he’s created an exceptional financial, educational and employment opportunity for current SIU students such as graduating senior Tori Slowick.
Don’t miss Season 46 of the Sunset Concert Series beginning June 12 - The 46th season of one of the region’s most iconic events – the Sunset Concert Series – begins June 12 on the lawn of Shryock Auditorium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and features six weeks of free diverse musical entertainment sure to appeal to all ages and tastes.
SIU Simmons Law School commencement ceremony is May 9 - John Simmons, an Alton attorney, SIU Board of Trustees member and donor, will deliver the keynote address during commencement ceremonies for Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School on Friday, May 9.
New Arts Jazztet album release is Friday - The New Arts Jazztet is taking the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, for the opening night of the Friday Night Block Party Series at Brews Brothers Taproom, 1105 Chestnut St., Murphysboro. The event is also the album release for bassist Phil Brown’s fifth album, “Rule of Three,” which features the group and was released nationally in April.
SIU’s Saluki AdLab continues strong showing in district advertising competition - Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Saluki AdLab continues to show its strength with another third-place performance this spring at the National Student Advertising Conference (NSAC) District 6 competition in South Bend, Indiana.
SIU Carbondale awards 2025 Provost’s Scholarships to 19 community college students - Nineteen high achieving community college students from Illinois and Kentucky have received Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2025 Provost’s Scholarships, which cover tuition and mandatory fees for two years.
