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News Archive - Past 30 Articles

May 9, 2025

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.

May 8, 2025

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.

May 7, 2025

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.

May 6, 2025

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.

May 6, 2025

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.

May 5, 2025

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.

May 5, 2025

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.

May 1, 2025

Faculty invited to join the Online Course Reboot this summer - SIU Online and Extended Campus, in partnership with the Center for Teaching Excellence, invites online and hybrid faculty to a virtual professional development event from 12:30-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, designed to elevate your online teaching.

May 1, 2025

Campus collaboration sought for STARS sustainability initiative - SIU’s Office of Sustainability is collecting data campuswide in an effort to once again receive the coveted STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) program rating, administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

April 30, 2025

Two SIU seniors share 2025 Rickert-Ziebold art award - Southern Illinois University Carbondale metalsmithing senior Lukas Kohler spent time during childhood on walks in the woods with his mother, finding wonder in the diversity of textures, shapes and sizes of rocks in creek beds.

April 29, 2025

SIU’s communication disorders master’s program earns perfect accreditation score - Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s communication disorders and sciences master’s degree program recently received the maximum 8-year continuing accreditation by the Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), and SIU earned a perfect report of verification, meeting all standards completely, according to Valerie Boyer, communication disorders and sciences associate professor and interim director of the School of Health Sciences.

April 28, 2025

SIU students to showcase working replica of ancient bucket-chain machine - Ancient Romans and Greeks used many machines to build their societies. Students and faculty will demonstrate a working replica of one of these machines – a chain-type contraption that lifted buckets of water from a well or other water source – at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

April 28, 2025

SIU employees eligible for 50% Saluki football season ticket discount - SIU Athletics is offering a 50% discount on 2025 Saluki football season tickets to all SIU Carbondale employees. With an added scholarship fund donation, employees can also receive premium parking and club access. The seating discount includes all areas minus chairback seats.