SIU in the News - April, 2024
Steve Goetz, chief flight instructor and associate professor, School of Aviation, discusses the American Airlines-SIU Aviation Career Day that brought 130 junior high and high school students from Chicago to SIU on April 20.
WSIL-TV — April 20, 2024
Phil Gilbert, U.S. senior district judge and SIU Board of Trustees chair, and Athina Pentsou, SIU Simmons Law School alumna, discuss the April 19 naturalization ceremony at SIU Carbondale.
Southern Illinoisan— April 19, 2024
The technical service center in the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology and Mathematics was named to honor the late Roger J. Missavage.
WSIU Radio — April 19, 2024
The April 19 naturalization ceremony at the SIU Simmons Law School is featured.
WSIL-TV — April 19, 2024
The Saluki Takeover Tour of Southern Illinois from Wednesday, April 24, through May 4, is highlighted.
WSIU Radio — April 21, 2024
Melissa Ray Roach, director, Illinois Small Business Development Center, discusses the Advantage Illinois – State Small Business Credit Initiative.
WSIL-TV — April 18, 2024
Karla Gage, associate professor, School of Agricultural Sciences, presented at the Illinois Farm Bureau Nutrient Stewardship Grant Field Day on April 4 in Washington County.
FarmWeekNow — April 19, 2024
The Arbor Day tree planting on April 24 is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — April 16, 2024
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the loss of manufacturing jobs in Illinois over the last 30 years and health care reform in the state. Jackson’s discussions begin at 7:35 and 17:00.
WSIU-TV — April 11, 2024
Mary Kinsel, director of the Mass Spectrometry Facility, associate scientist for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and regatta organizer, discusses Saturday’s annual event.
KFVS-TV — April 15, 2024
The SIU Board of Trustees honored eight students at the April 11 board meeting.
WSIL-TV — April 16, 2024
The hiring of Chien-tsung Lu as the new director for the SIU School of Aviation is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — April 16, 2024
Undergraduate tuition freeze coverage
Numerous media outlets on April 11 reported on the SIU Board of Trustees decision to freeze undergraduate tuition at SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville for the 2024-2025 academic year. Here is a sampling.
Fox-TV, St. Louis
KTVI-TV, St. Louis/Yahoo News
WSIU Radio
WSIL-TV
WAND-TV, Decatur
KFVS-TV/MSN
The Paducah Sun
WTAX-1240 AM/WLFZ-FM, Springfield
West Kentucky Star
The Center Square
WMAY-AM, Springfield
Cities 92.9FM/Bloomington
Collinsville Daily News
Eclipse-related stories
Bob Baer on calculating eclipse attendance figures — Evansville Courier & Press (subscription required) — April 11, 2024
NASA EDGE producers discuss the 2024 total solar eclipse — WSIU Radio — April 10, 2024
Interview with Bob Baer and Mike Kentrianakis — Newsradio WJPF — April 5, 2024
The SIU System's anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion initiative is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — April 12, 2024
Pamela Smoot, assistant professor, history, discusses receiving honorable mention recognition for the SIU System’s Dr. Wesley G. Robinson-McNeese ADEI Lifetime Achievement Award.
WSIL-TV — April 13, 2024
The April 11 School of Communication Studies' Student Speakers Forum on short form content is featured.
WSIL-TV — April 11, 2024
The partnership between SIU Carbondale’s School of Aviation and Able Flight to provide specialized flight training for people with physical disabilities to become licensed pilots is highlighted.
AV Web — April 5, 2024
Jeff Williams, station manager, WSIU Radio, discusses the annual media sale.
WSIL-TV — April 12, 2024
Jack Nawrot, senior scientist emeritus, and Doris Wilson, administrative aide, financial aid, who won Nawrot's replica “Art in the Dark” eclipse sculpture on April 8, are featured.
WSIL-TV — April 8, 2024
Eclipse highlights
The total solar eclipse attracted attention from journalists across the state and the country as well as local outlets. Here is a sampling.
Eclipse Day
GMA Ginger Zee eclipse forecast, Part II — Good Morning America — April 8, 2024
GMA Ginger Zee eclipse forecast with Carbondale Community High School students — Good Morning America — April 8, 2024
Total solar eclipse live — NBC Chicago — April 8, 2024
Crowd goes wild in Carbondale for total solar eclipse — CBS News-Chicago — April 9, 2024
Photo gallery: Thousands take in solar eclipse in Carbondale — KMIZ-TV, Columbia, Missouri — April 9, 2024
Thousands take in total solar eclipse at Saluki Stadium — WSIU Radio — April 8, 2024
SIU Carbondale alumnus and WGN meteorologist Mike Janssen talks with eclipse watchers, including Chancellor Austin Lane — WGN-TV Chicago — April 8, 2024
Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics, reaction to live solar eclipse. — C-SPAN/NASA — April 8, 2024
Cori Brevik, assistant professor, physics, discusses interest in the sun’s lower atmosphere — KMIZ-TV, Columbia, Missouri — April 8, 2024
Eclipse transforming America, city by city — Washington Post — April 8, 2024
Associated Press eclipse photograph at Saluki Stadium — Northern Virginia Daily — April 8, 2024
Saluki Stadium spectators photograph — Smithsonian Magazine — April 8, 2024
Totality is a “really surreal feeling” — KSDK-TV — April 8, 2024
Solar eclipse photo story — Capitol News Illinois — April 8, 2024
Cori Brevik, assistant professor, physics, discusses the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast initiative — WSIL-TV — April 8, 2024
Eclipse coverage from SIU Carbondale — St. Louis Public Radio — April 8, 2024
Solar eclipse 2024 draws crowds in Carbondale, Chicago and Indiana — ABC7 Chicago — April 9, 2024
Sounds of the eclipse experience — 21st Show, Illinois Public Media — April 9, 2024
SIU students capture photo of the eclipse in an experiment — WSIU Radio — April 8, 2024
Eclipse news conference with President Daniel Mahony, Chancellor Austin Lane and others — KFVS-TV — April 8, 2024
Total solar eclipse 2024 in Carbondale, Illinois — KFVS-TV — April 8, 2024
NPR’s Brian Munoz on solar eclipse, New Orleans Public Radio — WWNO Radio — April 8, 2024
WPSD-TV eclipse coverage — WPSD-TV — April 8, 2024
Path of totality to cross Southern Illinois — CBS News-Chicago — April 8, 2024
SIU pulls out the stops for eclipse — WAND-TV, Decatur, Illinois — April 8, 2024
Solar eclipse plunges Illinois and Missouri into darkness — St. Louis Public Radio — April 8, 2024
Thousands flock to Carbondale for eclipse — WICS-TV, Springfield — April 8, 2024
At the eclipse crossroads of America — The Daily Yonder — April 10, 2024
13,000 experience 4 minutes of totality at Saluki Stadium — Times-Leader, Princeton, Ky — April 10, 2024
Rebecca Kagaris, School of Forestry and Horticulture, on visitor survey — WSIU Radio — April 9, 2024
Before the eclipse
Cori Brevik, assistant professor, School of Physics and Applied Sciences, on solar eclipse scientific explorations — 21st Show, Illinois Public Media — April 8, 2024
Kevin Sylwester, professor, economics, discusses eclipse economic impact — Chicago Tribune/AOL — April 8, 2024
WGN’s Tom Skilling discusses total solar eclipse — WGN-TV — April 7, 2024
Torah-infused eclipse viewing — Chabad.org — April 8, 2024
SIU hosts Crossroads Eclipse Festival — WFLD-TV-Chicago/Yahoo News — April 6, 2024
SIU, NASA partnership provides teaching tool — KSDK — April 7, 2024
SIU gets second solar eclipse in a decade — Space.com — April 5, 2024
Eclipse watchers pour into Carbondale as Southern Illinois welcomes 200,000 — MSN/CBS2 Chicago — April 7, 2024
Sarah Vanvooren, co-chair, Eclipse Steering Committee, and director, Events and Outreach, on eclipse preparations — St. Louis Public Radio and elsewhere — April 7, 2024
Brent Pease on research and Sounds of Nature soundscaping project — KSDK-TV — April 7, 2024
Far Horizon eclipse project — KFVS-TV/WLOX-TV (Biloxi, Mississippi) — April 8, 2024
Gearing up for total solar eclipse — WSIL-TV — April 8, 2024
Eclipse anticipation — WSIL-TV — April 8, 2024
Marching Salukis and dancers demonstrate eclipse — WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois — April 8, 2024
Iowa State students balloon launch — We Are Iowa — April 8, 2024
Chalk eclipse event at SIU — WSIL-TV — April 7, 2024
Total eclipse almost spiritual — Journal-Courier — April 6, 2024
Chicago-area solar eclipse hunters returning to SIU — Chicago Sun-Times — April 4, 2024
Total solar eclipse forecast — Associated Press / CT Post — April 4, 2024
Annie Hammock, Daily Egyptian, managing editor, on how the newspaper plans to cover the eclipse — Editor & Publisher — April 4, 2024
Eclipse spotlight
SIU Carbondale’s experts are featured as the April 8 total solar eclipse nears.
Brent Pease on the eclipse’s impact on plants and animals — ABC News — April 3, 2024
Where to see the total solar eclipse – FOX Weather/Yahoo News – April 1, 2024
Brent Pease on wildlife reaction — Audubon/Wildlife Society — April 3, 2024
Eclipse preview 2024 — WSIU-TV InFocus — April 3, 2024
Eclipse Crossroads — Fox2 News St. Louis — April 3, 2024
Brent Pease on eclipse soundscapes project – WSIU Radio – April 2, 2024
Chicago’s view of the solar eclipse — Chicago Tribune — April 3, 2024
SIU hosts second eclipse watch party in seven years — ABC7 Chicago — April 3, 2024
‘Eclipse Crossroads’ for second time in seven years — WGN-TV/MSN — April 3, 2024
NASA EDGE preparing for Monday’s eclipse show — WSIU Radio — April 3, 2024
Chicago solar eclipse 2024 — Fox32 Chicago — April 3, 2024
Brent Pease on Soundscapes Project — WPSD-TV — April 3, 2024
NBC Chicago coverage plans — NBC5 Chicago — April 3, 2024
Carbondale plans for eclipse — KSDK-TV — April 3, 2024
SIU student Paige Chamberlain on seeing second eclipse — Yahoo News/Rockford Register-Star — April 4, 2024
Bob Baer on eclipse-related research projects – WSIL-TV – April 1, 2024
SIU Carbondale mentioned in roundup of activities – Inside Higher Ed – April 2, 2024
Nathan Bonner, Saluki Con co-chair and SIU graphic designer, discusses this weekend’s Saluki Con.
KFVS-TV — April 3, 2024
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