SIU in the News - March, 2024
Total Solar Eclipse coverage
SIU Carbondale is continuing to receive coverage about the April 8 total solar eclipse. Here is a sampling.
BBC — March 8, 2024
FOX Weather/MSN/Yahoo! — March 17, 2024
Science.NASA.gov — March 14, 2024
Axios.com — March 14, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times — March 14, 2024
St. Louis Magazine — March 13, 2024
Louisville Public Media/WKMS Radio and elsewhere — March 10, 2024
Chicago Tribune — March 14, 2024
WAND-TV — March 8, 2024
Architectural Digest/Yahoo Lifestyle — March 8, 2024
Suburban Chicagoland — March 11, 2024
WSIU Radio — March 11, 2024
Daily Journal — March 11, 2024
WTTW-Chicago — March 11, 2024
Fox 32 Chicago/Yahoo News — March 9, 2024
NBC-TV Channel 5 Chicago/YouTube (news conference) — March 9, 2024
NBC-TV Channel 5 Chicago— March 9, 2024
(Eclipse festival planning) KFVS-TV — March 8, 2024
(Eclipse preparedness) KFVS-TV — March 8, 2024
KBSI-TV — March 8, 2024
WPSD-TV — March 8, 2024
Thrillist.com — March 12, 2024
Aol.com — March 11, 2024
Peoria Journal-Star — March 12, 2024
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the impact of uncontested Illinois primary races and the March 19 Republican primary battle between incumbent 12th District U.S. Rep. Mike Bost and challenger Darren Bailey.
WCPT Radio, Willow Springs, Illinois — March 11, 2024
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses Illinois’ primary system.
Center for Illinois Politics — March 13, 2024
The annual aviation career day partnership between the School of Aviation and American Airlines is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — March 10, 2024
The visit by Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton to campus earlier this month is highlighted.
Chicago Crusader — March 12, 2024
The SIU project involving the U.S. Department of Energy Algae Prize 2023-2025 Competition is highlighted.
Quincy Herald-Whig — March 9, 2024
The School of Law Diversity Prelaw Summer Institute is featured.
Washington Courier Online — March 13, 2024
The annual Maple Syrup Festival is highlighted.
Paducah Sun — March 12, 2024
Sarah Vanvooren, director of events and outreach, discusses events that will be going on in connection with the April 8 total solar eclipse.
Fox Weather/Yahoo News — March 5, 2024
John Shaw and John Jackson, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discuss reasons for Illinois’ lack of primary participation.
Capitol News Illinois/St. Louis Public Radio/ABC 7 News Chicago — March 5, 2024
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the March 5 Super Tuesday Republican primary and GOP primary candidate Nikki Haley’s future.
KMOX Radio — March 5, 2024
Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics and co-chair of Southern Illinois Eclipse 2017-2024 Steering Committee, and Blair Allen, NASA EDGE, discuss the April 8 total solar eclipse.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — March 5, 2024
Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, discusses the March 5 Super Tuesday primary election results and what it means for the November general election, along with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent, unanimous decision to allow former President Donald Trump on the ballot.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — March 6, 2024
Corinne Brevik, assistant professor of practice, School of Physics and Applied Physics, discusses the rarity of total solar eclipses ahead of the April 8 event.
WSIL-TV — March 6, 2024
Gena Albert, associate dean of students, discusses the need for volunteers to help with the April 8 total solar eclipse.
KFVS-TV — March 4, 2024
The university’s watch party for the April 8 total solar eclipse is highlighted.
WQAD-TV — March 5, 2024
John Shaw and John Jackson, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discuss the political dynamics in the 12th District Republican primary.
Chicago Tribune/Yahoo News and other outlets — March 4, 2024
The Women Changing the Face of Ag Conference, which featured Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton as keynote speaker, is highlighted.
Southern Illinoisan/WPSD-TV — March 1, 2024
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke to about 600 young women from Illinois FFA high school chapters, along with industry supporters, at the Women Changing the Face of Ag Conference.
WSIL-TV — March 1, 2024
The School of Aviation’s fall aviation career fair is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — March 1, 2024
Nour Rawafi, the astrophysicist leading NASA’s Parker Solar Probe project, spoke on March 1 as part of the “Journey to the Eclipse” series.
WPSD-TV — March 1, 2024
The success of the Feb. 28 SIU Day of Giving is highlighted.
WSIU Radio — March 1, 2024
Mildred Williams, program coordinator, Student Multicultural Resource Center, discusses the 2024 Black History Month theme, “Ancestral Healing.”
Southern Illinoisan — March 1, 2024
A March 2 artist talk with Mel Watkin as part of Sharp Museum's Women's Voices 4: Pushing Boundaries exhibition is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — March 1, 2024
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