SIU in the News - August, 2015

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Army tests hearing drug at the rifle range

Fox News - August 24, 2015 

...foods, was developed into a drug by Kathleen C.M. Campbell, an audiologist and professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.


'Super' Lice Infestation In US: Should Parents Worry?

Tech Times - August 22, 2015

 Lice Infestation In US: Should Parents Worry? Researchers at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) and the University of Massachusetts (UMass)


Analysis: How religion drives support for use of force by police

STLtoday.com (AP) - August 21, 2015

 ...religion and politics. He is a political science professor at Southern Illinois University and associate editor of the Journal for the Scientific...


Futures For Kids Day At The Illinois State Fair

WICS ABC NewsChannel 20 - August 21, 2015

 ...they might not if they were just staying home," said Nancy Kyrouac, of SIU School of Medicine. Also at the Kid's Corner, families can have their...


Analysis: Law expert: Mother's guilty plea not that unusual

Thesouthern.com - August 21, 2015

 ...email. According to Lucian Dervan, a professor of Criminal Law at Southern Illinois University, it s not unusual for the defendant to plead guilty...


Farmers on the meaning of organic

NewsNetNebraska - August 21, 2015

 ...their neat rows of cash crops. A study conducted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale Consumers might seek out organic food for its purity,


Hair Fairies, the Starbucks of Head Lice Removal, Shares Facts and Tips to Prevent Nasty Nits and Itchy Monsters

AZTV7/CABLE 13 - August 20, 2015

 ...over-the-counter treatments in 25 states. Researchers from Southern Illinois University found that out of 109 head lice populations in 30 states,


Listen up: the first wave of hearing loss treatments

Pharmaceutical Technology - August 20, 2015

 Otonomy, which is developing a drug for otitis media, and Southern Illinois University, where researchers are working on a solution for noise-induced...


Lawmakers Push Court Action For State Funds

WSILTV - August 19, 2015

 ...Intervention Program. David Yepsen, a political analyst with the SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, calls this spending unsustainable. "The...


Southern Illinois University Research Finds That “Old Slave House” Is Probably a Misnomer

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - August 19, 2015

 Southern Illinois University Research Finds That Old Slave House Is Probably a Misnomer Mark Wagner, the director of the Center for Archaeological...


Volunteerism Conference scheduled

The Edwardsville Intelligencer - August 19, 2015

 ...year s conference is Jeff McGoy, Assistant Dean of Students, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Jeff, a motivational speaker/actor, is...


 Warning a Potential Victim of a Person's Dangerousness: Clinician's Duty or Victim's Right

百拇医药 - August 19, 2015

 ...is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; Professor, Southern Illinois...


A decade after Katrina, are America's flood estimates dangerously wrong?

Politico.com - August 19, 2015

 ...channels, forcing their water levels to rise. Studies by Southern Illinois University geologist Nicholas Pinter and others have suggested that weirs,


How to Navigate the Credentialing Maze

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation - August 18, 2015

...affiliate of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Southern Illinois University received a grant from Lumina Foundation to lead the...


SIU jumps 10 spots in Forbes' entrepreneurial list

KFVS 12 - August 14, 2015

entrepreneurial list CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Forbes magazine has ranked Southern Illinois University Carbondale at No. 27 on its list of America s...


Book group planned for women veterans

KFVS 12 - August 14, 2015

...reading and discussion group for women veterans will soon begin at Southern Illinois University Carbondale s Morris Library. Standing Together: A...


Compounding Tragedy, FEMA Fails To Adapt To Climate Change

WGBH News - August 13, 2015

...for climate preparedness, Nicholas Pinter, a geology professor at Southern Illinois University, believes that it is the statutes, which Congress...


The high cost of budget cuts

Illinois Times - August 13, 2015

 ...illness. CSN is part of the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. Kulys says her organization...


‘Burn, Baby, Burn!': The Watts Riot 50 Years Later

KBET 790 Talk Now - August 11, 2015

...Research Fellow at Independent Institute, Professor of History at Southern Illinois University and editor of the Independent Institute book,


Rauner’s education chief used private emails — despite ban

Chicago Sun-Times - August 10, 2015

 ...this state is at a low, said David Yepsen, who heads the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute in Carbondale. Given the environment that we re in,


Local colleges working together to help students get fine arts degrees

WPSD Local 6 - August 10, 2015

...Technical College can transfer into the School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University. The agreement, signed on Monday, includes nine...


Symptoms of sudden death syndrome begin to appear earlier in soybeans

Illinois Farmer Today - August 10, 2015

 ...resistance among seed brands, teams led by Jason Bond of Southern Illinois University and Silvia Cianzio of Iowa State University evaluated more...


Labels make everyone a tree expert at Rock Springs

Pantagraph.com - August 10, 2015

 ...is actually sending people to a forestry website developed by Southern Illinois University where absorbed readers can branch off in all directions...


Is the Plank Road Panther prowling west of Elgin again?

Chicago Tribune - August 08, 2015

 ...Brookfield Zoo, and Clay Nielsen, a cougar expert who teaches at Southern Illinois University. At that time, only two confirmed cougar sightings had...


Ferguson’s legacy: Opened eyes, less trust, more questions for police

The Kansas City Star - August 07, 2015

 ...experiences. In March, Tammy Kochel, a criminology researcher at Southern Illinois University, released data based on interviews of residents who lived...


Ribbiting news: frogs' poison spines revealed and new species discovered

The Guardian - August 06, 2015

 in the journal Zookeys by its discoverers Allessandro Catenazzi of Southern Illinois University and Dr Vanessa Uscapi. It announced itself by...


SIU Medicine Center to hold Family Health Fair

Wandtv.com - August 06, 2015

 SIU Medicine Center to hold Family Health Fair SPRINGFIELD The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Center for Family Medicine will...


Pilot Briefing: News

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association - August 06, 2015

 ...takes first place in 2015 Air Race Classic Two pilots representing Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) took first place in the 2015...


Summer archaeological dig work unearths great finds

Thesouthern.com - August 06, 2015

 ...Massac Pope county line. Paul Welch, associate professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University, says it is the spirit of some of In the...


The increasing incidence of neuroendocrine forms of prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer infolink - August 05, 2015

 ...cancer A newly published analysis by a research team at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has teased out some additional information...


Trump leads Republican debate

The Daily Iowan - August 05, 2015

 ...before the main event. David Yepsen, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said all eyes will...


The Brain-Boosting Benefits of Learning English as a Second Language

Asian Correspondent - August 04, 2015

 ...AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (CESL), SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY USA Southern Illinois University (SIU) is a diverse and welcoming university, based...


Illinois lawmakers evade pressure to buckle on budget

Clinton Herald - August 03, 2015

 ...Democrats' core constituency, said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Growing...


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