SIU in the News - December, 2015

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Illinois residents finding the exits

Illinois News Network - December 23, 2015

...was studying the data. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said Illinois rugged... 


Novel earns spot on NPR’s ‘Great Reads’ list

Thesouthern.com - December 23, 2015

...lists. Scott Blackwood, associate professor in the Department of English at Southern Illinois University, landed on one with a wide audience: NPR...


Those who suffer from erectile dysfunction are more likely to die young, study finds

Metro.co.uk - December 22, 2015

...ED. Tobias Köhler, an associate professor of urology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, explained that the vessels that carry...


Is Turmeric the Future of Food Safety?

The Daily Meal - December 22, 2015

...harness the antimicrobial properties of turmeric A research team at Southern Illinois University has found a way to employ the antimicrobial... 


Chicago book news: Kimberla Lawson Roby's latest due out soon

Chicago Tribune - December 22, 2015

...Rod Blagojevich" by Bernard H. Sieracki was published by Southern Illinois University Press. Sieracki teaches at the University of Illinois at...


University scientists, farmers growing research partners

FarmWeekNow.com - December 21, 2015

...(researchers) running to keep up sometimes, said Rachel Cook, a Southern Illinois University (SIU) soil scientist. Cook began water quality and...


For Sanders in Iowa, It's Turnout or Bust

NBCNEWS.com - December 21, 2015

...from The Des Moines Register and the current director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In...


86-year-old realizes life long dream, graduates college

WPSD Local 6 - December 18, 2015

...for one local woman it actually was. Around 1,200 Southern Illinois University students will graduate this winter now that final exams are over. 


Why Do We Have Lasers, But Not 'Star Wars'-Style Lightsabers?

NBCNEWS.com - December 18, 2015

...call with NBC News. Anthony is a student at Southern Illinois University whose homemade laser weapons and contraptions have garnered millions...


Wheaton College suspension of prof for ‘same God’ comment disgraceful (COMMENTARY)

Religion News Service - December 17, 2015

...treated. (Tobin Grant is a political science professor at Southern Illinois University and associate editor of the Journal for the Scientific... 


New book out on Blagojevich impeachment

Quad Cities Daily News - December 17, 2015

...Sieracki The book is being released this month through the Southern Illinois University Press. Sieracki now teaches public administration at...


Iowa's Record Setting Governor: The Terry Branstad Story - Business Record

Business Record - December 16, 2015

20 wins and no losses. David Yepsen, Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and former Chief Political Writer for the Des Moines...


Protect Yourself, Children, and Pets from Cougars

About.com - December 16, 2015

...The new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Southern Illinois University Carbondale shows that, within the next 25 years...


The next big food safety technology could be from this ancient root

grist.org - December 15, 2015

... everything to taste spicy. Ruplal Choudhary, a food and bioprocess engineer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is part of a ...


Polyera Cofounders, IIT President Among This Year's National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Chicago Inno - Streetwise Media - December 15, 2015

...Illinois Institute of Technology; Yoginder P. Chugh, professor at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and Dean P. Alderucci, professor at...


SIU architectural students present Murphysboro downtown designs of 'what could be'

Thesouthern.com - December 15, 2015

Baumgartner's design was for a class project for his architectural studies at Southern Illinois University. This is the second year that students of SIU...


Army University partners with civilian counterparts

Defense Video & Imagery Distribution Syatem - December 14, 2015

director of the Leadership Development Program, College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. I found it to be very encouraging...


State ‘consolidation’ hides anti-union motives

Canton Daily Ledger - December 14, 2015

...overstepped. He misread his mandate, David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, said. People were ready for a change, 


Iowa’s governor: Longest serving in American history

Naples Herald - December 14, 2015

...wing kid from northern Iowa, said Yepsen, now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, adding, a lot...


SIU School of Medicine dean a mentor to many

Thesouthern.com - December 13, 2015

SIU School of Medicine dean a mentor to many SPRINGFIELD The importance of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to Springfield's medical...


Bandwidth boost ‘a big deal’ – and a money-saver

Noodls-USA - December 12, 2015

...hardier behind the scenes. But for the many researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a recent upgrade in campus bandwidth is giant...


SIUC program to offer veterans chance to experience nature

KFVS 12 - December 11, 2015

...between the Touch of Nature Environmental Center and Veterans Services of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) -


How Cars Saved The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Before It's News - December 11, 2015

...multi-class service costly, as Jonathan Bean, a business historian at Southern Illinois University, has documented. Yet for many transit firms, government-granted...


Three reasons evangelicals can’t save the Republican establishment from Donald Trump

The Washington Post - December 10, 2015

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


Review of Malcolm, Noel, Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World

H-Net - December 10, 2015

H-Net Reviews. December, 2015. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=45267 Holly S. Hurlburt (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)


Deferred prosecution agreements won’t stop corporate corruption

Financial Post - December 10, 2015

...at the same time, states Mike Koehler, assistant professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law and creator of FCPA Professor, an award-winning...


Springfield clinic's $16M expansion to double number of exam rooms

Daily Journal - December 10, 2015

...(http://bit.ly/1lvdBik ) that the project at Southern Illinois University's Center for Family Medicine will be completed during 2016. Memorial...


The word ‘war’ is a rhetorical minefield

ABQJournal Online (AP) - December 09, 2015

...adult guidance, as law professor Susan Stuart put it in the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Belatedly, the nation is recognizing that...


Talking about land? It's always up and down

Thesouthern.com - December 08, 2015

...crisis, according to Phil Eberle, a retired professor of agriculture at Southern Illinois University. You have to look at owning farmland kind of like...


Health-care law fuels expansion at SIU family medicine clinic

The State Journal-Register - December 08, 2015

...much more access, Dr. Janet Albers, chairwoman of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine s department of family and community medicine,


Are The Simpsons​ from Illinois? Absolutely. Here Are 22 MORE Reasons to Prove It

The Huffington Post - Blog - December 08, 2015

...Bart and Homer, and he's just 2 credits short from being a Southern Illinois University graduate: *Note: SIU does not have a dance called the...


Local doctor urges people to get flu shot before it's too late

WGEM.com - December 08, 2015

...it to work. This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Dr. Timothy Ott says the elderly... 


Jim Nowlan: Illinois not ready for 2018

News-Gazette.com - December 08, 2015

...at the University of Chicago, the Paul Simon Institute at Southern Illinois University and those at our other public universities can join the...


Local Girls Scouts score in robot competition

Thesouthern.com - December 08, 2015

...of what Girl Scouts do, Gilbert, who is a professor at Southern Illinois University, said. There s plenty of knitting and painting and things...


Memorial Among Nation’s Few Hospitals to be Named Comprehensive Stroke Center

Healthy Cells Magazine - December 08, 2015

...Medical Center includes board-certified physicians and surgeons from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Clinical Radiologists, Mid-America...


Hand Surgery and Hand Therapy

Healthy Cells Magazine - December 08, 2015

...By Brian Mailey, MD, Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, SIU School of Medicine Hand surgery has evolved since its establishment as a separate...


Are the Simpsons from Illinois? Absolutely. Here are 22 more reasons to prove it

RebootIllinois.com - December 07, 2015

...Bart and Homer, and he s just 2 credits short from being a Southern Illinois University graduate: *Note: SIU does not have a dance called the...


A Body in Motion

Project MUSE - December 07, 2015

...Predicta (2008), and Consolation Miracle (2003), all from Southern Illinois University Press. He is the co-author, along with Gregory Fraser,


Integrity Rules: tough regulations to fight corruption in Canada

Lexpert Magazine - December 07, 2015

...is strongly held by Mike Koehler, an assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University School of Law, and an acknowledged expert on the...


Tenth Dems annual dinner

Daily Herald - December 07, 2015

...Caucuses" by The Washington Post, Yepsen is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Yepsen...


SIU social work students present research on homelessness

Thesouthern.com - December 07, 2015

...on homelessness CARBONDALE On Wednesday, social work students from Southern Illinois University will present their semester-long research into...


Mass Shootings Convince Companies to Explore 'Active Shooter' Insurance

ProgramBusiness - December 07, 2015

...George Mocsary, who studies insurance and gun violence at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, says that insurers have not raised...


Republican presidential hopefuls chide Obama for terror speech

CNBC - December 07, 2015

...unconstitutional gun-free zones." David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said the speech is...


SIU law students research sea rescue of refugees

KFVS 12 - December 05, 2015

...research sea rescue of refugees CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Southern Illinois University School of Law students have spent the past several months...


What to do when students complain about grades

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA - December 04, 2015

...Marcus Odom, CPA, Ph.D., an accounting professor at Southern Illinois University. They know almost 


Mass Shootings Convince Companies to Explore ‘Active Shooter’ Insurance

fortune.com - December 03, 2015

... to mass shootings. And George Mocsary, who studies insurance and gun violence at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, says  ... 


SIU MBA program offers ag economics

Agrinews-Pubs.com - December 03, 2015

SIU MBA program offers ag economics CARBONDALE, Ill. Southern Illinois University Carbondale s online MBA program will expand to offer an agribusiness...


Southern Illinois University Carbondale receives $50,000 geothermal grant

Electric Energy Online - December 03, 2015

Southern Illinois University Carbondale receives $50,000 geothermal grant Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently received a $50,000...


Gauging the Effect of the Yates Memo

Bloomberg BNA - December 02, 2015 

...a suspected bad actor, he said. Michael Koehler, a Southern Illinois University law professor who focuses on corporate compliance and ethics,


How faith communities can help ease racial tension in America

The Enterprise - December 01, 2015 

...officers, said Tobin Grant, a professor of political science at Southern Illinois University and the associate editor of the Journal for the Scientific...


Credential Transparency Initiative Collaborative Launches

Education Dive - December 01, 2015 

...affiliate of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI); and Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale's Center for Workforce Development.


Cruz rises, Carson falls

Free Republic - December 01, 2015 

...president," said David Yepsen, who is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University and covered the caucuses...


St. John's seeks input on honoring race riot victims

The State Journal-Register - November 30, 2015 

...hospital could honor the victims of the riot.The hospital and Southern Illinois University Naming a proposed HSHS St. John s Hospital building...


Tamara Kimberlee Pylawka, MD, MS, to be Published in the Leading Physicians of the World as New Member of the International Association of Health Care Professionals

Before It's News - November 30, 2015 

...practice for more than two years and currently serves patients at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Quincy/Springfield, Illinois. 


SIU to host deer camp for veterans

Agrinews-Pubs.com - November 30, 2015 

...annual Veteran Adventures Deer Camp Dec. 11-13 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale s Touch of Nature Environmental Center. The archery...


New procedures, more training making improvements for stroke patients

The State Journal-Register - November 29, 2015 

Tamer Abdelhak, director of neurocritical care at Springfield's Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.He attributed the increases to...


Republican race promises to shift rapidly in final 2 months before Iowa caucuses

The Washington Times - November 29, 2015 

...rapidly near the end, said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Feb.


Buying Power: A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois

CNBC - November 29, 2015 

...approval rate was around 36 percent, according to a poll by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.Almost half of Illinois voters favored either tax...


Jacksonville native helping COPD sufferers with unique surgery

Styrk - November 29, 2015 

...1993, Hazelrigg, chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, has performed more than 500... 


Bernard Schoenburg: Book on Blagojevich impeachment lets reader 'be right there'

The State Journal-Register - November 28, 2015 

...Removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich." It is being published by Southern Illinois University Press and is expected to be available by the end... 


Staying Safe While Online Shopping This Holiday Season

WPSD Local 6 - November 26, 2015 

...Woodward, an Associate Professor of Information Systems Technology at Southern Illinois University. And with the busiest shopping days of the... 


Trade Pact Could Up FCPA Risk for Small Companies

Bloomberg BNA - November 25, 2015 

...negative in terms of FCPA risk. Michael Koehler, a Southern Illinois University law professor who focuses on corporate compliance and ethics,


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