SIU in the News

SIU in the News - January, 2016

Three local students among those selected for SIU Women's Civic Institute

KFVS 12 - January 29, 2016 

...students selected to participate in the Women's Civic Institute at Southern Illinois University. The Women's Civic Institute is a program designed...

Fourth showing for 'Good Negroes' art exhibit

St. Louis American - January 28, 2016 

Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, a professor of art and art history at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and one of the featured artists, said he...

Republican Presidential Debate: 5 Things to Watch

ABC News - January 28, 2016 

...Yepsen, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, Trump risks alienating undecided and first-time caucus...

How Martin O'Malley could decide who wins the Democratic caucuses in Iowa

Los Angeles Times - January 28, 2016 

...Yepsen, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. It was a pretty sophisticated maneuver, the neatest...

Arts + Culture Events To Attend This Weekend: Jan. 29-31

Alive Magazine Blog - January 28, 2016 

...exhibition of student work from the Graduate School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University. There s no theme for the show, so each...

Do the work, sleep will come

Illinois Times - January 28, 2016 

says Dr. Joseph Henkle, medical director of the Sleep Lab at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield. When it seems that those around us sleep...

Building towards a greener future

Manila Bulletin - January 28, 2016 

...achieving long-term business goals. A paper from the Southern Illinois University took note that in several cases, sustainable As organizations...

Today I'd go ... on an educational tour of Greece

STLtoday.com (AP) - January 28, 2016 

...I've been dreaming of for at least five years. It's Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's Ancient Legacies programs to Greece, abertrand@post-dispatch.com...

New Poll Shows Trump Pulling Ahead Of Cruz In Iowa

Steelers Lounge - January 28, 2016 

who is now the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. "With Donald Trump, you can't rule anything...

Will Donald Trump's Iowa debate boycott help or hurt him?

CBC.ca - January 28, 2016 

...interview. Yepsen now heads the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. Boycott could insult Iowa voters Trump is leading...

Maple Syrup Festival kicks off Feb. 27

KFVS 12 - January 27, 2016

...Pancake Breakfast, a learning and dining experience offered by Southern Illinois University Carbondale s Touch of Nature Environmental Center,

Town hall meeting to discuss betterment of Mount Vernon

KFVS 12 - January 27, 2016 

...Southside Revitalization Steering Committee, NAACP Jefferson County Branch, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and the Dunn-Richmond Economic...

Rauner focuses on education in state of the state speech

WPSD Local 6 - January 27, 2016 

...plan, which he calls bold and transformative, is that schools like Southern Illinois University have yet to see a single penny of their expected...

International Festival at SIU

KFVS 12 - January 26, 2016 

...Diversity and Intercultural Communities" is the theme of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's International Festival. The International...

SIU debate team wins in Utah

KFVS 12 - January 26, 2016 

...team sins in Utah CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Two Southern Illinois University Debate Club members won the Great Salt Lake Invitational Debate Tournament...

Southern Illinois: 3 area students on fall Deans' List

The Journal Gazette - January 26, 2016 

...Columbia City have been named to the fall Deans' List at Southern Illinois University, the Carbondale, Illinois, university has announced. Tabitha...

SIU Small Business Development Center a wealth of resources

Thesouthern.com - January 26, 2016 

SIU Small Business Development Center a wealth of resources CARBONDALE Whether one is looking to start a new business, or needs expertise and...

Q&A: Why do Iowa and New Hampshire get to vote first?

WTHITV.com - January 26, 2016 

...Iowa s top political reporter and is now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A strong...

Polls ‘notoriously bad predictors’ of elections

Sweep-proof council helps meet research needs

Agrinews-Pubs.com - January 26, 2016 

...additives and delayed application. Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois researchers conduct...

SIU goes "Green" Fund grants

KFVS 12 - January 25, 2016 

...next round of Green Fund grants are now being accepted at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Proposals are welcome from SIU students, faculty...

SIU to host annual Science in the South conference

Noodls-USA - January 25, 2016 

...conference January 25, 2016 by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University Carbondale will play host to K-12 educators from around...

Yepsen, Jackson to analyze Iowa caucus results

Noodls-USA - January 25, 2016 

...this year's presidential campaign. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, and John Jackson, a visiting professor with... 

SIU to offer online program in risk management, patient safety

Becker's Hospital Review - January 25, 2016 

...to offer online program in risk management, patient safety Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering an online course focused on healthcare...

The Department of Defense Announces ALS Research Program (ALSRP) Awardees

The ALS Association - January 25, 2016 

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; Keith Gagnon, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Joseph Puglisi, Ph.D., Stanford University; and...

SIU's Head Start program launches 'Book In Every Home' campaign

kfvs12.com -- January 21, 2016

... runs through March 1. Lea Maue, Southern Illinois University Carbondales's new Head Start Director, says the earlier ... 

SIU scholarship to go to coal-mining community students - Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle - January 21, 2016 

...community students - Houston Chronicle CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) Southern Illinois University has started a new scholarship to help students affected by...

SIU celebrates Black History Month

KFVS 12 - January 20, 2016 

...CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Many events are planned at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for Black History Month in February. It all begins...

UALR Bowen School of Law to host state’s first legal-themed hack-a-thon

Noodls-USA - January 20, 2016 

...co-founder of Ravel Law Angela Upchurch, associate professor of law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law Anthony C, Johnson, CEO and co-founder...

Southern Illinois University to host linguistics olympiad Jan. 28

KFVS 12 - January 20, 2016 

Southern Illinois University to host linguistics olympiad Jan. 28 CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Are you a middle or high school student between the...

Future Of Arctic Might Depend On Permafrost, Says Texas A&M Prof

The Katy News - January 19, 2016 

...Geography at Texas A&M, and colleague Trent Ford of Southern Illinois University have had their work published in the current issue of Scientific...

Southern Illinois preparing now for 2017 eclipse tourists

Chicago.suntimes.com – January 18, 2016

... a few miles south of Carbondale. Southern Illinois University officials are projecting 30,000 to 50,000 visitors on campus for the eclipse ... 

SIU engineering leadership program provides new carpet to Science Center

Thesouthern.com - January 18, 2016

...CARBONDALE Students with the Engineering Leadership Development Program at Southern Illinois University spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day providing...

The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market

Law Library Resource Xchange - January 18, 2016 

...done as a joint project by George Washington University, Southern Illinois University and the American National Standards Institute. A pilot...

Jerry Falwell Jr. Praises Donald Trump; Here's How Other Evangelicals Compare

Christianity Today - January 18, 2016 

...snapshots, explained Tobin Grant, a political science professor at Southern Illinois University and blogger for Religion News Service. Two weeks...

Southern Illinois preparing now for 2017 eclipse tourists

Effingham Daily News - January 18, 2016 

...about two minutes and 40 seconds a few miles south of Carbondale. Southern Illinois University officials are projecting 30,000 to 50,000 visitors...

Philly owner’s donation new chapter for newspapers

Kearney Hub (AP) - January 18, 2016 

Thirty years ago, two professors William R. Elliott of Southern Illinois University and William L. Rosenberg of Drexel studied news audiences...

Biology may be key to coal-to-gas conversion

Noodls-USA - January 18, 2016 

...Harpalani, professor of mining and mineral resources engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, examines equipment in his laboratory as...

Alumni Assoc. to award books, supplies to 40 SIUC students

KFVS 12 - January 17, 2016 

...40 SIUC students CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - At least 40 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students will receive more than $20,000 worth of...

SIU Debate Team competes in Greece

KFVS 12 - January 15, 2016 

...Debate Team competes in Greece CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Debate Team went on the road and over the sea...

A 40-Watt Laser Shotgun. Really.

Popular Science - January 15, 2016 

...s choke does for pellets. Clearing time from his schedule at Southern Illinois University, the math-physics-chemistry triple major worked nearly... 

Mudpuppies on display at Wolf Lake festival

Chicago Tribune - January 14, 2016 

...15th annual Winter Wonderland at Wolf Lake event Saturday. Southern Illinois University graduate student Alicia Beattie will talk about the research...

Liability insurance is not an answer

Democratic Underground - January 13, 2016 

...from the requirement. ... According to George Mocsary of Southern Illinois University School of Law, the current model for liability insurance...

Spicing up food safety

Food Processing - January 12, 2016 

...professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is part of a research team looking at...

4 surprising signs that point to serious illness

Kashmir Monitor - January 12, 2016 

...a sign of an underactive thyroid gland, suggests research from Southern Illinois University. "The abnormality of the thyroid gland affects temperature...

Rauner: We didn’t declare impasse; discusses first year in office

Peorian - January 12, 2016 

...essential reforms needs to think again. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discussed Rauner s first year in office on...

National Academy of Inventors honors Chugh

Mining Engineering Online - January 12, 2016 

...member and professor of mining and mineral resources engineering at Southern Illinois University s College of Engineering as one of its fellows.

No Budget Agreement In Sight As Lawmakers Gear Up For The New Legislative Session

Progress Illinois - January 11, 2016 

...solving the impasse," John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said of the...

Hybrid breeding helps US catfish producers

Hatchery International - January 11, 2016 

...Memphis, University of Minnesota, Mississippi State University, Southern Illinois University, have also contributed to the research which is...

SIU Debate team competes in Greece

Thesouthern.com - January 11, 2016 

...class and more Everybody loves a winner so the maxim goes and Southern Illinois University's Debate Tea While the Salukis didn't finish first,

Commercial Tree Fruit School workshops

Morning Ag Clips - January 11, 2016 

...Commercial Tree Fruit Schools. Speakers from University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, and the USDA Risk Management Agency will discuss...

Wheaton College Provost Called Professor's 'Same God' Comments 'Innocuous' Before Suspending Her

The Christian Post - January 11, 2016 

...school to reinstate her, Tobin Grant, a political science professor at Southern Illinois University, questions, in an op-ed for Religion News...

SIUC receives grant for geothermal pump system

Pump Engineer - January 11, 2016 

SIUC receives grant for geothermal pump system Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently received a USD $50,000 GeoAlliance grant to help...

Losing $4,422 In Gross Income Each Minute, Illinois Suffers Mass Exodus

Forbes.com - January 11, 2016 

...structure and economic volatility. David Yepsen, Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said that...

Sen. Durbin: More Money For Medical Research

Northern Public Radio - January 11, 2016 

...Money For Medical Research U.S. Senator Dick Durbin visited Southern Illinois University s School of Medicine Friday to announce an increase in...

After record-breaking floods, preventing the next one isn’t so cut and dry

Peoria Public Radio - January 11, 2016 

...to subdivisions and parking lots. In a 2008 article, a Southern Illinois University geologist, Nicholas Pinter, tried to tease out the human...

Election focuses on a pipeline and eminent domain, but is anyone listening?

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - January 11, 2016 

...pipeline, said David Yepsen, director of Southern Illinois University s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and an expert in Iowa politics. The...

University again earns ‘military-friendly’ recognition

KFVS 12 - January 10, 2016 

...military-friendly recognition CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale is again earning recognition for providing outstanding...

Do Muzzles Slow Horses' Pelleted Feed Intake?

TheHorse - January 08, 2016 

...veterinarian. Erin Venable, MS, PhD, and colleagues from Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, recently compared horses consumption rates when... 

Paul focuses on a pipeline in Iowa, but is anyone listening?

The Daily Item - January 07, 2016 

...pipeline, said David Yepsen, director of Southern Illinois University s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and an expert in Iowa politics. The...

ANALYSIS: InterVarsity’s unabashed support for #BlackLivesMatters may be its boldest move yet

STLtoday.com (AP) - January 07, 2016 

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

Yield key to selecting corn, soybean hybrids

Agrinews-Pubs.com - January 07, 2016 

...to foliar diseases is, said Jason Bond, plant pathologist at Southern Illinois University. In soybeans, resistance to frogeye leaf spot was the... 

How it became OK for guys to take care of themselves

KBIA - January 06, 2016 

...men, explained Kristen Barber, assistant professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University and author of the forthcoming book 'Styling Masculinity.' 

Local couple donate $100,000 to NICU that helped daughter survive

The State Journal-Register - January 06, 2016 

...eight-bed clusters, said Dr. Beau Batton, a Southern Illinois University School of Medicine neonatologist who is the NICU s medical director.St. 

Questions You Need to Know About Hernias

Healthy Cells Magazine - January 06, 2016 

...Memorial Advanced Hernia Center: Dr. John Mellinger, a surgeon with SIU HealthCare, and Dr. James Fullerton, a surgeon with Springfield Clinic.

Once again, Illinois outbound migration in 2015 among nation’s highest

RebootIllinois.com - January 05, 2016 

...the Illinois News Network: David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said Illinois rugged... 

Racial preferences and the folly of 'strict scrutiny'

Washington Examiner - January 04, 2016 

...research fellow at the Independent Institute, professor of history at Southern Illinois University, and editor of Race and Liberty in America: 

BioEnergy Bytes

Energy - AgWired - January 04, 2016 

...2025. According to an article in The Gazette-Democrat, Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently received a $50,000 GeoAlliance grant... 

Coal seam that produced 'Sixteen Tons' still has potential, new investment, and fresh focus

The Rural Blog - December 31, 2015 

...second largest producer of coal, said Tomasz S. Wiltowski of Southern Illinois University's Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center." Ramsey... 

Remembering the Christmas of 1945

Chicago Tribune - December 23, 2015 

...a professor in the radio-television-digital media department at Southern Illinois University. She is also a documentarian working on a film about...