SIU in the News - July, 2016

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Rediscovering The History Of Carnes Mill

WBIW 1340-AM, July 31, 2016

... to evaluate an historic site, she chose Carnes Mill. Archaeologists from Southern Illinois University's Center for Archaeological Investigations are here this summer ... 


SIU initiative to address variety of factors influencing health

State Journal-Register – July 30, 2016

...  program focusing on “population health” that SIU plans to expand from a smaller effort in Springfield to four regional sites in central and southern Illinois with the help ... 


Trump & Clinton: 'Most unpopular nominees ever?'

KFVS-TV, July 28

... modern Republican and Democratic parties. Political expert and the director of SIU's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute David Yepsen said ...


SIU spearheads federal Precision Medicine program

Daily Egyptian - July 24, 2016 

SIU spearheads federal Precision Medicine program Thousands of central Illinois residents will be offered a part in a long-term national study...


Science Center in Carbondale to feature Smithsonian exhibit exploring water

Thesouthern.com - July 24, 2016 

he said. Along with artifacts borrowed from the museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to show the history of rivers in and around...


medieval rhetoric

About.com - July 24, 2016 

...Subject: A Critical Introduction to Rhetoric and the Writer. Southern Illinois University Press, 1989) Christian Adaptations of Roman Rhetoric...


Most Illinois farmers optimistic as summer progresses

thesouthern.com – July 23, 2016

... spot and northern corn blight.” Southern Illinois University weed scientist Jason Bond has seen some pressure in the southern portion of the state. "We're seeing ...


August 06, 2016 at Open Mind Art Space in Los Angeles, CA.

Best Events - July 22, 2016 

...Director at Buckminster Fuller s geodesic domed cathedral on the campus of Southern Illinois University. http://www.benjaminlowder.com Event...


Revisiting USDA Corn and Soybean Grain Stocks Estimates

AgFax - July 21, 2016 

...estimates will be released on September 30. Scott Irwin and Darrel Good, University of Illinois and Dwight Sanders, Southern Illinois University


U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk falsely attacks Duckworth on IRS expansion

PolitiFact - July 21, 2016 

...Yepsen, executive director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. "There's a lot of hyperbole...


Legal Roundtable — Should Supreme Court justices be able to make political comments?

St. Louis Public Radio - July 21, 2016 

William Freivogel, J.D., Professor, School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Marcia McCormick, J.D., Professor, Saint Louis...


VP Picks could highlight Rural Issues in Nov election

Regional Daily News - July 21, 2016 

...Democrats we could see increased emphasis on rural issues in the fall campaign David Yepsen of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Karissa Nash 


Enos Park collaborative brings hope and better health to a neighborhood in need

American Hospital Association - July 21, 2016 

...neighborhood's federally qualified health center, part of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine s Center for Family Medicine. Her...


Most farmers optimistic as summer progresses

Illinois Farmer Today - July 21, 2016 

...there, such as gray leaf spot and northern corn blight. Southern Illinois University weed scientist Jason Bond has seen some pressure in the...


Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor ed. by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth (review)

Project MUSE - July 20, 2016 

...Theatre History and Labor. Theater in the Americas Series. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, In lieu of an abstract, here is a...


Revisiting USDA Corn and Soybean Grain Stocks Estimates

Farmdoc daily - July 20, 2016 

...Economics University of Illinois Dwight Sanders Department of Agribusiness Economics Southern Illinois University farmdoc daily (6):136 Recommended...


University Study Suggests Reintroducing Mountain Lions to Maintain Deer Populations | OutdoorHub

OutdoorHub - July 20, 2016 

...that study, researchers at the University of Minnesota and Southern Illinois University Carbondale found that cougars may be recolonizing the...


BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Just Cause: The Impeachment and Removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich’

The Washington Times - July 19, 2016 

...OF GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH By Bernard H. Sieracki Foreword by Jim Edgar Southern Illinois University Press, $32.50, 218 pages In his foreword,


Auditor: Tax-protest court violated law

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - July 19, 2016 

...comment on the audit. William Drennan, a tax law professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale who used to work for the IRS, said he wasn...


WSIU, Eldorado Library to Co-Host Screening of PBS KIDS Odd Squad Movie

WSIU - July 19, 2016 

...fun when WSIU Public Broadcasting, a public media service of Southern Illinois University, and the Eldorado Memorial Public Library team up to...


Belleville yields 50 years of research

Agrinews-Pubs.com - July 19, 2016 

...research that goes on here, said Mickey Latour, dean of Southern Illinois University s College of Agricultural Sciences. With 34 years at the...


Author: With Their Influence Waning, White Protestants Need ‘New Vision of America’

CNS News - July 18, 2016 

...adds. However, Tobin Grant, a political science professor at Southern Illinois University, says that Jones narrative is far too simplistic. In...


SIU congratulates residency graduates

Herald & Review - July 18, 2016 

...an accredited, three- year training program, affiliated with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and based in Decatur, that leads...


Things to look out for in this week’s GOP national convention

WGN Radio - July 17, 2016 

...Yespen is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. They ll talk about the latest in...


SIU works to bring local food to dining halls

Thesouthern.com - July 16, 2016 

...customer, but circumstances have changed that. The executive chef of Southern Illinois University has for years been in the forefront of a program...


‘We’re not playing games here’: In Madison County, special court helps veterans avoid jail — most of the time

Belleville News Democrat - July 15, 2016 

...VA. A recent poll by Southern Illinois University Carbondale s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute shows 54 percent of Illinois registered voters...


One idea for improving police-community relations: measure them

MinnPost – July 15, 2016

... arrests and the like —  not police behavior, said Joseph Schafer, the chair of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Southern Illinois University. While ... 


University works to bring local food to dining halls

Illinois Farmer Today – July 14, 2016

... have changed that. The executive chef of Southern Illinois University has for years been in the forefront of a program aimed at increasing food purchased from ... 


Reflections on nature: Book of Schwegman musings to be released

Thesouthern.com - July 14, 2016 

...Fauna." A precise release date has not been set. The Southern Illinois University Press publication should be available by late August. It s...


Memorial Medical Center Earns Top National Honor

Fox 55/27 Illinois - July 14, 2016 

...Center for partnering with other local health care providers Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and Springfield Clinic to foster...


WSIU InFocus: Cancer Research Symposium

WSIU - July 14, 2016 

...Listening... / 4:06 Researchers and medical doctors from SIU s School of Medicine and Washington University s Siteman Cancer Institute will come...


NASA Aviation Camp in Carbondale

WSIL-TV – July 13, 2016

... not otherwise get these opportunities what some of these different industries are," says Steven Goetz, Assistant Professor of Aviation, Management and Flight at SIU. ... 


US evangelicals’ support for Trump soars

Bible Society - July 13, 2016 

said J. Tobin Grant, a professor of political science at Southern Illinois University and a columnist at the Religion News Service to The New...


compound adverb

About.com - July 13, 2016 

...move was the best move." (Art Reid, Fishing Southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, 1986) "[Paul Nitze] tried to halt the Korean...


Carbondale poet honored by national and state groups

Thesouthern.com - July 13, 2016 

...Georgia Poetry Society Award. Bond, a senior library specialist at Southern Illinois University, is the author of three poetry collections, "Colors,"


In Southern Illinois, patients struggle to obtain medical marijuana certification

Thesouthern.com - July 13, 2016 

...Illinois Healthcare, Heartland Regional Medical Center, and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as well as some other smaller...


Officials working to clear algae from Campus Lake

Thesouthern.com - July 13, 2016 

...water at Campus Lake. For the past three summers, Southern Illinois University Carbondale has unauthorized the use of Campus Lake because of...


SIU summer on-campus enrollment down 14 percent from 2015

The State Journal-Register - July 12, 2016 

...summer on-campus enrollment down 14 percent from 2015 CARBONDALE Southern Illinois University is reporting on-campus enrollment this summer is...


Center Funds Three Energy-Related Studies

USAgNet - July 12, 2016 

Center Funds Three Energy-Related Studies A Southern Illinois University Carbondale center dedicated to finding energy solutions for tomorrow...


More Intellectual Than You Thought

Inside Higher Ed - July 12, 2016 

...Notions of American Intellectualism: Literacy, Education and Class (Southern Illinois University Press). Bradbury, who teaches writing and rhetoric...


Technology and Education: The Future of Plastic Surgery Training

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open - July 12, 2016 

...From the Department of Surgery, Institute for Plastic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill. Presented at...


What Do Illinois Citizens Want to Do to Fix the State Budget?

Chicago Magazine - July 11, 2016 

...Illinois Citizens Want to Do to Fix the State Budget? Recently the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU collected years of polls in order to...


Automotive Technology educators meet at PSU

Publicnow - July 11, 2016 

...include Colorado State University-Pueblo, Ferris State University, Southern Illinois University, Weber State University, the University of Central...


Veterans receive new smiles during SIU free dental checkup event

KFVS-TV - July 9, 2016

... "Give Veterans a Smile Day" event in Carbondale on Saturday, July 9. Vets received free check-ups and cleanings, all thanks to an idea by an SIU dental student. ...


Top tier gasoline worth the price, AAA study finds

WSIL-TV - July 8, 2016

... Inside SIU's automotive technology program on the grounds of Southern Illinois Airport are examples of what can happen when drivers ... 


2016 may prove challenging with corn disease

Agrinews Illinois - July 8, 2016

... A variety of factors are contributing to what Peltier and Jason Bond of Southern Illinois University say could be an active year as far as foliar diseases in corn ...


Independent Maps Announces $1 Million Summer Media Campaign

Website Gear - July 08, 2016 

...Amendment on the 2016 ballot." A spring poll by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute found 64 percent of Illinois voters support having an...


Researchers Shining Light on Food Waste, Freshness

USAgNet - July 08, 2016 

...plant, soil and agricultural systems, and other researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working at several stages of the farm...


UIC to enroll participants in president's Precision Medicine Initiative

EurekAlert! - July 07, 2016 

...Center; University of Illinois at Peoria College of Medicine; Southern Illinois University Healthcare; Memorial Medical Center, Springfield; Blessing...


50th Annual Belleville Field Day July 14

USAgNet - July 07, 2016 

...be going at the 50th Annual Belleville Field Day, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Agricultural Sciences event. The field...


Camp COCO provides summer fun to children with cancer

Herald-Whig - July 06, 2016 

...driver's license The 31st annual camp, a project of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, drew 150 children with cancer...


SIU’s ‘…Dreamcoat’ involves big names — Donny Osmond’s ‘coat,’ national touring alumnus

The Telegraph - July 05, 2016 

...Friday, July 8, through Sunday, July 17, on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus Communications Building, 1100 Lincoln Drive. The rousing...


UIS professor to relocate endangered osprey birds to Illinois

Noodls - July 05, 2016 

...the birds by plane in collaboration with the aviation program at Southern Illinois University. The birds will be flown into the Decatur Airport...


The Conservative, Christian Case for Working Women

The Atlantic - July 05, 2016 

...June Cleaver. When Tobin Grant, political-science professor at Southern Illinois University, analyzed General Social Survey data from 2006, he...


6 Public Treasures Billionaires Just Had to Plaster Their Names On

AlterNet - July 05, 2016 

...get a building renamed for you. As William Drennan, a Southern Illinois University law professor recently told the Financial Times, the change...


2016 Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project gets into gear as speakers, students confirm participation

Global Patriot News - July 05, 2016 

He currently teaches in the department of Africana studies at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois USA. He was the chair of...


Being the Boss: David Yepsen

Thesouthern.com - July 04, 2016 

...Yepsen David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Q. When did you know it was time to retire?


23-Year-Old Student's Homemade 'Laser Bazooka' Video Wows YouTube Users

Sputnik International - July 03, 2016 

...himself as 23-year-old Drake Anthony who currently studies at Southern Illinois University and is known internationally for his "DIY Laser Guy"


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