SIU in the News - November, 2019
KFVS-TV -- Nov. 26, 2019
... they’ll give you a criminal record or reputational score,” Jennifer Brobst, associate professor of law at SIU Carbondale said. “It appears when you go in there and it appears almost, it could be with your name that there is criminality, and it ends up being that there’s a warrant out for neighbor down the street. They’re tying the criminal history of your entire neighborhood now.”
CNN.com – Nov. 21, 2019
Todd Graham, Communication Studies, analyzes the Oct. 15 debate performances of among the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for president.
WalletHub.com -- Nov. 19, 2019
Omid Kamran Disfani, Marketing, provides insight into recycled Black Friday deals.
Dozens of children create unique stained glass art
WSIL-TV – Nov. 17, 2019
… tenth year for the stained glass workshop, and it operates with the help of student volunteers from Southern Illinois University.
WILL Radio – Nov. 14, 2019
Children ages 9-15 who have Type 1 diabetes enjoy Camp B.E.T.A at Touch of Nature Environmental Center.
Recreational cannabis will not be allowed at SIU in 2020, despite new law
WSIL-TV – Nov. 13, 2019
… Southern Illinois University Carbondale says cannabis will still be banned on SIU's campus and in its dorms.
Daily Egyptian – Nov. 13, 2019
SIU is a smoke-free campus, in compliance with the Illinois Smoke Free Campus Act, which went into effect July 1, 2015.
WSIU InFocus – Nov. 12, 2019
Chancellor John M. Dunn discusses goals, challenges and expectations for the future after the 2019 State of the University Address on Nov. 6.
WSIL-TV – Nov. 11, 2019
Martin Parsons, SIU School of Law, discusses VetLAMP, a collaboration involving students and faculty from the SIU School of Law and SIU School of Medicine designed to streamline and bolster disability claims for Illinois military veterans.
Simon Leadership Program helps prepare students for college
WSIL-TV – Nov. 10, 2019
Several dozen students attended the annual Simon Leadership Program at SIU Saturday and Sunday.
SIU introduces Veterans Legal and Medical Partnership
WSIL-TV – Nov. 9, 2019
With Veterans Day around the corner, SIU is announcing a new collaborative program aimed to help Illinois military veterans get their disability benefits.
1stNews.com -- Nov. 6, 2019
“I was concerned that we are now making the environment a political issue; and the environment should not be seen as a partisan issue,” Leslie Duram. Duram is a professor of geography and environmental resources at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; and she said this …
WSIU InFocus – Nov. 6, 2019
The SIU Carbondale U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army ROTC units will hold the annual Veterans Day 24-hour vigil at the flagpole near Woody Hall, Nov. 8-9.
Southern Illinoisan – Nov. 6, 2019
For years now, enrollment numbers have defined the narrative about Southern Illinois University Carbondale. That was not so Wednesday afternoon during Interim Chancellor John Dunn’s 2019 State of the University speech.
KFVS-TV – Nov. 6, 2019
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Interim Chancellor John M. Dunn delivered the 2019 State of the University address.
WSIL-TV – Nov. 6, 2019
Chancellor John Dunn presents the 2019 State of the University address.
NBCNews.com – Nov. 5, 2019
“I was concerned that we are now making the environment a political issue, and the environment should not be seen as a partisan issue,” Leslie Duram, a professor of geography and environmental resources at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, said of her motivation to endorse the study’s findings.
KFVS-TV – Nov. 5, 2019
Dinosaur siblings at Southern Illinois University have new names thanks to a school in northern Illinois.
Decatur Herald&Review – Nov. 5, 2019
John Jackson, SIU Carbondale Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the potential for high voter turnout in the 2020 elections.
Melmagazine.com – Nov. 5, 2019
There’s a reason one specific cheap cut is still in fashion, says Kristen Barber, associate professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University and author of Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class and Inequality in the Men’s Grooming Industry. “The World War II soldier was a key figure in selling …
Energy News – Nov. 1, 2019
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in September announced it’s granting $900,000 to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale to help support a new solar-plus-storage project …
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