SIU in the News - December, 2019
The Capital Journal -- Dec. 31, 2019
Researchers Jon Schoonover, Karl Williard and Gurbir Singh from the College of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, are building upon past research.
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 26, 2019
Diana Sarko, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the anatomy department with the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, recently published a fifth paper about the strange little hairless, buck-toothed creatures.
Chicago Sun-Times – Dec. 24, 2019
pages of writings by Waller’s son, Elbert, the former state legislator, held by archivists at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Republic-Times – Dec. 24, 2019
… like public safety and economic development. Southern Illinois University Carbondale Director of Small Business Incubator Programs Deborah Barnett, Task Force …
Forbes.com – Dec. 23. 2019
… emerging industries, Open Assembly engaged the help of linguist Jeffrey Punske, Ph.D., director of undergraduate studies in Linguistics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. We wanted to explore …
CNN.com – Dec. 20, 2019
Todd Graham is the director of debate at Southern Illinois University. His debate teams have won five national championships and he has been recognized three times as the national debate coach of the year.
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 19, 2019
… writing books, publishing in academic journals and earning a job as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s curator of archaeology …
Associated Press-KMOV-TV – Dec. 15, 2019
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will no longer require students to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted to the university.
SIU gives honorary degree to actor Bob Odenkirk
Dec. 15, 2019
"Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk has been designated with a honorary degree from his alma mater in southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University 's Board of Trustees has confirmed the honorary Doctor of Performing Arts degree …
SIU celebrates more than a thousand new graduates, Saturday
WSIL-TV – Dec. 14, 2019
More students can now call themselves graduates of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
NBC5Chicago – Dec. 14, 2019
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will no longer require students to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted to the university.
KFVS-TV – Dec. 13, 2019
Applications for students wanting to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale may start to look a little different.
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 13, 2019
Joining a national trend, Southern Illinois University Carbondale will no longer require students to take the SAT or ACT standardized tests to gain admission …
WPSD-TV – Dec. 13, 2019
Your student will not have to stress over standardized testing anymore to get into Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Dec. 12, 2019
… as a way for non-science majors to learn the principles of chemistry through beer. Southern Illinois University Carbondale invested in creating a Fermentation Science Institute in 2013 to host brewing classes and research.
SIU sees increase in student applications
WSIL-TV – Dec. 12, 2019
SIU is seeing a significant increase in student applications.
Forbes.com – Dec. 11, 2019
Writing in the journal Antiquity, an international group of scholars that includes Anna Stevens (Monash University), Corina Rogge (Museum of Fine Arts Houston), Jolanda Bos (Archaeology & Heritage Consultancy), and Gretchen Dabbs (Southern Illinois University) have published the first ever physical evidence of people wearing these head cones.
Scientists Are Contemplating a 1,000-Year Space Mission to Save Humanity
Know All Options – Dec. 11, 2019
… Jeffrey Punske, linguists from the University of Kansas and the University of Southern Illinois, write that “[i]f a trip takes several generations to complete, the language may differ …
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 10, 2019
… actor Bob Odenkirk would “love to come back” to one of his “favorite parts of this whole country,” he said, to receive the honorary Doctor of Performing Arts degree recently designated to him by SIU Carbondale, his alma mater.
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 4, 2019
“I’m glad to say I can stand here and share some good news with you for a change,” said Interim Provost Meera Komarraju on Wednesday as she updated the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees on SIU Carbondale’s efforts to stem two decades of enrollment decline.
KFVS-TV – Dec. 3, 2019
A unique partnership at Southern Illinois University aims to help Heartland veterans in need.
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 3, 2019
Former SIU President, Illinois State Senator and U.S. Congressman Glenn Poshard has donated $100,000 to the SIU Carbondale Paul Simon Public Policy Institute …
Southern Illinoisan – Dec. 3, 2019
After a national search, Southern Illinois University has chosen its next leader.
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