SIU in the News - September, 2020
CNN.com – Sept. 30, 2020
Todd Graham, Communication Studies, discusses “the worst debate in the history of presidential debating.”
WSIU InFocus – Sept. 29, 2020
SIU Debate Director Todd Graham discusses the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and the Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden.
WSIL-TV – Sept. 29, 2020
The SIU College of Agriculture is starting to harvest their hemp research field.
WSIU InFocus – Sept. 28, 2020
SIU President Dan Mahony discusses the university's response and plans surrounding COVID-19, and recent "Conversations of Understanding" and initiatives combatting racism.
WSIL-TV – Sept. 25, 2020
Ten years ago, the College of Agriculture at SIU Carbondale put together a plan to install a Green Roof on campus.
Southern Illinoisan – Sept. 24, 2020
In a forum hosted by the Southern Illinois University Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Pete Buttigieg said he would “love” to have a role in the White House administration if Joe Biden wins the race in November.
CNN.com – Sept. 23, 2020
Todd Graham, SIU Carbondale Communication Studies, provides some insight ahead of Tuesday night’s debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, the Democrat nominee for president.
WILL Radio – Sept. 22, 2020
John Jackson, a political science professor with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, categorizes the recorder as a ministerial position, rather than a political one.
WSIL-TV – Sept. 21, 2020
News 3 spoke with two law experts at the SIU School of Law to obtain some insight on types of changes our region could possibly see with the new nomination.
WPSD-TV – Sept. 19, 2020
Law students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale have been stationed in front of the Carbondale Civic Center to register voters.
WSIL-TV – Sept. 17, 2020
A new system-wide initiative at Southern Illinois University will help families pay for their freshman's education on both the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses. The program is set to begin in the fall of 2021.
KFVS-TV – Sept. 17, 2020
Voter registration in Jackson County, Illinois is down from 2016, according to the county clerk, but two law students at Southern Illinois University are working to bring those numbers up.
FarmWeekNow.com – Sept. 17, 2020
Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) new College of Agricultural, Life and Physical Sciences continues an agricultural tradition while expanding opportunities for students.
WPSD-TV – Sept. 17, 2020
SIU School of Law students discuss their upcoming voter registration drive.
Southern Illinoisan – Sept. 11, 2020
University officials discuss the growth of the Africana Studies department.
Newsradio WJPF interview with Austin Lane
WJPF Newsradio -- Sept. 11, 2020
Chancellor Austin Lane discusses enrollment, student retention rates, faculty and students adapting to a virtual learning environment, and COVID-19 testing.
Farm Progress.com – Sept. 9, 2020
Mirian Pimentel, a Ph.D. student, and a group of plant pathologists at Southern Illinois University recently discovered a promising new tool to fight SDS.
WSIU InFocus – Sept. 8, 2020
Chancellor Austin Lane about Fall 2020 enrollment numbers, retention plans, COVID-19, and more.
KFVS-TV – Sept. 8, 2020
An Southern Illinois University professor is teaming up with Sigma Xi and Dr. Claire Gibson out of Alberta Canada.
WPSD-TV – Sept. 3, 2020
A new exhibit at University Museum at SIU Carbondale is showing moments from the Black Lives Matter protests across the region.
Science Magazine – Sept. 2, 2020
Recently, Mirian Pimentel, a Ph.D student, and a group of plant pathologists at Southern Illinois University, discovered a promising new tool to fight SDS.
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