SIU in the News - November, 2023
Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics and co-chair of the Southern Illinois Eclipse 2017-2024 Steering Committee, discusses why the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will be different from the hybrid solar eclipse earlier this year.
Space.com — Nov. 28, 2023
The university's annual holiday craft sale is featured.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 30, 2023
The ceremony honoring current and retired SIU Carbondale employees today (Dec. 4) is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 30, 2023
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the relationship between calls for border security and immigration measures to federal proposals on a financial aid package for Ukraine.
KMOX-AM — Nov. 28, 2023
Kent Epplin, director, and Emily Spann, deputy director, Student Center, discuss the Nov. 28 Thanks “Giving Back” campus food drive.
KBSI-TV — Nov. 28, 2023
Guest director Omiyemi (Artisha) Green and Kaitlin Rose, a freshman in musical theater who plays Julia, preview “Wedding Band,” an unsparing tale about a romance between a Black woman and a white man in 1918 that opens today (Nov. 30) and runs through Dec. 10 in SIU Carbondale's Christian H. Moe Laboratory Theater.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 27, 2023
Saluki fans are getting prepared for Saturday’s FCS playoff game against Idaho at 9 p.m. Saturday.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 28, 2023
The Nov. 28 Thanks “Giving Back” Campus Food Drive to benefit SIU Carbondale students is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 27, 2023
A news roundup includes discussion of the recent donation by Roger and Sally Tedrick for a welcome center on the SIU Carbondale campus around the 6:11 mark; Cobden High School celebrating becoming a democracy school with Sheila Simon, assistant professor of law, visiting to promote civic learning (15:18), and work by Antonio Martinez, associate professor, School of Art and Design, and Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics, on an Artspace 304 installation connected to the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
The 21st Show/Illinois Public Media — Nov. 17, 2023
Research by doctoral candidate Scott Boatright, with assistance from Peter Fadde, a professor of learning systems design and technology in the School of Education’s Organizational Learning, Innovation and Development program, is highlighted by a publication of AACTE, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
EdPrepMatters — Nov. 13, 2023
An opinion piece by John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, is part of a story on the assassination and mystery of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Google translation to English is available.
El Comercio (Santa Catalina, Lima, Peru) — Nov. 20, 2023
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses former President John F. Kennedy’s legacy 60 years after Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963.
Paducah Sun — Nov. 22, 2023
As part of a National Park Service grant awarded to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Center for Archaeological Investigations will be involved in a project to produce nominations for three resources associated with Black history in the region and amend existing National Register nominations for three other sites.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 20, 2023
The Thanks "Giving Back" Campus Food Drive is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 13, 2023
SIU Carbondale tops a list of places to view the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
Space.com — Nov. 17, 2023
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, an expert on John F. Kennedy, discusses his involvement with a History Channel documentary and his perspectives on the former president.
WSIU InFocus — Nov. 17, 2023
Gregory DeYong, associate professor of operations management, discusses how the nationwide-oriented walkout affects local economies.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 16, 2023
Max Hutchison and Joe Ashby, winners of the 2023 Friends of Morris Library Delta Award, discuss their book “A Gazetteer of Johnson County, Illinois: An inventory of natural landmarks.”
KFVS-TV (and other outlets) — Nov. 16, 2023
Ken Anderson, director, SIU Advanced Energy Institute, discusses a recent trip to Europe, where a delegation that included labor leaders, elected state officials and local farmers toured agrivoltaic facilities, and the possibility of a similar research facility at SIU.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Nov. 16, 2023
Matt McCarroll, director, Fermentation Science Institute, discusses the institute's work.
KBSI-TV — Nov. 16, 2023
The Thanks "Giving Back" Campus Food Drive is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 13, 2023
Molly Parker-Stephens, assistant professor, School of Journalism and Advertising, and a journalist with Capitol News Illinois, discusses her recent article looking at issues in the juvenile detention system, which included work by students in her investigative reporting class.
KMOX-AM — Nov. 13, 2023
SIU Carbondale student Anthony Mootry and the Nov. 2 SIU Student Speakers Forum hosted by the School of Communication Studies and the Society for Civil Discourse are highlighted.
hfchronicle.com — Nov. 11, 2023
Medical students at SIU School of Medicine in collaboration with WSIU Public Broadcasting have created ‘So ILL,’ a new podcast that explores the relationship between the environment and our health.
SIU School of Medicine — Nov. 13, 2023
Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics and co-chair of the Southern Illinois Eclipse 2017-2024 Steering Committee, discusses planning for the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 8, 2023
Report features panel discussion by Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
WJBC — Nov. 10, 2023
Todd Graham, professor of debate, School of Communication Studies, analyzes the performances of the Nov. 8 Republican presidential debate.
CNN — Nov. 9, 2023
The Nov. 8 First-Generation College Student Day celebration, including the Saluki Mentor Program, is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 8, 2023
Max Hutchison and Joe Ashby, authors of the 2023 Friends of Morris Library Delta Award, discuss their book “A Gazetteer of Johnson County, Illinois: An inventory of natural landmarks.”
KFVS-TV — Nov. 10, 2023
SIU President Dan Mahony discusses the importance of the Metro East Youth Leadership Weekend hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 4, 2023
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses what to look for ahead of the Nov. 8 Republican presidential debate; the impact that the abortion issue played in the Nov. 7 elections in several states including Kentucky and Virginia, and the political season.
KMOX-AM — Nov. 8, 2023
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Russo
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Russo, who taught in SIU Carbondale's English department in the 1980s, was a guest of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a discussion on Nov. 7 and recounts his experiences. Part One. Part Two.
WSIU Radio — Nov. 8-9, 2023
Gretchen Dabbs, professor, biological anthropology, and colleagues recently published in the International Journal of Paleopathology the discovery of a rare ovarian tumor nestled in the pelvis of a woman who died more than 3,000 years ago during excavation of an ancient Egyptian cemetery. Reports are the tumor is the oldest known example of a teratoma, a rare type of growth that typically occurs in ovaries or testicles.
LiveScience — Nov. 7, 2023
Antonio Martinez, associate professor, School of Art and Design, discusses an upcoming installation with Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics at Artspace 304 for the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
Southern Illinoisan — Nov. 9, 2023
The annual Nov. 11 vigil by SIU ROTC programs and SIU Veterans Services is featured.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 6, 2023
The discovery of a possible ovarian teratoma in the more than 3,000-year-old burial of a young woman by a team of scientists led by Gretchen Dabbs, professor, biological anthropology, is highlighted.
Archeaology.org — Nov. 8, 2023
Antonio Martinez, associate professor, School of Art and Design, and Bob Baer, specialist, School of Physics and Applied Physics, in collaboration with Artspace 304, will be creating “Passing through Shadow,” a multimonth, multicultural, multidisciplinary public arts and science installation for the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 6, 2023
The 32nd national health law moot court competition hosted by the SIU School of Law Nov. 3-4 is highlighted.
The Association of American Law Schools — Nov. 1, 2023
SIU System President Dan Mahony discussed enrollment strategies during a presentation on Nov. 3 in Morris Library's John C. Guyon Auditorium.
WSIU Radio — Nov. 3, 2023
Aimee Lemrise, director, SIU Sustainability Office, discusses composting pumpkins and the Nov. 4 Great Southern Illinois Pumpkin Smash, organized by the sustainability office, SIU Student Sustainable Farm, Jackson County Health Department and Green Earth Inc.
KFVS-TV/KWCH-TV — Nov. 2, 2023
Gregory DeYong, associate professor of operations management, discusses the labor market.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Nov. 2, 2023
Aimee Lemrise, director, SIU Sustainability Office, participates in a discussion on the importance of composting pumpkins and the Nov. 4 Great Southern Illinois Pumpkin Smash, organized by the sustainability office, SIU Student Sustainable Farm, Jackson County Health Department and Green Earth Inc.
The 21st Show/Illinois Public Media — Nov. 3, 2023
The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute's Metro East Youth Leadership Weekend on Nov. 4-5 is highlighted.
KTRS Radio, St. Louis — Nov. 2, 2023
Upcoming speeches by SIU students who will participate in the SIU Speakers Forum at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 (today) in the Student Center Auditorium are featured.
WSIU InFocus — Nov. 1, 2023
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