SIU in the News - October, 2024
Attorneys for man convicted in Metro East murder say his appeal lacks merit
Christopher Behan, professor, SIU Simmons School of Law, discusses a state public defender’s appellate filing in a case involving the murder of a prominent Metro East attorney in 2020.
KMOV-TV, St. Louis — Oct. 29, 2024
Local political experts weigh in on the final days of the election
Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, discusses the issues prompting people to vote in the Nov. 5 general election and suggests the final result for president might not be known Tuesday night.
Southern Illinoisan — Nov. 1, 2024
Newsradio WJPF interview with Tom Imboden
Tom Imboden, associate professor, information technology, provides cybersecurity tips.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 31, 2024
How to move plants to your new home: 7 steps for relocating your greenery
Jose Franco Da Cunha Leme Filho, assistant professor of plant biology, discusses when homeowners who are moving should leave their plants behind.
USA Today.com — Oct. 22, 2024
Saluki Step Ahead agreement
Media outlets in east central Illinois covered the Saluki Step Ahead agreement with Parkland College.
Parkland College and SIUC enter a transfer agreement — WAND-TV — Oct. 31, 2024
Parkland College signs transfer agreement with SIU Carbondale — WICS/WCCU-TV — Oct. 31, 2024
Parkland College finalizes transfer agreement with SIU Carbondale — Chambanatoday.com —Oct. 31, 2024
Why we aren’t really ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’
Diana Sarko, associate professor, School of Medicine-Carbondale, discusses brain activity.
ScienceNewsExplores — Nov. 1, 2024
SIU Carbondale architecture and interior design students create individualized masks
Peter Smith, associate professor in architecture and interior design, discusses “Art of the Mask” work by students in his design communication class.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 31, 2024
‘Beautiful and sensitive’: Endangered coral are being grown in Southern Illinois, for a cause
James Garvey, zoology professor and Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences director, and Ashlynn Shea, a junior in zoology and president of the Saluki Reefers registered student organization, discuss efforts to grow coral to help reefs worldwide.
KSDK online — Oct. 31, 2024
Playing for Pets at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The Playing for Pets fundraiser by students in the School of Communication Studies to benefit St. Francis CARE (Community Animal Rescue and Education) animal shelter is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 30, 2024
WSIU interview with Chancellor Austin Lane
Chancellor Austin Lane discusses topics including enrollment strategy, student retention and the university’s civil rights history.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 28, 2024
SIU researchers studying how AI can prevent food poisoning
Anas Alsobeh, assistant professor of information technology, discusses his research on working with artificial intelligence to detect dangerous microbes before they enter the food supply.
KFVS-TV/Food Industry Today — Oct. 30, 2024
SIU’s Education Day draws record number of students
Stacy Thompson, interim dean, School of Education, discusses the 2024 SIU Education Day, which drew more than 300 high school students from 25 schools in the region.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 30, 2024
Opinion: John Shaw — During a time of hatred toward immigrants, here’s how statesmanship can bridge the divide
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, outlines ways to advance an immigration agenda with a clear message.
Chicago Tribune (subscription required) — Oct. 28, 2024
Newsradio WJPF interview with Ken Mulligan
Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, discusses such topics as presidential polling, early voting and the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 28, 2024
SIU builds campuswide retention program
Chancellor Austin Lane discusses a recent retention summit.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 28, 2024
Illinois legislators plan campaign finance reform legislation
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses trends that school board elections have started to reflect national party movements.
Moneysmarts.com — Oct. 30, 2024
Engineering students look to the past to launch into the future
Senior engineering students Gabe Gleason and Anael Clar, along with Ken Anderson, director of the Advanced Energy Institute, discuss the trebuchet they designed and built to fling pumpkins into the air.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 29, 2024
Illinois voters are being asked whether to leave Chicago behind
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses reasons behind nonbinding ballot questions by some counties on separating from Illinois.
Alton Telegraph — Oct. 28, 2024
SIU’s pumpkin smash helps keep jack-o'-lanterns out of landfills
The Great Southern Illinois Pumpkin Smash on Nov. 9 is highlighted.
Metropolis Planet — Oct. 28, 2024
Capitol View — Oct. 23, 2024
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses statesmanship, focusing on issue-oriented politics, and his new book, “The Education of a Statesman — How Global Leaders Can Repair a Fractured World.”
WSIU-TV — Oct. 23, 2024
Organists to present haunting Halloween concert at SIU’s Shryock Auditorium Oct. 27
The Oct. 27 Halloween Extravaganza presented by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is featured.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 25, 2024
Halloween Trunk or Treat event at the Dentmon Center in Carbondale
SIU Carbondale women’s basketball head coach Kelly Bond-White discusses the team’s participation in an Oct. 26 Halloween event at the Dentmon Center in Carbondale.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 24, 2024
Former governor urges greater support for higher education
Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar called for greater support and funding for higher education and highlighted Illinois’ colleges and universities’ vital role in the state’s future as part of the Renewing Illinois Summit hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 25, 2024
SIU’s Renewing Illinois Summit to focus on higher education
The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute’s Renewing Illinois Summit, Oct. 24-25 at the SIU Student Center, is highlighted.
KFVS-TV/MSN.com — Oct. 24, 2024
‘A quiet, steady flame’ Thelma Mothershed Wair dies at 83
Father Joseph Brown, professor and director of the School of Africana and Multicultural Studies, discusses SIU Carbondale alumna and Little Rock Nine student Thelma Mothershed Wair.
KBSI-TV — Oct. 21, 2024
Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center at SIU drives inclusion
Juniper Oxford, program coordinator, discusses the Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 22, 2024
17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the 17th District U.S. House of Representatives race that covers much of northwest Illinois.
Capitol News Illinois/WIFR-TV and other outlets — Oct. 21, 2024
Flying Salukis to host regional competition
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s Region VIII competition hosted by SIU Carbondale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 23-26, is highlighted.
KFVS-TV/MSN.com — Oct. 21, 2024
SIU partners with Able Flight to help teach physically disabled pilots
Chien-Tsung Lu, SIU School of Aviation director; Christopher Mullins, associate dean of academic and student affairs, College of Health and Human Sciences, and Charles Stites, Able Flight executive director, discuss the partnership for people with physical disabilities to receive intensive flight training.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 18, 2024
SIU School of Aviation partners with Able Flight
Charles Stites, executive director, Able Flight, discusses why the partnership with the SIU School of Aviation is expanding.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 18, 2024
Chicago students fly into future careers at SIU Aviation Career Day
The 24th United Airlines-SIU Aviation Career Day is featured.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 20, 2024
Opinion: The statesmanship of Sweden’s Jan Eliasson
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, provides insight into the diplomatic career and statesmanship of Sweden’s Jan Eliasson, former United Nation's deputy secretary-general.
The Washington Diplomat — Oct. 18, 2024
Experts take creative measures to eliminate big threat lurking in U.S. waterways: ‘We’re talking about a species that’s like cancer’
Details on efforts to control the spread of invasive carp in Missouri and Kansas includes insight from James Garvey, zoology professor and Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences director.
MSN Lifestyle and The Cool Down — Oct. 19, 2024
NewsRadio WJPF interview with Bob Baer
Bob Baer, associate scientist, School of Physics and Applied Physics, and Hunter Miller of the Adler Planetarium discuss the Oct. 19 Southern Illinois Star Party.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 18, 2024
SIU football players visit Marion VA
The visit by Saluki football players to the Department of Veterans Affairs Marion Medical Center as part of the Seats for Soldiers program by handing out tickets for SIU’s Nov. 9 Military Appreciation game against Youngstown State is featured.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 17, 2024
Southern Illinois Star Party takes over SIU University Farms
The Oct. 19 Southern Illinois Star Party was highlighted.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 18, 2024
Nonprofit donates 2 planes to SIU flight school
Able Flight’s donation of two light sport planes and funds to the School of Aviation for program expenses is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 16, 2024
SIU Carbondale to hold pumpkin smashing event after Halloween
The Great Southern Illinois Pumpkin Smash on Nov. 9 is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 16, 2024
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute hosts third Renewing Illinois Summit
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the third Renewing Illinois Summit Oct. 24-25 which will feature former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and SIU System President Dan Mahony.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 16, 2024
Community shows Saluki pride at Homecoming parade
The Oct. 12 Saluki Homecoming parade is highlighted.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 14, 2024
Opinion: Raymund Narag on political dynasties and nepotism in government
Raymund Narag, associate professor, School of Justice and Public Safety, discusses political nepotism in the Philippines.
Rappler.com — Oct. 16, 2024
NewsRadio WJPF interview with Austin Lane
SIU Chancellor Austin Lane discusses topics, including Homecoming weekend, ceremonies for the Tedrick Welcome Center and the Mike Hanes Marching Salukis Band Tower, and enrollment.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 10, 2024
SIU celebrates groundbreaking for Tedrick Welcome Center
University officials, including SIU System President Dan Mahony and SIU Chancellor Austin Lane, gathered Oct. 11 as ground was broken on the Tedrick Welcome Center.
SIU breaks ground on Tedrick Welcome Center — Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 12, 2024
SIU hosts groundbreaking for the Tedrick Welcome Center — WSIL-TV — Oct. 12, 2024
Mike Hanes Marching Salukis Band Tower dedication
Ceremonies highlighted the Oct. 11 dedication of the Mike Hanes Marching Salukis Band Tower.
SIU dedicates the Mike Hanes Marching Salukis Band Tower — Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 11, 2024
SIU Carbondale dedicates the Mike Hanes Marching Salukis Band Tower — WSIU Radio — Oct. 11, 2024
Carbondale Strip closed down for SIU homecoming
Saluki alumni discussed festivities surrounding “Shutting Down the Strip” for homecoming.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 12, 2024
Glass pumpkin program helps SIU students
The annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch sale on Oct. 12 is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 13, 2024
SIU LGBTQ resource center changing names
The renaming of the LGBTQ resource center to the Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 8, 2024
Tickets available for SIU’s Little Grassy Get Down music fest
Brian Croft, director, Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center, previewed the Oct. 11-13 Little Grassy Get Down.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 9, 2024
Local haunted house raises money for a good cause
The haunted house fundraising effort by the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity Oct. 29-30 is featured.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 9, 2024
“The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band performs at SIU
The Oct. 8 performance of the U.S. Marine Band at Shryock Auditorium is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 8, 2024
SIU renames resource center after LGBTQ+ advocate
Chancellor Austin Lane and other current and former SIU Carbondale officials discuss Paulette Curkin's impact on the university in the naming of the Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center.
Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 9, 2024
SIU students create glass pumpkin patch
Work preparing for the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch sale on Saturday, Oct. 12, is featured.
WPSD-TV — Oct. 8, 2024
NewsRadio WJPF interview with John Jackson
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the upcoming racketeering and bribery trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and the presidential election.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 9, 2024
Women are better than men at science job interviews
Nafisa Jadavji, assistant professor, physiology, SIU School of Medicine, Carbondale, is a co-author of a study looking at academic hiring outcomes for biological sciences.
Nature.com — Oct. 9, 2024
WWII Hanford engineer’s hobby was recording music, interviews. Hear them at free program
Jay Needham, professor in the School of Media Arts, will play excerpts of World War II-era recordings made by his grandfather while he was working on the Manhattan Project, today (Oct. 10) during a program in Richland, Washington.
Spokesman-Review, Yahoo News and other outlets — Oct. 8, 2024
SIU fraternity to raise money for children's organization with Halloween event
A haunted house sponsored by the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity Oct. 29-30 is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 8, 2024
NewsRadio WJPF interview with Gary Kinsel
Gary Kinsel, SIU Cannabis Science Center director, discusses the impact of the $7.2 million BioLaunch lab, which will provide cutting-edge life sciences research and more, along with the Sept. 27 Hemp Cannabis Symposium.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Oct. 4, 2024
New research lab for SIU
The $7.2 million BioLaunch research lab on campus is featured.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 4, 2024
SIU’s state-of-the-art BioLaunch boosts opportunities in science, the economy
The Oct. 4 ribbon cutting on SIU Carbondale’s $7.2 million BioLaunch lab is highlighted.
KFVS-TV/MSN — Oct. 4, 2024
Locals give blood at the SIU blood drive
The 15th annual SIU Homecoming Blood Drive at the Student Center on Oct. 2 is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Oct. 2, 2024
In the Midwest’s fight to remove invasive carp, experts say every fish counts
James Garvey, zoology professor and Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences director, discusses issues with invasive carp.
NPR Illinois/KCUR-FM and other outlets — Oct. 3, 2024
It’s the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch
Preparation for the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch sale on Saturday, Oct. 12, is featured.
KFVS-TV — Oct. 3, 2024
Short phone breaks during class could help students score higher grades, study suggests
A study led by Ryan Redner, professor, behavior analysis and therapy, examines whether short in-class phone breaks help students.
Forbes.com/WABC Radio, New York City and elsewhere — Oct. 2, 2024
Opinion: Here's how we increased enrollment at SIU Carbondale
Chancellor Austin Lane provides insight into how SIU Carbondale was able to buck national trends and increase enrollment.
Chicago Sun-Times (subscription) — Oct. 2, 2024
WSIU interview with Chancellor Austin Lane
Chancellor Austin Lane talks about the university's budget, enrollment increase, the recent SIU Day of Giving and the Saluki Takeover Tour in Chicago.
WSIU Radio — Oct. 1, 2024
Dockworkers' strike
With the dockworkers’ strike along the East Coast and Gulf Coast, national and local media relied on Gregory D. DeYong, associate professor of operations management, to discuss its impact and supply chain issues. Here is a sampling:
As port strike looms, how could Chicagoans be affected? — WMAQ-TV NBC5, Chicago — Sept. 30, 2024
SIU expert weighs in on U.S. port strike — KFVS-TV/KAIT-TV — Oct. 1, 2024
Gregory DeYong on looming dockworker strike — WTAX Radio Capitol City Now — Sept. 30, 2024
Vice presidential debate coverage
National and local media relied on SIU experts, including John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Todd Graham, professor of debate, School of Communication Studies, and Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, to provide insight on the Oct. 1 debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance.
Post-debate
VP debate: Vance's answer on January 6 was 'an implosion'— KMOX-AM — Oct. 2, 2024
Who won the U.S. VP debate? — ABC Radio National Australia — Oct. 2, 2024
Pre-debate
Remembering students SIU has lost
Local media provided coverage as SIU Carbondale held a Sept. 30 remembrance and tribute at Becker Pavilion in memory of students who have recently died.
SIU community remembers students who died — Southern Illinoisan (subscription) — Oct. 1, 2024
SIU holds remembrance for deceased students — WPSD-TV — Sept. 30, 2024
SIU Carbondale hosts remembrance event — WSIL-TV — Sept. 30, 2024
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