SIU in the News - November, 2025
Saluki Start coverage
Chancellor Austin Lane, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Wendell Williams and Director of Undergraduate Admissions Sarah Jiter discuss the Saluki Start Dual Enrollment Program with local high schools.
Saluki Start opens university courses to high schools — Southern Illinoisan/Paxton Media Group — Nov. 19, 2025
SIU launches free dual-enrollment program for 26 Southern Illinois high schools — WSIL-TV — Nov. 19, 2025
The annual Feeding the Community Event is highlighted.
WPSD-TV/Southern Illinoisan — Nov. 19, 2025
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Director John Shaw discusses his latest booklet “Statesmanship 101” and the characteristics of statesmanship.
WSIU Radio — Nov. 17, 2025
Karla Gage, associate professor of weed science and plant biology, discusses the importance of diversifying the types of cover crops planted in Illinois.
Farm Progress — Nov. 18, 2025
The “Feeding Our Community” grill-out on Nov. 19 at the Town Square Pavilion is highlighted.
KBSI-TV — Nov. 17, 2025
A $2.1 million gift from alumnus Harvey N. Michaels and his wife, Collie, to establish the Harvey N. Michaels Center for Academic Success and Engagement in the College of Business and Analytics is highlighted.
WSIL — Nov. 18, 2025
The Metro East Youth Leadership Weekend hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Oct. 25-26 is highlighted.
St. Louis American — Nov. 14, 2025
Emerson Eads, assistant professor in the SIU School of Music and director of choral studies, discusses the Tuesday, Nov. 18, “Peace I Leave With You: Music of Faith and Solidarity” concert at Shryock Auditorium.
WSIU Radio – Nov. 15, 2025
Research by Brent Pease, assistant professor in the School of Forestry and Horticulture, and his colleague Neil Gilbert, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Oklahoma State University, on how artificial light reshapes bird behavior continues to spark interest.
Science News for Students – Nov. 14, 2025
A new coat collection drive at upcoming Saluki men’s and women’s basketball games is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 12, 2025
Honoring our veterans
Local media covered SIU Carbondale’s Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremonies which included remarks by Paul Copeland, SIU Veteran Services coordinator; Tom Harness, a veteran and SIU alumnus, and the playing of taps by the SIU Trumpet Studio.
Carbondale, SIU honor Veterans Day at flagpole ceremony — Southern Illinoisan/Paxton Media — Nov. 11, 2025
City of Carbondale and SIU honor veterans during campus ceremony — KBSI-TV — Nov. 11, 2025
Karla Gage, associate professor of weed science and plant biology, discusses the need for farmers to diversify weed management tactics in a monthly column in partnership with the Illinois Farm Bureau.
FarmWeekNow.com — Nov. 12, 2025
Franklin Kimmell, a fourth-year doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant in communication studies, discusses the impact of social media and influencers, and previews the Nov. 6 Student Speakers Forum on “The Power of Influence: Who (or What) Shapes Us.”
KMOX Radio — Nov. 6, 2025
Lahiru Jayakody, associate professor, School of Biological Sciences and Fermentation Science Institute, discusses research on a cleaner, lower-cost process to make an oral drug used in Europe to treat childhood myopia.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 6, 2025
Jay Nair, assistant professor, School of Agricultural Sciences, discusses the 44th Annual Bull Performance Test and Sale and the importance of bull genetics in building herds.
Brownfield Ag News — Nov. 7, 2025
Research by Southern Illinois University Carbondale aviation and psychology faculty on mental health concerns of the nation’s air traffic controllers is included in a synopsis on becoming an air traffic controller.
ABC News/Yahoo News — Nov. 7, 2025
Research by Gretchen R. Dabbs, professor, anthropology, and Anna Stevens, Monash University and Cambridge University’s McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, examines the long-claimed idea that the ancient Egyptian capital city of Akhetaten (Amarna) was affected by an epidemic.
Earth.com — Nov. 7, 2025
The annual Empty Bowls event is highlighted.
KFVS-TV — Nov. 8, 2025
The Nov. 5 swearing in of attorneys by Illinois Supreme Court Justice David K. Overstreet at the SIU Simmons Law School is highlighted.
Southern Illinoisan — Nov. 5, 2025
The annual iron pour event is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Nov. 3, 2025
Bull testing work by the SIU Beef Evaluation Center is highlighted.
Morning AgClips — Nov. 3, 2025
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, previews a panel discussion at SIU Carbondale on Tuesday, Nov. 4, that will address changes in funding, demographics, and the artificial intelligence revolution in higher education.
KMOX Radio — Nov. 3, 2025
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