SIU in the News - October, 2026
Turning trash into takeout
National media, including CNN and other media outlets, continue to report on Lahiru Jayakody's research into turning plastic and agricultural byproducts into edible proteins and food ingredients.
Turning trash into takeout: Scientists recycle plastic into edible cookies – CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC-TV – Oct. 4, 2026
American researchers plan to “recycle” plastic by putting it in your food – Juno News – Oct. 4, 2026
Sri Lankan scientist leads NASA-backed research turning plastic waste into 3D-printed cookies – Newswire – Oct. 5, 2026
Kofi Akamani service
Faculty, staff, current and former students, and family came together to remember Kofi Akamani during a visitation and “Time of Sharing” memorial Oct. 1 at the SIU Student Center.
Community gathers to remember SIUC professor killed in Murphysboro — Heartland News — Oct. 1, 2026
Family, friends mourn SIU professor Kofi Akamani — WPSD-TV/Southern Illinoisan — Oct. 1, 2026
Marti Crothers, director, SIU Coffman-Crothers Training Program for Trauma and Psychological Health, talks about the two-day conference at SIU Simmons Law School.
Heartland News — Oct. 2, 2026
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