SIU Today - July 28, 2014

From the Chancellor

Update on Academic Reorganization

As I have been on campus meeting with faculty, staff and students, I have often been asked about the status of academic reorganization. I write to share an update. Full Story 

Novel bacterium designated ‘SIUC-1’ likes it hot, may make history 

Working with a REACH grant from the university, Amanda M. Blocker is tending to a bacterium isolated from a 900-meter-deep borehole located on the border between California and Nevada. Full story

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