SIU Today - July 25, 2019

A team of SIU students and researchers are bringing reform to one troubled St. Louis County neighborhood

One neighborhood in the St. Louis County is facing more than its fair share of crime. Thanks to a new grant, researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working with local law enforcement to transform the community.


Registration is open for Saluki Student Job Fair

Local businesses and campus departments who are searching for employees are invited to participate in the university’s fall 2019 Saluki Student Job Fair.


New graduate degree readies students for challenges of land, habitat management 

Graduate student Mark Daniels is spending his summer working to preserve precious habitats. He is among the first students to enter SIU’s pioneering professional science master’s degree in wildlife administration and management.


Emergency need blood drive set for Friday on campus

The American Red Cross is holding an emergency need blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Morris Library first floor rotunda.


Look at politics through art with the University Museum’s newest exhibit

A political art exhibit from a renowned artist and alumnus is coming to University Museum this fall.


MSP to close season with the uproarious musical comedy ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’

McLeod Summer Playhouse closes its 2019 Summer Season with the glamorous and hilarious musical spoof, “The Drowsy Chaperone.”


South Central Illinois Mass Transit District route changes announced

Beginning July 22, in coordination with RIDES Mass Transit, which operates Saluki Express, a number of changes took place on a bus route that takes university students, faculty, staff and community between Du Quoin and Carbondale. The changes include the addition of some mid-day runs.

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