Kathryn Prus, the new manager of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Swine Center, quickly embraced a demanding part of her job last summer: spending 24/7 around pigs, needing a blanket for…
An ever-changing world amid a pandemic has meant opportunities for Southern Illinois University Carbondale students to collect data to help community health professionals more accurately assess the present and guide…
Chloe Leonard wants to make a difference in the world and is determined to overcome whatever defeats she may encounter. A junior physiology major at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Leonard’s…
For Kevin Barrett, the chance to chronicle people and events in an unincorporated southern Illinois community this fall has proven to be a lesson in patience. Barrett and nine other…
For Tom Edgar, a freshman at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the sky is hardly the limit. SIU is a place where he can find ample accomplishment in front of a…
Miriam Hoffman took one disappointing outcome and turned it into a life-altering victory. The Southern Illinois Carbondale junior will now help oversee the National FFA Organization, which spans nearly 800,000…
As Southern Illinois University Carbondale nears the 60th anniversary for its nationally recognized aviation program, the horizon remains clear, unlimited and expansive. What started as a service unit of the…
Madison Decker, a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is seeking an unconventional way to control a weed that causes significant yield losses in soybean production. Over the 2019…
It doesn’t take an agricultural sciences student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to know that farm animals can’t do Zoom meetings. Thanks to a small group of SIU students, real-world…
Leaving behind her home in Chicago for wide-open spaces and opportunities in Southern Illinois, Jocelyn Ortiz found herself quickly immersed in research at SIU Carbondale. “My goal right when I…