Sometimes new discoveries come wrapped in, well, not the most attractive packages. Behold, the aptly named naked mole-rat. The east African rodent probably won’t win any prizes for its cute…
Author: Tim Crosby
Celebrating SIU’s Saluki TRADITION, Saluki PRIDE and Saluki PROMISE for SIU’s 150thAnniversary, This Is SIU is publishing a monthly feature detailing the past, present and future of notable places, events…
Allison McMinn is the 2019 Lincoln Academy of Illinois student laureate for Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Chatham native will receive the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award during the annual…
Those hilariously serious nuclear age monster movies from the 1950s haven’t got anything on the latest discovery by a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Only his science is for…
Dinosaur “siblings” at SIU have new names today, thanks to a school in northern Illinois. The clutch of three Protoceratops housed at the Department of Geology at SIU’s Parkinson Laboratory,…
Missy Houghland has seen SIU from many angles in her 13 years serving the university. Her view began as a student, with the Pinckneyville native earning two degrees at SIU.…
Tornadoes, earthquakes and even the occasional inland hurricane or derecho, as it was called. All are foreseeable events that could take down portions of the communication grid when it’s needed…
It doesn’t get much more “real world” for up and coming engineers than working as an intern at Advanced Technology Services Inc. Two SIU engineering undergrads spent the summer doing…
Storytelling using different disciplines and approaches is the subject of a workshop aimed at campus community and set for this Friday. The Center for Ecology and Antonio Martinez of the…
Green energy is good, many would agree. But when global forces dictate that your backyard is the place to begin the revolution, local populations can suffer, especially when maximizing profit…