SIU students work on predicting power grid reliability with Ameren Illinois project
When you flip that switch on the wall, you expect that light to go on. Reliability is one…
Leading the Pack: After 30 years, Wilson still inspired by students
Thirty years is a long time to do anything. For Jenise Wilson, however, those three decades at SIU have been an evolving experience with one constant at their center: students, and the university’s relationship with them.
Zoology student fills in data gap on duck hunter harvest
If you want to talk to duck hunters, you have to go where the ducks are. For an…
Cougar, or not? Researchers use social media game to learn how accurately the public can identify the big cat as it expands its range
When it comes identifying cougars, sometimes you can’t believe your eyes. That is to say, people often mistakenly…
Leading the Pack: Kinsels’ chemistry lends itself to public, university service
Making career and family life work is always a challenge. Two researchers at SIU have not only figured out how to do that, but give a lot of extra time and service, too.
Doctoral student studies interrelated wildlife at reclaimed Southern Illinois mine
Although it produces a needed product, a strip mine can lay waste to large areas of land, making…
Gower research chemistry award symposium set for Friday
Ahmad Z. Qamar is the 2018 recipient of the Gower Fellowship. Qamar, a research assistant in the Department…
SIU RSOs get under the hood in Murphysboro
Two student engineering organizations lit it up at a local community’s celebration of under-the-hood muscle over Labor Day…
STEM center finds a home, prepares to grow
SIU’s STEM Education Research Center (SERC) is quickly taking shape at Pulliam Hall, in a space that has…
Get acquainted with campus with a variety of welcome activities
SIU really rolls out the welcome wagon for students each and every fall. Here’s a quick look at…