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…
Category: Academics and Student Life
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…
While Southern Illinois University Carbondale students were wrapping up the fall semester, Saluki Debate Team members Joe Locher and Tatiyana Rodriguez spent extra hours scouring the news for information and…
With a 12-year military career that included a tour in Iraq in 2008, Jarmeika Taylor is looking soon to embark upon another mission. As she prepares to graduate from the…
As a child, Kamaron Bickham was fascinated with taking things apart to put them back together or seeing what he could create from a variety of scattered pieces. “If you…
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…
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.…
The success of the 2019 Devil’s Kitchen Literary Fall Festival could be measured in organizer Allison Joseph’s hearty laugh. She found some joy at a difficult time. Her husband, Jon…
Students in the Mortuary Science and Funeral Service (MSFS) program at SIU recently participated in a cemetery cleanup at Durham Cemetery in Galatia, Illinois. The members of the program’s service…