Bob Baer
  • May 9, 2023

Academics and Student LifeTrip to Australia helps SIU group prepare for 2024 Eclipse

    In late April, I led a research group from Southern Illinois University Carbondale to Australia to witness and study a hybrid total/annular solar eclipse there on April 20. These observations we made allowed us to gain valuable information on our procedures that will give us a better jumping-off point for the work here in Carbondale, now funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
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    Christi Mathis
    • May 3, 2022

    Academics and Student LifeSIU dental hygiene graduates earn state’s only bachelor’s degrees, rare community health certifications

      Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 21 spring 2022 dental hygiene graduates not only have the rare accomplishment of earning a diploma from the only baccalaureate dental hygiene program in the state, approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, but they are also one of just two groups in the state to complete the online community dental health coordinator (CDHC) certification.
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      Pete Rosenbery
      • April 15, 2022

      #SalukiPrideSIU fashion design student to showcase sustainability-inspired creations in runway show

        Leslee Lunden Lofton is making the most of an opportunity she saw in her own closet. Inspired by her own old clothes, garments at local thrift stores and an effort toward sustainability, Lofton, a senior in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s fashion design program, is repurposing apparel as she prepares to unveil her line at the Student Showcase and Runway Fashion Show, Thursday, April 21, in Student Center Ballroom D.
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