CARBONDALE — Although “COVID-19” is probably 2020’s most common term, many wrongly believe it refers to a specific “bug” that causes myriad sy…
Austin Lane, who joined SIU as chancellor of its Carbondale campus in July, said he noticed one glaringly obvious problem area right away: In …
Carbondale-area school districts, which all started the school year remote-only, are slowly transitioning back to partial in-person instructio…
Glenn and Jo Poshard have donated $110,000 to establish the Jo and Glenn Poshard Scholarship Endowment with the John A. Logan College Foundation.
More children are testing positive for COVID-19 than they were between March and mid-August, when schools shut down. As parents weigh the safe…
Southern Illinois University is seeking feedback from stakeholders as the system crafts a strategic plan to carry it into the years ahead.
Faculty and student researchers at SIU have secured a second round of funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a proce…
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