Southern Illinois University Carbondale News

Is there a connection between climate change, a tiny beetle, and increased haze in the skies over places such as Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone national parks? Research by an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University seems to connect the dots.

Research conducted outside Steamboat Springs has found that the beetles that have decimated pine and spruce forests throughout the western United States have also inadvertently contributed to the air quality problems that plague much of the region.

The Top Ten students in order of rank are as follows: Kate Johnson is Valedictorian for the Class of 2012.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 -- Women's vote is among the factors which will determine the successful candidate in the United States Presidential Election on Nov 6. US political writer David Yepsen, who is also director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, reasoned this was because, the fairer sex ... (more)

The hordes of bark beetles that have bored their way through more than six billion trees in the western United States and British Columbia since the 1990s do more than kill stately pine, spruce and other trees.

Newswise - CARBONDALE, Ill. -- If you've traveled to a forested national park out West in recent years, you may have noticed two things.

Belleville West assistant basketball coach Abel Schrader will be the new head basketball coach at Belleville East beginning in the fall.

The field is now set for two congressional races that metro-east voters will be hearing plenty about from now through the November election.

Lake Land College is the safest college campus in the state of Illinois and the fourth safest campus in the United States, according to information released by the Web site StateUniversity.com. "We are proud to say that at Lake Land College, your child and family members are very safe," said Scott Lensink, Lake Land College president.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale has joined 32 other universities around the nation in expanding its recycling program by distributing new recycling bins around campus.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale presented scholarships and awards to 38 outstanding journalism students in the School of Journalism at a recent awards ceremony.

Guns, guts and germs: 'To Kill and to Heal: Weapons and Medicine of the Civil War' opens Friday at Lincoln Presidential Museum S PRINGFIELD -- The deadliest weapon of the Civil War was one that nobody could see, killing two soldiers for every one felled by gunfire.

Katherine is the director of admissions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Three Southern Illinois University Carbondale students are among just 60 nationwide named to the annual USA Today All-USA College Academic Team.

To Kill and to Heal: Weapons and Medicine of the Civil War is a new exhibit that opens May 11, 2012 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield.A The ALPLMstates, "The deadliest weapon of the Civil War was one that nobody could see, killing two soldiers for every one felled by ... (more)

The engagement and approaching summer wedding of Casey Joleen Levan and Matthew Thomas Daniel have been announced by the bride-elect's parents, Tony and Cheri Levan of Wood River.

In the case of Mike Geno, a 41-year-old artist and food fanatic here, it’s instructive to rewind to a phase in his life when he couldn’t stop cranking out paintings of steak.