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November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
SIU’s School of Biological Sciences welcomes four new tenure-track faculty whose work strengthens our leadership in environmental change and sustainability research.
These scientists bring global expertise to understanding how life adapts to a changing world.
These scientists bring global expertise to understanding how life adapts to a changing world.
New voices in global ecology: SIU makes cluster hire of four faculty
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s cluster hire of four tenure-track faculty in the School of Biological Sciences is advancing research into global environmental change and sustainability.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
SIU’s School of Biological Sciences welcomes four new tenure-track faculty whose work strengthens our leadership in environmental change and sustainability research.
These scientists bring global expertise to understanding how life adapts to a changing world.
These scientists bring global expertise to understanding how life adapts to a changing world.
There’s nothing quite like fall at SIU. Campus comes alive in color, that quiet kind of beauty that makes you pause between classes. 🍁🍂
Whether you’re under the trees, walking by Campus Lake, or strolling through Thompson Woods, take a second to breathe it all in.
Whether you’re under the trees, walking by Campus Lake, or strolling through Thompson Woods, take a second to breathe it all in.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
There’s nothing quite like fall at SIU. Campus comes alive in color, that quiet kind of beauty that makes you pause between classes. 🍁🍂
Whether you’re under the trees, walking by Campus Lake, or strolling through Thompson Woods, take a second to breathe it all in.
Whether you’re under the trees, walking by Campus Lake, or strolling through Thompson Woods, take a second to breathe it all in.
For 50+ years, Salukis have been driving innovation in cattle genetics. The SIU Bull Test keeps breaking ground — fueling regional growth, elevating herds, and giving students hands-on #R1Research experience that pushes agriculture forward.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For 50+ years, Salukis have been driving innovation in cattle genetics. The SIU Bull Test keeps breaking ground — fueling regional growth, elevating herds, and giving students hands-on #R1Research experience that pushes agriculture forward.
More » bit.ly/4oK6lhF
More » bit.ly/4oK6lhF
SIU alumnus Andrew Fearn, a graduate of the SIU School of Aviation and longtime manager of Coles County Memorial Airport in Mattoon, Illinois, has been inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes more than two decades of leadership and service to state aviation. 👏
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SIU alumnus Andrew Fearn, a graduate of the SIU School of Aviation and longtime manager of Coles County Memorial Airport in Mattoon, Illinois, has been inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes more than two decades of leadership and service to state aviation. 👏
At SIU Carbondale, we celebrate thinkers who explore with heart. ❤️
Meet Marsden Fisher, a zoology major and 2025 Illinois Student Lincoln Laureate. From leading canine cognition research to serving in ROTC, she’s using her passion for animals to make life better for people.
Meet Marsden Fisher, a zoology major and 2025 Illinois Student Lincoln Laureate. From leading canine cognition research to serving in ROTC, she’s using her passion for animals to make life better for people.
SIU’s 2025 Lincoln Laureate seeks to help people by helping animals
If you try to keep pace with Marsden Fisher, bring good boots and an even better planner. In the past year alone, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior has co-captained an Army ROTC Range...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
At SIU Carbondale, we celebrate thinkers who explore with heart. ❤️
Meet Marsden Fisher, a zoology major and 2025 Illinois Student Lincoln Laureate. From leading canine cognition research to serving in ROTC, she’s using her passion for animals to make life better for people.
Meet Marsden Fisher, a zoology major and 2025 Illinois Student Lincoln Laureate. From leading canine cognition research to serving in ROTC, she’s using her passion for animals to make life better for people.
Childhood myopia is surging and treatment isn’t cheap. SIU researchers set out to change that.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
As childhood myopia surges, SIU team finds cleaner, cheaper way to make a key drug
If it seems like more children are wearing glasses, you’re not imagining it. By 2050, scientists project about 50% of tthis he world’s population will be nearsighted. As families and clinicians look f...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Childhood myopia is surging and treatment isn’t cheap. SIU researchers set out to change that.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
What happens to a tiny fish when the water turns toxic?
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad’s research illuminates pollution threats to endangered Calif. fish
The Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel was still and quiet as the boat cut through the morning fog. For Cristina La, then a graduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, this was the mo...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What happens to a tiny fish when the water turns toxic?
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
New study: Birds in light-polluted areas sing nearly an hour later at night. SIU’s Brent Pease and OSU’s Neil Gilbert used AI and 180M+ bird calls to link light sensitivity to behavioral change. Published today in @science.org.
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
SIU research finds birds in light polluted areas stay up late
Birds that are active during the day sing later into the night in places with significant light pollution, according to research by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor and his colleagu...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New study: Birds in light-polluted areas sing nearly an hour later at night. SIU’s Brent Pease and OSU’s Neil Gilbert used AI and 180M+ bird calls to link light sensitivity to behavioral change. Published today in @science.org.
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
Everything the light touches is Saluki Country.
August 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everything the light touches is Saluki Country.
Congrats to Dr. Khalid Meksem of SIU Carbondale, named a 2025 Researcher to Know by IL Science & Technology Coalition.
For 30+ years, he’s advanced plant genetics to boost yields, build disease resistance, and tackle climate change.
$25M+ in funding, 7 patents, 100+ papers = real impact!
For 30+ years, he’s advanced plant genetics to boost yields, build disease resistance, and tackle climate change.
$25M+ in funding, 7 patents, 100+ papers = real impact!
SIU plant genomics and genetics specialist named 2025 Researcher to Know
Khalid Meksem, a distinguished professor of genome biotechnology and genetics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is one of 12 scientists named a 2025 Researcher to Know by the Illinois Scienc...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Congrats to Dr. Khalid Meksem of SIU Carbondale, named a 2025 Researcher to Know by IL Science & Technology Coalition.
For 30+ years, he’s advanced plant genetics to boost yields, build disease resistance, and tackle climate change.
$25M+ in funding, 7 patents, 100+ papers = real impact!
For 30+ years, he’s advanced plant genetics to boost yields, build disease resistance, and tackle climate change.
$25M+ in funding, 7 patents, 100+ papers = real impact!
New research reveals air traffic controllers are facing sky-high levels of anxiety and depression, and they’re afraid to speak up.
Led by veterans of the tower and cockpit, this study challenges a system that treats mental health like a liability instead of a priority.
news.siu.edu/2025/07/0722...
Led by veterans of the tower and cockpit, this study challenges a system that treats mental health like a liability instead of a priority.
news.siu.edu/2025/07/0722...
SIU research focuses on air traffic controllers’ mental health
Research by Southern Illinois University Carbondale aviation and psychology faculty may shed added light on mental health concerns of the nation’s air traffic controllers (ATC) as they face high-press...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New research reveals air traffic controllers are facing sky-high levels of anxiety and depression, and they’re afraid to speak up.
Led by veterans of the tower and cockpit, this study challenges a system that treats mental health like a liability instead of a priority.
news.siu.edu/2025/07/0722...
Led by veterans of the tower and cockpit, this study challenges a system that treats mental health like a liability instead of a priority.
news.siu.edu/2025/07/0722...
In 1953, SIU Carbondale biologists, funded by Anheuser-Busch, used a microscope, sugar water, and physics to weigh a single yeast cell. No fancy gear, just brains & gravity.
They tracked 67 cells falling in fluid, used Stokes’ Law, and got 7.9×10⁻¹¹ grams, on average.
via @nikomccarty.bsky.social
They tracked 67 cells falling in fluid, used Stokes’ Law, and got 7.9×10⁻¹¹ grams, on average.
via @nikomccarty.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In 1953, SIU Carbondale biologists, funded by Anheuser-Busch, used a microscope, sugar water, and physics to weigh a single yeast cell. No fancy gear, just brains & gravity.
They tracked 67 cells falling in fluid, used Stokes’ Law, and got 7.9×10⁻¹¹ grams, on average.
via @nikomccarty.bsky.social
They tracked 67 cells falling in fluid, used Stokes’ Law, and got 7.9×10⁻¹¹ grams, on average.
via @nikomccarty.bsky.social
New #research looks at how pesticides affect young salmon’s ability to escape predators, possibly explaining their population drop. Even low levels harm growth, smell & swimming. Goal: better tools for faster wildlife action.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Edusky #Wildlife
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Edusky #Wildlife
SIU scientists examine how pesticides may impair Chinook salmon
Scientists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are making an iconic but troubled fish’s life easier, looking at how pesticides may impact Chinook salmon’s ability to avoid predators while migra...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New #research looks at how pesticides affect young salmon’s ability to escape predators, possibly explaining their population drop. Even low levels harm growth, smell & swimming. Goal: better tools for faster wildlife action.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Edusky #Wildlife
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Edusky #Wildlife