February 2023

Former SIU filmmaker’s performance on Feb. 15 gives personal look at climate change

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Filmmaker and former Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty member Sarah Kanouse will bring a combination of storytelling, lecture and live documentary film to campus later this month. With an electrical corona discharge and a photograph from a ceremony marking the arrival of power from the Hoover Dam to Los […]

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Hundreds of high school, community college students vie for prizes at SIU’s Accounting Challenge

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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — About 200 high school and community college students from up to 100 miles came to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to vie for college scholarships, trophies and other prizes during the 25th annual Accounting Challenge, sponsored by the School of Accountancy in the College of Business and Analytics.   Participants

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Missouri Chamber, Pennsylvania Chamber to swap beer, barbeque, chocolate and other regional foods in a friendly Super Bowl wager

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will meet each other next weekend during Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, and a friendly wager placed between the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is raising the stakes beyond just bragging rights.   If the

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Missouri school kids invited to participate in No MOre Trash! contest

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation invites Missouri students in grades K-8 to help fight litter in Missouri – and to have creative and educational fun – by participating in the 2023 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The contest is part of MoDOT’s annual “No MOre Trash!” statewide litter campaign,

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SI Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Beethoven Feb. 16-19

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A four-day celebration of composer Ludwig van Beethoven at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will include two Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra performances of his monumental Ninth Symphony.   The Feb. 18-19 performances in Shryock Auditorium will feature more than 200 artists, including four internationally recognized operatic soloists and six Southern Illinois choirs.

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SIU Carbondale awards Chancellor’s Scholarships to high achieving local students

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. – Thirteen high achieving high school seniors from throughout the region are receiving Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2023 Chancellor’s Scholarships, which cover tuition, mandatory fees, food and housing for four years.   On Monday Chancellor Austin A. Lane and other university officials paid surprise visits to present the scholarships and

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