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Zachary Gutenkauf and Jennifer Pierce start research as part of the SIU research team that helps to feed astronauts in Life Science III at SIU Nov. 8, 2021 in Carbondale, Illinois. “This is a multidisciplinary team requiring many specialties. Currently we are in phase one, which is the NASA proposal phase. We are waiting on the phase two ‘rules’ for proof of the concept, which are anticipated to be revealed tomorrow at 10am on NASA TV [Tuesday November 9, 2021]. Once we know the rules for phase two, then the game is afoot,” director of the coal and energy research and a professor in geology, Ken B. Anderson, said.

SIU research team helps on journey to deeper space exploration

By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter
November 19, 2021
The Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against the Milwaukee Bucks Brook Lopez (11) in the second half at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, March 1, 2019.

In the War Room with Warfel: Lebron James made the Lakers worse

By Adam Warfel, Sports Editor
April 17, 2019
Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks at a group of protesters that interrupted a press conference in front of his home after the mayor hosted a dinner with immigrant students Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 in Chicago, IL.

Emanuel criticizes Trump over Las Vegas response; Rauner wants ‘dialogue’ about guns

By John Byrne and Monique Garcia | Chicago Tribune
October 3, 2017
Poet lauterate Luis Rodriguez reads from his book “Borrowed Bones: New Poems from the Poet Laureate of Los Angeles” Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 during a presentation in part of the Nancy and Micheal Glassman lecture series in the SIU Student Center. (Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99)

Poet laureate, former gang member speaks on campus about importance of youth guidance

By Amelia Blakely
September 26, 2017
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Poet laureate to speak on campus Tuesday for Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month

By Francois Gatimu
September 24, 2017
Los Angeles Harbor College student Brenda Soriano, second from right, and her mother Edilbertha Martinez, left, participate in a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017. Brenda and her sister Diana Martinez are in the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program. The Soriano family are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Diana is studying to be an aerospace engineer and Brenda is studying to be a journalist. The girls came illegally to the U.S. at ages 3 and 7 in the back of a van through Tijuana. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

‘My daughters are going to be OK.’ Then Trump phased out DACA

By Esmeralda Bermudez | Los Angeles Times
September 20, 2017
Miles Davis, a senior from Durham studying theater, poses for a portrait Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, at his boutique Autopsy on West Walnut St. “Be original and make sure nobody tells you you can’t do something,” Davis said. “That’s what happened to me in high school, people pushed past my ideas and my dreams. Now I am bringing it into reality, so it’s deifnitely possible to do whatever you want to.” (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

SIU student brings high-end fashion boutique to Carbondale

By Tierra Carpenter
September 6, 2017
Chancellor candidate Carl Pinkert speaks at a forum on the morning of Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Guyon Auditorium. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

At student-led forum, chancellor candidate talks diversity, recruitment

By Luke Nozicka
April 27, 2017
Chancellor candidate Carl Pinkert speaks at a forum on the morning of Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Guyon Auditorium. Pinkert currently holds the position of vice president for research and economic development at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Pinkert makes case for chancellor spot

By Abbey La Tour
April 27, 2017
Jeff Elwell, a finalist for the universitys chancellor position, speaks during a public forum Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Guyon Auditorium. Elwell, who is one of four finalists for the position, serves as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. (Branda MItchell | @branda_mitchell)

‘The students are why I’m here’: SIU alumnus makes case for chancellor spot

By Olivia Spiers and Luke Nozicka
April 11, 2017
Actor Josh Gad attends the Disneys Beauty And The Beast UK Launch Event on Feb. 23, 2017 at Spencer House in London.

New ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to feature Disney’s first ‘exclusively gay moment’ in film

By Libby Hill | Los Angeles Times
March 1, 2017
(Photo of Mary Tyler Moore provided by Ben Merk, Wikimedia Commons.)

Retiring SIU professor remembers his time working with Mary Tyler Moore

By Olivia Spiers
January 26, 2017
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