María de las Mercedes Calbi, a physics professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is one of 100 up and coming scientists who were honored by the White House on Thursday as winners of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for…

Southern Illinois University Carbondale announced today that it will start giving a 20 percent tuition break to low-income students from Illinois’  southern-most 34 counties.

The program, dubbed the Southern Stars Tuition Rate, will begin this fall with new, first-time freshmen and will…

What would Charles Darwin think about his own evolution into a 1 lb., 7-inch tall bobblehead?

That’s a question you can ponder tomorrow as people around the world celebrate Darwin Day (Feb. 12), which marks his 200th birthday this year.

The zoology…

Southern Illinois University Carbondale plans to soon offer in-state tuition rates to students who live in Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana as part of an aggressive push to reverse its enrollment declines of recent years.

The plan could save out-of-state undergraduate students…

Southern Illinois University Carbondale officials are blaming a 1.5 percent enrollment drop this fall on the struggling economy.

School officials say students appear to be choosing to go to school closer to home or are dropping out of school altogether.

The school has…