News and Reports
Also see Showcase for publications and reports relating to research and graduate education.
Thank You...
to all the faculty and staff who participated in this year's Research Town Meeting and Fair and made it a success. Likewise to all the students who presented posters at this year's Undergraduate Research Forum. Congratulations to the poster winners at that event, to recipients of the 2008-09 Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity (REACH) awards, to recipients of 2008 Faculty Seed Grants, and to the faculty recognized as this year's outstanding scholars and teachers (see "Recent News" below).
Interdisciplinary Grant Program to be Offered
The Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grant Program will be offered for FY2008. Proposals are due on May 19. Information...
Position Announcement
SIUC is seeking a director for the Center for Integrated Research in Cognitive and Neural Sciences, which is administratively housed within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean. See the position announcement for full details.
Listen Up!
In conjunction with National Public Radio's "DNA Files" series,WSIU-FM recently featured SIUC research on the endangered pallid sturgeon. Download the radio clip here.
Recent News in Research and Graduate Education at SIUC
May 06 - Researchers help protect endangered sturgeon
May 05 - Preservation Summer plans for Cairo taking shape
May 02 - Undergraduate research assistant wins second place in international contest
April 30 - Student's invention wins national contest
April 30 - Ethanol byproduct might feed livestock
April 30 - New dairy barns create new research, teaching opportunities
April 28 - "Matrix of Hope" effective in helping meth addicts
April 24 - Grant fuels development of culinary tourism effort
April 23 - Anthropologist captures dissertation award
April 17 - SIUC pianist to debut at Carnegie Hall
April 16 - Researcher specializes in intuition as learned behavior
April 16 - Marketing professor's research earns "most-cited" designation
April 15 - Art historian receives national recognition for essay
April 11 - Four doctoral students win Excellence awards for research
April 11 - Graduate students honored for teaching abilities
April 08 - Society honors two SIUC sociologists
April 07 - Science dean honored as leading international toxicologist
April 07 - National council honors art professor for teaching
April 02 - Faculty members honored for superior teaching
April 01 - Faculty members honored for scholarly work
March 26 - Rodney Jones to read his poetry at the Library of Congress
March 25 - Geographer serving on food and farm task force
March 25 - Zoologists unlock new secrets about frog deaths
March 20 - Plant biologist David Gibson named 2008 Outstanding Scholar
March 20 - Historian Jonathan Wiesen named 2008 Outstanding Teacher
March 14 - Book looks at modern media's role in Appalachia
March 13 - SIUC establishes Center for Delta Studies
March 13 - National organization honors math professor
March 11 - Abdul-Musawwir takes art, experiences to Turkey
March 07 - New technique may detect harmful bacteria
March 07 - Undergraduate researcher tries to build a better hot dog
March 06 - Two agriculture graduate students win honors
March 05 - Joseph wins top prize in poetry competition
Feb. 28 - MFA student, graduates win literary awards
Feb. 27 - Three faculty win Illinois Arts Council grants
Feb. 27 - Study identifies potential cougar habitats
Feb. 26 - Student's study helps farmers growing Roundup Ready corn
Feb. 19 - Physics professor wins NSF CAREER Award
Feb. 13 - Graduate student wins prestigious national fellowship
Feb. 13 - Study explores issues facing rural victim advocates
Feb. 07 - Grant aids accounting professor's research
Feb. 04 - Professor wins international award for invention
Feb. 04 - Study: Polls may lack religious conservatives' input
Reports and Presentations
- 2007 Research Town Meeting Presentation (PowerPoint)
- Research and Graduate Education at SIUC: A Presentation for New Faculty, August 2007 (PowerPoint)
- 2006 Research Town Meeting Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 2005 Research Town Meeting Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 2004 Strategic Plan for the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Graduate Dean (PDF)
- Research and Scholarship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at SIUC, Consultant Team Report, October 6, 2004 (Word)
- Research at SIUC: Fall 2004 Update to the SIU Board of Trustees, October 14, 2004 (PDF of PowerPoint presentation)
- Report to INEER Conference in Czech Republic, June 26, 2004 (PDF of PowerPoint presentation)
- Discussion of the Washington Advisory Group Report (Word)
Note: To receive a copy of the WAG Report, contact Paulette Patterson at plpp@siu.edu or 453-4526. - Reinventing the Mid-Level Research University (PDF)
- Southern at 150: Final Report (HTML)
- Lead in research, scholarly, and creative activities (PDF)
- Offer progressive graduate education (PDF)
- Serve others (PDF)
- Genesis and Development of the Strategic Faculty Hires Initiative (HTML) | FAQs (HTML)
- Shared Governance (HTML)
