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SIU-led delegation explores getting crops and solar energy from the same plots
Southern Illinois farmer and orchardist Wayne Sirles, president of Rendleman Orchards in Alto Pass, left, and German orchardist Hubert Bernhard discuss growing apples under solar panels on Bernhard’s orchard in Kressbronn, Germany.
2025 News
3-06-25, SIU plans special events to observe total lunar eclipse
3-27-25, Sculpture dedication, discussion commemorate 2024 total solar eclipse at SIU
5-07-25, SIU researcher seeks to upcycle food waste into biodegradable packaging
2024 News
1-11-24, SIU gets $2.6M grant to use celestial marvels as inspiration to study the sun
2-01-24, Student team led by SIU prof seeks to use algae to grow out-of-this-world crops
2-12-24, SIU prof leads citizen-science project to listen to nature during eclipse
5-09-24, 2 SIU seniors win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
5-10-24, SIU ag student reflects on serving as a national FFA officer
5-15-24, SIU researchers mitigate two problems by transforming waste plastic into food
7-24-24, SIU researchers study how giant cane bamboo remnants affect ecosystems
8-08-24, $345K SIU study focuses on how to keep farmed largemouth bass from eating their own
8-20-24, SIU student researcher tracks invasive rodent as part of study on semiaquatic mammals
8-27-24, SIU researcher wins $624,500 NSF-CAREER grant to develop microbes to mitigate plastic waste
9-20-24, Journey to the Sun’ series launches with talk on NASA’s solar probes
10-30-24, SIU farms coral to help imperiled ecosystems survive, explore aquaculture
10-22-24, SIU researchers investigate technology to kill supergerms at the nano level
11-19-24, SIU researcher analyzes water isotopes, refining a method to solving mysteries
12-10-24, SIU doctoral studnets research rare gray foxes in hopes of maintaining species
12-19-24, SIU chooses dean for College of Agriculture, Life and Physical Sciences
2023 News
1-26-23, SIU student's research may lead to better control of invasive pythons
2-08-23, SIU research team explores how light and chemistry may perfect how meds are made
3-31-23, SIU students and staff lead creation of new beer
4-06-23, SIU team to travel to Australia to study eclipse, prepare for 2024 event at home
5-02-23, 'Phenomenal' SIU zoology student winds national Goldwater Scholarship
5-11-23, SIU doctoral student probes, Galapagos tortoises' little-known reproductive ecology
5-24-23, SIU doctoral student explores how engineered microbes may upcycle plastic
6-09-23, SIU researcher assists in study showing COVID lockdown impacted wild animal movement
6-16-23, SIU’s 2023 ‘diligent, unfailingly optimistic’ Lincoln Laureate aspires to be a physician
7-14-23, SIU doctoral student researches fish species to reveal the Mississippi's little-known ecosystem
7-19-23, SIU leads nationwide NASA project to gather data from sun during 2024 eclipse
7-24-23, SIU's XPRIZE team and their carbon capture efforts featured in a film
9-12-23, SIU prof studies how eagle 7K miles off course benefits economy
9-20-23, SIU team uses low-tech sun funnel to capture unique eclipse image
12-11-23, SIU researchers lead $465K project to bring 2024 eclipse to schools outside moon's shadow