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 A young man is kneeling on a tarmac, beside an airplane. He is surrounded by trophies, and is holding a framed medal and certificate.

SIU Carbondale Flying Saluki co-captain Dayne Snodgrass holds the nation’s top pilot award alongside trophies the team earned this past week in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association championships. The second-place overall national finish marks the 15th straight year that SIU Aviation’s flight team has finished in the top five. (Photo by Russell Bailey)

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SIU lab works with ‘tiny psychologists’ to learn how babies and children get social skills

How do newborns evaluate, develop and reason as they grow, and how do they become children with the skills to navigate the social world? By working with countless “tiny psychologists,” as they call their infant and children volunteers, the student and faculty researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Social Cognitive Development Lab (SCD) are exploring these questions and more.

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SIFest’s 20th season features D-Day concert, opera, ballet and more

The nationally recognized Southern Illinois Music Festival (SIFest) will start its 20th season this week by providing the region an opportunity to enjoy the finest professional singers and instrumentalists from the United States and Europe, along with a mix of select Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty and students.

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SIU researchers mitigate two problems by transforming waste plastic into food

In the 1970s, it was Tang, the orange-like drink of astronauts, that found its way into the Earth-bound consumer market. Sometime during the next few years, it could be µBites – created by a team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale – that splashes down on dinner tables and helps solve an ecological problem.

Saluki Pride: Camille M. Davidson earns Women of Distinction Award

In her four years on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus, Simmons Law School Dean Camille M. Davidson has led efforts that have resulted in a historic $10 million gift to the law school, a six-figure gift to rename the courtroom, increased applications while maintaining high standards, and improvements in the ultimate bar passage rate and career placement.

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