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Riverbender featured the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Mass Communications event with local high schoolers this summer titled "Script to Screen: Producing a Short Film." The hands-on workshop was held June 15–18 and 22–25. The camp guided eight students through the full filmmaking process, from writing scripts and planning productions to camera work, audio recording, lighting, editing, and d...

WJBD Radio reported a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville forensic anthropologist played a key role in solving a decade-old missing persons case in Clinton County. The anthropologist used DNA evidence and dental records to positively identify skeletal remains found off Jolliff Bridge Road northwest of Centralia in 2021of a a Centralia man who had been missing since April 2014. 

The remains, a skull and more than 30 bones, ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Carson Crow will screen her documentary about her late mother at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase on July 26. The 25-minute film, which chronicles her mother Robin Cecilia Wheat's cancer diagnosis and lifelong devotion to Edwardsville, draws on interviews, family footage and historical records spanning generations. 

Crow, a video editor at the St. Louis-based company Splycehouse, began filming in August 2025 af...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Solar Racing Team was featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ahead of the team's return to national competition for the first time in years. The article details the team's preparation for the American Solar Challenge, a multiday, 1,500-mile road race from Minneapolis to Amarillo, Texas, beginning July 25. 

The roughly 25-member student team hand-built a new solar car, named Orion, largely from scratch, including hand-solder...

EdGlen Today and Riverbender featured the award announcement from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Department of Construction. The Departmentreceived a $600,000 commitment from the Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) and the Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program (SICAP) to support student recruitment and workforce development in its construction management program. The three-year investment will fund recruitment awards f...

As reported on the Illinois National Guard website, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted an Army ROTC commissioning ceremony on May 8, 2026, presided over by Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, The Assistant Adjutant General - Army and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard. Seven new second lieutenants were sworn in, five of whom have joined the Illinois Army National Guard. 

The five SIUE graduates joining the Illinois Army National Guard are 2nd Lt. Gavynn Baer (Sp...

The Illinois Business Journal featured the promotion of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Jaci Rothe (Class of 2017) to chief operating officer at Cork Tree Creative, an Edwardsville-based marketing agency. Rothe’s appointment is the first time the company has appointed someone to the role. 

Rothe joined Cork Tree Creative as an intern in 2016 while attending SIUE and has spent the past decade advancing through roles inclu...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Professor Emeritus Dr. Eugene Redmond is featured in a Fox2Now Destination USA segment examining the untold history of Route 66 for Black travelers during the era of segregation. 

Reporter Patrick Clark  spoke with Dr. Redmond about how the iconic highway, while symbolizing freedom for many, posed real dangers for African American travelers. The segment explores how sundown towns and widespread discriminati...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Archaeology Professor Julie Zimmermann Kooiman, PhD, was featured in the Belleville News-Democrat's summer activities roundup, highlighting a free public hike she led at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site on June 6. 

The three-hour guided hike explores the natural environment of Cahokia Mounds and how it shaped the Mississippian culture. The event was free and open to the public. 

Read more: Belleville News-Democ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville wrestlers Brad Gillum, Gage Murphy, and Hayden Trezek were highlighted in Riverbender's coverage of the revitalization of On the Hill Golf Course at American Legion Post 199 in Edwardsville. 
Golf course director Dave Jacobs praised the three student-athletes as disciplined, hardworking, and dedicated to serving veterans — drawing a comparison to the wrestlers he relied on during his Hall of Fame football coaching career. 
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville served as the site of a full-scale emergency preparedness drill organized by the St. Louis Area Regional Response system. The event was covered by First Alert 4. 

The exercise simulated the response and reunification process following an active shooter scenario, with a focus on safely reconnecting students with their families.  

More than 250 participants — including police, fire, and public health agenc...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville criminal justice studies professor Trish Oberweis, PhD, is offering expert perspective on how advances in forensic DNA technology could help solve the nearly 40-year-old homicide of LaDonna L. Cooper, according to coverage from WSIL-TV News 3. 

Oberweis, who specializes in cold cases, explained how modern techniques like forensic investigative genetic genealogy — the method that helped identify the Go...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's innovative student outreach initiative is receiving recognition for its proactive approach to college readiness, with SIUE START — Students Taking Action for Registration and Transition — featured in the Edwardsville Intelligencer for its hands-on enrollment support model. 

Throughout April, SIUE staff visited 10 local high schools to provide placement testing, academic advising, and course re...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is featured in regional and statewide coverage of a major new technology investment in Illinois, with SIUE named as a university partner in IBM's expanding workforce development initiative. 

Governor JB Pritzker and IBM announced the company's new FutureNow Chicago delivery center at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), which will create 750 new full-time jobs in AI, cybersecurity, data science, qu...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Gardens are among the top destinations highlighted in a recent feature by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

Written by features writer Daniel Neman, the article spotlights 11 of the region's best places to experience spring blooms — and the Gardens at SIUE earned a place alongside renowned destinations such as the Missouri Botanical Garden and Forest Park. 

The Post-Dispatch describes the Gardens at SIUE as a 36...