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The COVID-19 pandemic has created hardships for health care workers, small businesses, and students. SIU Carbondale is working on several projects to help improve the local community. The Saluki spirit shines bright during this time, as you can see in the stories below.
Media advisory: Free vaccinations clinics for SIU Carbondale campus community (9-3-21)
Veterans, familied invite to SIU's business workshop September 14 (8-31-21)
SIU offering vaccination clinics, gift cards for students (8-18-21)
SIU’s Craft Shop offers an array of arts and crafts opportunities this fall(8-16-21)
Free webinar on COVID-19’s impact on rural health is Aug. 19 (8-13-21)
SIU’s Small Business Development Center offers help to businesses hurt by pandemic (8-11-21)
Media Advisory: SIU to provide $12.3M in emergency grants to students (8-10-21)
Media advisory: Nearly 80% of SIU survey respondents report they are vaccinated (7-29-21)
Media Advisory – SIU Carbondale to require masks indoors (7-27-21)
Virtual conference will look at COVID-19’s impact on health policy (6-3-21)
SIU will offer in-person, virtual summer camps and programs (4-21-21)
Additional COVID-19 vaccines available this week (4-12-21)
Saluki Food Pantry holds spring drive April 29 (4-8-21)
Additional single-dose COVID-19 vaccines available Saturday (4-8-21)
Join SIU’s “Rec Your Quarantine” challenge (4-8-21)
Vaccines available for faculty, staff and students (4-5-21)
SIU employees eligible for vaccine (3-22-21)
Debra Pender counsels frontline health care workers during pandemic (3-15-21)
SIU’s Saluki Student Investment Fund outperforms professionals, even during pandemic (2-23-21)
SIU dental hygiene students are assisting in COVID-19 vaccinations (2-3-21)
SIU research discovers new, dominant variant of U.S. COVID-19 virus (1-14-21)
Preschool children learn to be heroes during the pandemic through new SIU/Canadian video (12-21-20)
SIU's Recreational Sports and Services finds new and different ways to serve (12-18-20)
SIU nutrition and diet expert shares tips for healthy eating, even during a pandemic (12-15-20)
SIU's counseling director offers tips for de-stressing in a stressful time (12-14-20)
TV show documents SIU producing vital COVID-19 testing component (12-8-20)
SIU fitness expert offers tips for staying fit at home, even during a pandemic (12-2-20)
Fermentation Science Institute is producing Saluki sanitizer for campus (7-31-20)
SIU online summer course examines coronavirus pandemic impact, response (6-17-20)
SIU makes final COVID-19 test component delivery to state after successful effort (6-5-20)
State asks SIU to continue making key COVID-19 testing substance as first contract fulfilled (05-12-20)
SIU researcher’s tool would improve tracking, avoidance of COVID-19 cases (5-5-20)
Relax parents: Teaching your kids from home offers opportunities (5-5-20)
SIU campus donates needed items to local health and safety agencies (4-30-20)
SIU’s Research Park is surveying businesses about pandemic impact (4-29-20)
SIU Center for Family Medicine Expands COVID Testing Efforts (4-28-20)
SIU students volunteered to help Taylorville apartment complex residents under quarantine (4-21-20)
More than $240,000 raised to help SIU Carbondale students (4-20-20)
SIU is first state university to deliver in key COVID-19 test substance shortage (4-17-20)
SIU Medicine Launches Pandemic Health Worker Program for Remote Patient Monitoring (4-11-20)
SIU faculty join statewide effort to manufacture critical COVID-19 test ingredient (4-8-20)
SIU manufactures, donates 3D-printed face shields to SIH (4-16-20)
Faculty and students step up to the challenge of a quick change to online education (4-14-20)
Plan ahead to successfully conduct business remotely (4-13-20)
SIU economic development experts available to assist businesses (4-7-20)
Research continues at SIU as faculty make adjustments to health emergency (3-30-20)
Feeding the Saluki spirit: Alumnus, high schoolers donate 2,700 meals to food pantry (3-30-20)