As families flocked to the Illinois State Fair for deep-fried delicacies and dizzying rides, an essential team worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure their safety.

As families flocked to the Illinois State Fair for deep-fried delicacies and dizzying rides, an essential team worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure their safety.

As families flocked to the Illinois State Fair for deep-fried delicacies and dizzying rides, an essential team worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure their safety.

As families flocked to the Illinois State Fair for deep-fried delicacies and dizzying rides, an essential team worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure their safety.

As families flocked to the Illinois State Fair for deep-fried delicacies and dizzying rides, an essential team worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure their safety.

On a warm July evening, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine welcomed a full house of families, mentors and supporters for its annual Summer Internship Presentation and Donor Appreciation Reception. Laughter and quiet pride echoed in the building’s atrium as the undergraduates took the podium one by one to present their cancer research projects, each created over an intense nine weeks of lab work in Springfield and Carbondale. The six students, selected from a competitive pool of 25 applicants, brought with them curiosity, persistence and a desire to help others. They left with something

On a warm July evening, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine welcomed a full house of families, mentors and supporters for its annual Summer Internship Presentation and Donor Appreciation Reception. Laughter and quiet pride echoed in the building’s atrium as the undergraduates took the podium one by one to present their cancer research projects, each created over an intense nine weeks of lab work in Springfield and Carbondale. The six students, selected from a competitive pool of 25 applicants, brought with them curiosity, persistence and a desire to help others. They left with something

On a warm July evening, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine welcomed a full house of families, mentors and supporters for its annual Summer Internship Presentation and Donor Appreciation Reception. Laughter and quiet pride echoed in the building’s atrium as the undergraduates took the podium one by one to present their cancer research projects, each created over an intense nine weeks of lab work in Springfield and Carbondale. The six students, selected from a competitive pool of 25 applicants, brought with them curiosity, persistence and a desire to help others. They left with something

On a warm July evening, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine welcomed a full house of families, mentors and supporters for its annual Summer Internship Presentation and Donor Appreciation Reception. Laughter and quiet pride echoed in the building’s atrium as the undergraduates took the podium one by one to present their cancer research projects, each created over an intense nine weeks of lab work in Springfield and Carbondale. The six students, selected from a competitive pool of 25 applicants, brought with them curiosity, persistence and a desire to help others. They left with something

At a time when backpacks are being filled and pencils are freshly sharpened, SIU Medicine graduate students and faculty offered something a little different at this year’s Back to School Bash: hands-on science experiments and games that made kids' eyes light up and imaginations take off. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s annual event transformed Union Square Park into a lively hub of activities, animals, books and community services, all focused on helping families ease into the upcoming school year. Among the crowd were several SIU Medicine representatives who brought