A jam-packed SIU Board of Trustees meeting on July 10 at the university’s Springfield campus saw the approval of a new ...

In a private room on the third floor of The Cubby Bear – a Chicago bar founded by SIU alumnus Gus G. Loukas – fans from both ...

Just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 10, a group of nearly 50 protesters marched from the corner of Mill Street and Illinois Avenue to the Paul Simon Federal Building in Carbondale to voice their ...

Big moments from SIU’s spring 2025 semester, through the lens of the Daily Egyptian’s photography staff.

The annual Lights Fantastic Parade was held December 7, 2024 in Carbondale, Illinois. Visitors to the parade lined the Strip and watched the Christmas decoration, bands, and the festivities during the ...

Applied mathematics professor Mingqing Xiao, who was indicted and then cleared on charges of grant fraud under a Trump-era crackdown on Chinese academics, has been taken off paid administrative leave ...

If you say listening to an audiobook is “reading” – you may as well say watching someone else play a video game is playing it. You are not the one in the driver’s seat – you were there when the action ...

Editors Note: this story had been updated to include more information as it has been provided Southern Illinois University administration confirmed on Friday, March 28 that an international SIU ...

Southern Illinois University tenure professor Scott McClurg died Saturday after a long struggle with brain cancer. “Scott was a very good person. Very nice and considerate. Always positive and ...

The choice between an HBCU or PWI is not an easy one. Some students must prioritize funding over experience when applying to college. A brief by the American Council on Education found that HBCUs ...

Editor’s Note: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Advertisement The maroon bleachers. The polished wooden basketball court. The white walls that echo the sounds of ...

Campus Reform, a conservative national media organization focusing on higher education, sent recruitment emails to several SIU students. Their attempts to contact students have been sporadic, with ...