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 ...

D. Ward (left) waves at the crowd that came to watch the Jungle Dogs perform while Keith Huffman (right) plays with the band Oct. 11, 2024 in Carbondale, Illinois.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editors Note: This story has been updated to include additional information on the SIU chapter of Turning Point USA and a statement from Carbondale’s Interim City Manager and Police Chief Stan Reno. A ...

While it is still unclear exactly how many Southern Illinois University students in Carbondale have had their visas revoked, the university now confirms that several have been impacted by the federal ...

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 ...

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 ...