With Carolin Harvey securing her third term on City Council and newcomer Ginger Rye Sanders getting a seat at the table, the two women seek to invoke changes with diversity and inclusion in all levels of the city’s government to better reflect the diversity of the city itself. 

Community service programming that blends revolutionary political education is seeing a revival in cities all over the United States.

The search for the new interim dean is underway at the College of Arts and Media.

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin said in court Thursday that he will not testify in his murder trial shortly before the defense said it has completed its case and the prosecution reiterated the same, setting the stage for closing arguments and deliberations Monday.

The justified and entirely avoidable uproar over the very different conditions for men’s and women’s basketball players in their respective tournament bubbles has raised new questions about gender-equity issues within the NCAA office and across college sports.

As the burden of COVID-19 cases in our region and in the U.S. declines, there is widespread optimism that the pandemic may be waning. There is good reason for optimism. And some reason for pessimism.

SIU is in the FCS playoffs, and they will play against Weber State on April 24 at 3 p.m.

The Office of the Inspector General, with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, released its annual 2021 report to the Governor and General Assembly. Although there’s been a decrease in the number of child deaths, the deaths over the decade left a mark.

 The United States House of Representatives is made up of 435 members across the country, 18 come from the State of Illinois and these officials speak for their districts and represent the average person in the federal government.

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin said in court Thursday that he will not testify in his murder trial shortly before the defense said it has completed its case and the prosecution reiterated the same, setting the stage for closing arguments and deliberations Monday.

Following the mass shootings in Boulder, Colo. and Atlanta, Ga. last month, national attention focused once again around new gun legislation.

The International Festival has many events, one of which is a talent show featuring SIU’s most talented international students. This year, the event was held virtually Friday, April 9, 2021, allowing students to submit their entries by video or perform them live on Zoom. The range of talent was vast. So was the diversity of participants who came from countries in Latin America to Bangladesh to China. 

In 2010, the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship began providing a space for high school students to build their own businesses while touring local companies and speaking with other businessmen and women through the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program.