Editor’s note: Molly Parker is a southern Illinois-based journalist and instructor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. This is a first-person column that includes commentary and analysis.

A student walks through the Faner Hall breezeway late in the evening April 9, 2025 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. LYLEE GIBBS The federal government has revoked the visas ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — I grew up off a gravel road near a town of 60 people, a place where cows outnumber people. Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north, opened up my world.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's operating deficit is more than $10 million, Chancellor James Minor said. The cuts include changes to degree programs, buyouts and the "consolidation ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, , is a four-year, coeducational, public university in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States about northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Wikipedia* On the C ...

I grew up off a gravel road near a town of 60 citizens, a place where cows outnumber people. Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north, opened up my world.