DeKALB – NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology received $1.5 million in federal funds to convert its cleanroom lab into a fabrication lab for microchip research, design and prototyping.
The college’s microchip fabrication lab,...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| January 17, 2023
After 10 years at NIU, Anne Edwards has left her position as director of the Center for Black Studies to return to her alma mater Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Edwards worked for six years in Career Services at NIU. In 2018, she was...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 10, 2023
DeKALB – Less than a week after the Harlem Globetrotters left the Convocation Center, NIU men’s basketball senior guard Kaleb Thornton did his best on-court Globetrotter impersonation as he scored his final points of Tuesday’s game in unusual fashion.
The...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| December 27, 2022
Eight months after tearing his ACL during a pre-draft workout, former NIU running back Clint Ratkovich has found his first NFL home: The Atlanta Falcons.
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| December 13, 2022
The NIU men’s basketball team was defeated by No. 15 Gonzaga University 88-67 on Monday in its first ever meeting with the Bulldogs. Gonzaga extended its home winning streak to 71 games, the longest active home winning streak in the NCAA.
A backdoor...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| December 12, 2022
NIU women’s basketball has wrapped up its five-game road trip undefeated after prevailing 67-56 in its first ever meeting with Lindenwood University Monday, pushing the Huskies to their eighth straight win.
A fourth quarter offensive stall by the...
DeKALB – The United Faculty Alliance (UFA) of the University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100, the union representing tenured and tenure-track NIU faculty, addressed the Board of Trustees regarding their ongoing collective bargaining talks during...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| December 6, 2022
DeKALB – At around 10:30 a.m. Monday, approximately 35 students living in Patterson Hall East were displaced by flooding from a burst pipe in the fire alarm system, according to a statement by NIU.
The university has provided students with free lodging...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| December 3, 2022
WEST DUNDEE – NIU hockey finally snapped its 17-game losing streak Saturday night, downing McKendree University by a final score of 5-3 to earn a series split.
The much anticipated win was the Huskies’ (1-17, 1-9 MCH) first of the season, and put...
