DeKALB — NIU’s two-week ban on in-person undergraduate courses and activities will end Monday, according to a Friday email from NIU President Lisa Freeman.
“During this pause, we identified new cases within our student surveillance testing...
DeKALB — NIU is conducting contractual negotiations to set up a lab with Northwestern Medicine to implement saliva-based COVID-19 testing as part of its surveillance testing plan, Barrie Bode, chair of the NIU biological sciences department said. The...
DeKALB — The Board of Trustees approved the reallocation of 20% of the general fee toward other services for students Thursday.
This reallocation will be for the fiscal year 21. The fiscal year 21, or FY21 began July 1 and ends June 30, 2021.
The...
DeKALB — Students and DeKalb residents who intentionally gather in groups of more than 10 people without a face covering or who aren’t social distancing will now be ordered to pay a $300 fine due to a newly passed city ordinance.
The motion passed...
DeKALB — Six fire departments responded to an apartment fire at the East Deerpath complex Sunday morning.
Police said no one was in the building when the fire began at 10:10 a.m.
Police are continuing to direct traffic just past Annie Glidden...
By Kurt Bitting & Haley Galvin & Ahyen Labanan
| September 11, 2020
DeKALB — Undergraduate courses have been moved online temporarily, until Sept. 28, according to a Friday email from NIU President Lisa Freeman.
Faculty are allowed to submit requests for in-person class exceptions, and students can check Blackboard...
NIU fall enrollment is up by 160 students, a 1% increase from Fall 2019, according to university data released Tuesday.
The ten-day count of enrollment for this fall was 16,769 students; Fall 2019 had an enrollment of 16,609, according to a Sept. 11...
DeKALB — With fall competitions sidelined, NIU’s athletic department has started searching for ways of providing a similar competitive atmosphere.
One of those programs is the NIU Men’s Golf team, who’s fall intercollegiate competitions were...
DeKALB — NIU Spokesperson Joe King responded to police investigating shots fired outside Grant Residence Hall.
“At about midnight Sunday, Sept. 6, NIU Police were in Parking Lot O breaking up a fight and dispersing a crowd when an apparent gun...
This week the university’s COVID-19 surveillance testing program began. Increased testing for students attending on-campus classes and events will hopefully allow the university to conduct more effective contact tracing. Taking the nasal swab test was...
DeKALB — An NIU School of Music student is leading a petition calling for more support for Black, Indigenous and people of color at the school, the creation of a more diverse music faculty and support for keeping students safe during the pandemic.
Kee...
