DeKALB- Members of the clerical and administrative professionals union expressed their disappointment in employee wages at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting as the union’s contract is set to expire at the end of June, setting the stage for negotiations. The...

DeKALB – NIU is launching a new artificial intelligence digital marketing course for students. The Digital Marketing Certificate Program is a non-credit, asynchronous online program created by the NIU College of Business intended to help students...

DeKALB -  In compliance with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump after he took office earlier this year, NIU has removed DEI language from its website.  Among the changes is the removal of a page titled “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...

DeKALB – NIU Forensics won the Open Debate Sweepstakes in the four year university division and placed fourth overall at the annual state tournament for competitive forensics, or speech and debate, on Feb. 28 and March 1. “This tournament is a...

DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.   Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any case “closed by exception” is closed due to circumstances...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill to prevent removed senators from being reappointed in a following session and announced several events at their meeting on March 7. BILL TO PREVENT REMOVED SENATORS FROM BEING APPOINTED...

DeKALB – NIU students mostly originate from Illinois and the surrounding states.     The data from the map is from Fall 2024. There are 13,462 students from Illinois. The state where the second most students originate from is...

DeKALB - Quantum computing could change the fundamentals of telecommunications, banking and data storage. But what is quantum computing? Classical computers function by using switches, called transistors, which can either give a value of one or...

DeKALB – The College of Liberal Arts has the most enrollment of all colleges at NIU. In fall 2024 there were 15,415 students enrolled at NIU. The top three colleges by student enrollment were the College of Liberal Arts with 4,540 students enrolled,...

Correction: "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for President Ja’Kobe Jones." was changed to "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for future presidential administrations." on Sunday, March 16. The Student Government Association...

DeKALB - Amid attempts by the university to reduce its budget deficit, the University Council proposed reestablishing the Resources, Space and Budget committee at its meeting on Wednesday. BUDGET GOALS NIU Provost and Executive Vice President Laurie...

DeKALB- NIU President Lisa Freeman emphasized a focus of maintaining access to opportunity and academic excellence in light of budget and position control concerns in her State of the University address on Tuesday. Freeman reflected on a year of academic...