DeKALB – The Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series featured Steve Inskeep, an award-winning journalist, host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” and the morning news podcast “Up First,” on Sept. 23. Dean of the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...

DeKALB - NIU Forensics Speech and Debate club, founded in 1928, brings together students interested in public speaking and debate at NIU. One of the main qualities of Forensics, Speech and Debate is in its name. Forensics, which comes from the Latin...

DeKALB - The Asian American Resource Center hosted Asian American Welcome Night Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. This event was part of the ongoing event series hosted by OHANA. Asian American Welcome Night aimed to build connections...

Correction: This story and headline were changed to reflect that the union in negotiations is the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31. DeKALB – NIU clerical, technical and administrative professionals represented...

DeKALB - The Huskie Closet, launched in spring 2022 under the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies, provides students with casual, winter and career clothing for free. The student-initiated project allows students to donate extra clothing and volunteer...

DeKALB - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host its annual Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series, which highlights the role of the liberal arts and sciences in maintaining a healthy and promising democracy. The series, which will begin Sept....

The Northern Star digitization project, an effort to convert print issues from 1899 to 1997 to a digital format, has been delayed again. The Northern Star digitization process has been an ongoing project at the Founders Memorial Library with the goal...

DeKALB - While most history professors might focus on major events and figures throughout history, Associate Professor Vera Lind centers her research around the topic of death and suicide. Lind was born in Germany and earned her doctorate at the University...

DeKALB - The first Sustainability at NIU event was held Tuesday on the Second Floor of Founders Memorial Library, with presentations from Courtney Gallaher, the campus sustainability coordinator, Holly Hansen, the assistant director of Campus Sustainability...

DeKALB – NIU’s ROTC program commemorated 9/11 at Huskie Stadium Thursday. The ROTC program climbed 220 flights of stairs, equivalent to the height of both towers, to honor the victims of the terrorist attack and recognize America’s resilience...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association elected new members of the senate Friday in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. SENATORIAL ELECTIONS The senate elected three new members for the positions of director of diversity, equity and...

DeKALB – Alpha Psi Lambda invited the NIU community to take part in the 26th annual El Grito event on Thursday. El Grito took place right after the Latino Heritage Month opening parade, which was held in the MLK Commons the same day. The fraternity,...