Female professor’s publications compared with their earnings are unequal, creating a gender-based salary inequity which Biological Sciences Professor Virginia Naples presented to the Board of Trustees Thursday.The research presented during the board’s...
Although funding for Monetary Award Program grants are not guaranteed for the coming semesters, NIU will credit student accounts for the fall, Alan Phillips, vice president of administration and finance, said this month.Fiscal Year 2017 began on July...
Stacy Morse knows how it feels to live without a home. She was forced to experience homelessness in 2007 when her house caught on fire and she had to live in a hotel.Nine years later, Morse, administrative assistant for the College of Health and Human...
Virginia Naples, a professor of 32 years in the biological studies department, takes a break from her ongoing research on gender pay inequality at NIU. She has been studying gender pay inequality for more than 20 years.
University officials are awaiting the next Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting in September, during which phase one of the Holmes Student Center redevelopment project will be put up for approval.The project, which addresses the ground floor of...
Despite 10 more states suing the federal government over transgender bathroom access, NIU will put up its first gender-inclusive bathroom signs on four bathrooms today.These bathrooms, marked by an NIU-designed sign depicting a man, woman and wheelchair,...
The Stevens Building renovation project will be starting back up due to a recently appropriated $15.5 million from the state, although there is no established timeline for the project.It is believed that this appropriation will be sufficient enough to...
Divisional leaders have utilized a variety of methods while composing program prioritization action plans, which are due on Friday.Program prioritization, which began in 2014, uses task forces to create reports that review 223 academic programs and 236...
The opening of two video gaming businesses and three more seeking approval in the last three months has DeKalb exploring regulations on video gaming terminals.Tonight, City Council will discuss regulating video gaming focused businesses by limiting the...
The appropriations allocated to NIU by Illinois lawmakers will be used to fund numerous university expenses, a major expense being employee salaries.NIU was allocated $48.3 million in the six-month budget plan passed by state lawmakers on June 30, said...
The price of parking permits incurs its first increase since 2011 in order to fund $5 million worth of identified parking lot repairs on campus.Current permits will expire June 30. The increased price applies to new permits, which become valid July 1.To...
