Police say a social media post students suspected of being a threat has been found to have no connection to NIU.The post, which was shared across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook on Friday, contained threatening language directed at Northern High School...
Max Essex, renowned scientist and Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences at Harvard University, will be a guest speaker at the History Department’s 12th annual W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture.The event, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in...
The NIU Veterans Association has found a home on Greek Row for student veterans after a year of searching DeKalb properties.The house, located at 824 Greenbrier Road, will serve as a place of living for military veterans, Army Reservists, National Guardsmen...
Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden said she will be working to integrate diversity into NIU’s curriculum using a survey distributed to faculty members.Edghill-Walden became NIU’s first chief diversity officer on Aug. 1. Her role is to...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.Friday1. At 2 a.m. Aug. 22,...
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center is inviting all students to attend its annual Clothing Expo on Wednesday. The Clothing Expo will allow students to pick out free gently used and professional clothing. Another giveaway will be held in the spring...
Registration for 2015 Homecoming activities, which are open to students, student organizations, faculty, staff and community members will end next week.This year will mark NIU’s 109th Homecoming, the theme of which will be “Huskies Light the Way.”...
This week marks National Hazing Prevention Week, and the Student Association is making sure students are aware of it by setting up an information station in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons.Three fraternities — Kappa Alpha Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha and...
Students will get a free, hands-on experience to observe a supermoon lunar eclipse through a telescope Sunday in the NIU Observatory.The combination of a supermoon and lunar eclipse will not be seen again until 2033, said NIU Observatory manager Greg...
Iota Phi Theta will hold a bone marrow registration drive Wednesday in an effort to help blood cancer patients find donors.There are very low rates of bone marrow donors in the national registry, said Collan Davidson, Iota Phi Theta Beta Nu chapter president.“People...
The Board of Trustees has approved an interim $389 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016, due to the lack of an appropriation from the state.NIU President Doug Baker said it is an unusual situation that a budget has not been set at this time, as it usually...
Dillon Domke, Student Association Senate Speaker, said candidates will hand out flyers and attend student organization meetings as campaigning for the SA Senate elections enters its first full week.There are 40 seats available on the SA Senate, with just...
