A new Discovery Channel documentary series will feature the work of biology professor Karen Samonds. Samonds has been unearthing fossils in Madagascar for 10 years in an effort to discover the origins of Madagascar's unique biodiversity. Montgomery Auditorium was full Friday night for one of the first U.S. screenings of the documentary. "Voyage of the Continents" will air in the United States later this year.
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/.Wednesday1. On Sept. 29, credit...
Monday classes are canceled and campus will be closed due to weather, according to NIU.Huskie Bus Line, Safe Line and student patrol services have been suspended for the remainder of Sunday due to the snow.A blizzard is expected to pour snow onto northern...
Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting has been canceled.The meeting was canceled due to weather. A blizzard warning was put into effect for all of northern Illinois along and north of I-80.The SA Senate usually meets 6 p.m. Sundays in the Holmes...
NIU ranked 37th on a list of the 50 most underrated colleges in America, according to Business Insider. Business Insider compared US News' rankings of the best universities to PayScale's College Salary Report, which ranks colleges based on their graduates'...
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Music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha will sell Valentine's Day serenades.The serenades will take place 3-9 p.m. Feb. 12. The serenade request form, where students can fill in the name of the person to be serenaded, is available on a tweet below. The form needs...
The Alumni Association is hosting a viewing event for a Cubs vs. White Sox training game, according to an Alumni Association tweet.The event will take place 10 a.m. March 27 at Cubs Park, 2330 W. Rio Salado Parkway in in Mesa, Ariz.Tickets are available...
Provost Lisa Freeman said there will be “no sacred cows” as NIU evaluates whether programs will be cut, merged, further funded or left unchanged in coming months.Every program, from football to forensics, will face evaluation based on university priorities,...
Retention between the fall and spring has decreased 1.2 percent to 87 percent, a number that slightly shocked NIU President Doug Baker, who said there are a lot of good things underway.Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management,...
Kristen Myers (left) and graduate teaching assistant Rhiannon Catherwood from the Women’s Studies program discuss program prioritization. “The process should involve a collaborative effort between departments,” said Myers, director of Women’s Studies. “Programs like ours help to recruit and retain a greater diversity of students on campus.”
Sophomore anthropology major John Needham said he knows someone who left NIU since last semester for financial reasons. Needham said retention would be improved if financial aid was more available to upperclassmen.
