DeKALB – As the semester begins, NIU students will see an increase in university-provided dining dollars, later dining hall hours and changes to the meal exchange program as on-campus dining makes updates for the 2025-26 academic year. With the purchase...

DeKALB – NIU student group Proxima Centauri Alpha (PCA) successfully launched a weather balloon more than 112,000 feet above DeKalb and retrieved it from an NIU alumni’s back yard. The balloon was launched at 10:30 a.m. on May 3 from Huskie Stadium...

DeKALB — NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) plans to cut bureaucracy and increase connections with students this year. For Speaker of the Senate Nathan Gonzalez, communication is the highest priority improvement for SGA this year. “SGA...

DeKALB - Edible Campus is a program at NIU that converts empty spaces around campus into areas that grow food. You may have even consumed this food before in the dining halls. The program was started to address issues such as food insecurity and a...

DeKALB - Two DeKalb Public Transit buses have been redesigned to promote the use of bus routes providing service to the Elburn Metra station. The two 35-foot buses have been wrapped to look like vintage locomotives. Both buses take Route 12. Mike...

DeKALB - A new single-lane roundabout on Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road opened on Wednesday. The intersection of Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road was reconfigured from a four-way stoplight to roundabout. Construction on the roundabout began May 12 and...

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 outside of...

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 outside of...

According to a study by the medical school admission consulting firm Inspira Advantage, Illinois has the fourth-lowest rate of student migration in the United States. Student migration is the movement of students who study outside of their state or country. The...

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 outside of...

An NIU student was charged and arrested on 21 counts of child pornography on Monday, according to a press release by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. The Batavia Police Department received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited...

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 outside of...