Controversial NIU police officer Dexter Yarbrough resigned Tuesday. "Northern Illinois University Department of Public Safety today announced the resignation of recent patrol hire Dexter Yarbrough," according to a statement released Tuesday by the university....

The NIU Police Department has hired an officer who was the subject of controversy at his last job. Former Colorado State University Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough, who resigned in March after an internal investigation, began his duties as an officer at...

The wife of NIU Police Chief Donald Grady has been named head of Health Services. Christine Grady, RN, MS, was selected as the new Health Services Director after a "competitive search," said Brian Hemphill, vice president for Student Affairs and enrollment...

After almost 20 years in the heart of the NIU campus, the Martin Luther King Commons is undergoing renovations. The project started in the last week of May, when the university noticed how the weather was dismantling the property and its value. "The shivering...

Funding to renovate both the Stevens Building and Cole Hall is included in the capital bill signed in to law Monday by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. The capital bill contains over $22 million for the Stevens Building and around $8 million for Cole Hall....

Summer break is an excellent opportunity to perform routine maintenance on your computer. Whether you're using a PC or a Mac, maintaining a computer is a lot like taking care of a car; if you don't change the oil every so often, the car will start to...

Now that summer temperatures have finally become seasonal, bodies cool off with the help of air conditioning, fans and warm-weather clothing. But how do consumers protect their electronics, like cell phones and mp3 players, in hot weather? Donald Zinger,...

Windows 7 is the first Microsoft operating system that feels like a worthwhile investment in almost eight years. Unlike Windows Vista, 7's new features add both functionality and form to the user-interface. The updated OS is a whole lot more than just...

The NIU-tied Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center is still being pieced together. Site construction was finished in December and NIU has been developing proton therapy-related curriculum since this spring, Trustee Cherilyn Murer said....

The deteriorating steam tunnel near Altgeld Hall has repair funding in the Fiscal Year 2010 budget and is waiting for the state to release capital funds to begin reconstruction. The deteriorating steam tunnel is an emergency situation, NIU President John...

Illinois students asking for financial assistance from the MAP Grant program may have to look elsewhere. The Illinois General Assembly's "50 Percent Budget" will cut $275 million in financial aid to Illinois college students to bridge the state's $9.2...

Trustee Marc Strauss is the new NIU Board of Trustees chair for Fiscal Year 2010. Strauss served as vice chair in FY09 and is taking over for Cherilyn Murer, who has served as BOT Chair since 2005. Strauss thanked the BOT for electing him and briefly...