DeKALB– NIU Career Services will be hosting an All-Majors Internship and Job Fair at the Convocation Center.
The event will take place 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m on Feb. 15.
Students and alumni are welcome to visit the fair to interact with employers...
By Evan Mellon, Assistant News Editor
| January 22, 2023
The Student Government Association confirmed Emmanuel Corpuz, a junior mechatronics engineering major, to the Senate. Corpuz will represent University Housing.
“As a current Neptune resident, I am not blind to these issues we face on campus,” Corpuz...
By Colin Kempsell, Senior News Reporter
| January 20, 2023
DeKALB – NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology received $1.5 million in federal funds to convert its cleanroom lab into a fabrication lab for microchip research, design and prototyping.
The college’s microchip fabrication lab,...
DeKALB – NIU’s Reproductive Rights Association (RRA) is sponsoring a charity drive selling shirts for the Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) from now until Feb. 7.
The shirts display the RRA’s logo on the front and on the back they say “bodily autonomy...
Editor’s note: This piece is the first story in the Northern Star’s new series: “What’s Up With?” You can fill out a submission form here for potential coverage.
On an ordinary day, the College Grind, a cafe in the Holmes Student Center,...
A new online course at NIU, Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator, aims to help students improve their career searching and networking skills. The course, UNIV 301, is run in part by both NIU career service specialists and Braven professional coaches.
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After 10 years at NIU, Anne Edwards has left her position as director of the Center for Black Studies to return to her alma mater Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Edwards worked for six years in Career Services at NIU. In 2018, she was...
DeKALB – At approximately 11:15 p.m. Sunday, two NIU students in Patterson Hall West were in a physical altercation that resulted in one being transported to Kishwaukee Hospital.
The students were arguing before the incident occurred and had known...
The Northern Star’s newest investigative series “What’s Up With?” will send reporters to find out exactly what’s up with local topics that pique our readers’ interest.
The name and premise of the series are purposefully broad to magnify...
DeKALB — NIU’s women’s basketball team is teaming up with Safe Passage Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Center of DeKalb to host a Holiday Donation Drive during Saturday’s home game.
The Huskies and Safe Passage are requesting donations...
DeKALB – NIU has received $15 million from the Illinois government to fund the university’s $23 million sustainability center.
The center will be approximately 30,000 square feet located on the west side of campus, northwest of the Convocation...
