DeKALB - Amid attempts by the university to reduce its budget deficit, the University Council proposed reestablishing the Resources, Space and Budget committee at its meeting on Wednesday. BUDGET GOALS NIU Provost and Executive Vice President Laurie...

DeKALB- NIU President Lisa Freeman emphasized a focus of maintaining access to opportunity and academic excellence in light of budget and position control concerns in her State of the University address on Tuesday. Freeman reflected on a year of academic...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) confirmed two new senators, finalized a stipend for the board of elections and established an ad hoc, or temporary, committee focused on transportation at their meeting Friday. RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM...

In Northern Illinois University’s budget, personnel costs account for 55.77% of the funds.  The salaries of NIU’s employees have increased by 4% to 9% each year, according to John Acardo, senior associate vice president and chief human resource...

DeKALB- NIU is increasing tuition and room and board fees by 5% for all incoming students while also increasing additional fees for all current and incoming students for fiscal year 2026. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at noon...

Correction: This piece has been updated to note that a recording of the webinar will not be posted to the CLAS website. The video link will only be sent to those that registered for the event. DeKALB - Former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator...

DeKALB – The University said it intends to offer longer contracts to some instructional faculty and add a service component to their responsibilities at a Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY CONTRACT PROPOSAL Bárbara González,...

DeKALB – A sitting senator for NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) was removed from office during the senate’s Friday meeting. Bino Rosales was removed for what senators say was a repeated lack of communication and several absences during...

DeKALB – Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman will be the next virtual guest in the Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series hosted by NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Whittman...

DeKALB – When junior psychology major Ellie Papandria first heard about the Polar Plunge being held at Huskie Stadium, she and her friends were immediately intrigued, but skeptical of the concept. “It was kind of a joke at first,” Papandria said....

DeKALB- In a newly approved initiative, DeKalb police officers will begin to patrol on Huskie buses. This year, the Federal Transit Administration gave the city a $50,000 grant to cover the cost of additional bus-patrol shifts for DeKalb police officers. The...

DeKALB - NIU has been awarded $475,000 to plant 450 trees across campus over the next four years.  The award is from the Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative.  The award was provided to close to 40 nonprofits, government entities...