DeKALB – NIU's NASA Team submitted a prototype design for NASA’s 2021 Big Idea Challenge. The prototype is a cleat attachment designed for use by astronauts traversing the surface of the moon on foot.
Held annually since 2016, the Big Idea Challenge...
Cold temperatures blow into DeKalb this week
The week of Jan. 20 is cold. Temperatures will lower near the end of the week, but then rise. Forecast data was provided by the National Weather Service.
Wednesday
Wednesday will be sunny and breezy...
DeKALB – The Illinois Department of Human Services is providing a $30,000 Healing Illinois grant to fund local community work focused to help make headway for racial healing, according to a Tuesday news release.
The Dekalb County Community Foundation...
DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday that 15 additional students and one employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, and five students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Tuesday 44 students and three employees are currently...
DeKALB - The Center for Black Studies hosted a virtual “Our Center, Our Home: A Virtual Town hall for Black Students” event Monday over Zoom, where 21 participants shared their thoughts and experiences as Black students on campus while discussing...
DeKALB – Following nearly four months of no indoor dining, Region 1 has met requirements to move into Tier 1, according to a Monday Illinois Department of Public Health news release.
Region 1 includes Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle,...
DeKALB – Cassandra Kamp, senior psychology and rehabilitation and disability services major, was unanimously confirmed as the Student Government Association’s election commissioner. SGA Senator Clayton Schopfer was also confirmed as the sergeant-at-arms...
Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: University closure due in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Outdoor Adventures Pop-Up Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe Clinic: Outdoor Adventures will host cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at 2 p.m....
By Yari Tapia, Lifestyle Writer
| January 16, 2021
DeKALB – Students had the opportunity to ask a group of panelists questions on last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Panelists discussed a general overview of what an insurrection is, and speakers focused on how the interaction took place,...
DeKALB — The DeKalb County Health Department announced Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases increased to 7,469.
Among those who’ve tested positive for the coronavirus, 1,220 are younger than 19, 1,756 are in their 20s, 1,123 are in their...
DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that four additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and two students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 34 students and two employees are currently...
DeKALB – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that three regions will move from Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions to Tier 2 effective immediately.
Regions 1, 2 and 5 will move from Tier 3 to Tier 2. The move to Tier 2 includes the return of group...
