NIU's Division of Statistics of the Mathematical Sciences Department is offering a free consulting service for NIU faculty members and graduate students. Division of Statistics Director Ibrahim A. Ahmad said, "Many faculty members do research which requires...

State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, will be presenting the state legislature a bill this fall, which if passed will separate NIU from the Board of Regents governing system. Sen. Welch said the potential passing of the bill "looks reasonable because the...

Representatives from several eras of NIU history gathered Friday night to reminisce, shake hands and exchange stories of the past. But most importantly, they gathered to accept induction into the NIU Athletic Hall of Fame. The Seventh Hall of Fame Banquet...

The Wirtz Quadrangle, located between Wirtz Hall and the University Health Service, will be renovated this summer with a budget of more than $158,000. NIU Physical Plant Director John Harrod said "observation of the site and its utilization indicated...

The NIU All-University Jazz Band will perform a variety of music at its fall concert on Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. The NIU Jazz Band consists of 19 members, most are music majors. NIU Jazz Band director...

Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning, will lead a discussion of the Master Plan, an analysis of the NIU campus and a guide for future university building projects, at Wednesday's Faculty Assembly meeting. The meeting will begin at 3...

The Interfraternity Council should vote at its meeting tonight on whether to take the power to sanction NIU fraternities by amending the IFC constitution. The meeting will take place at 8 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. NIU imposes sanctions...

An NIU sophomore was listed in serious condition late Monday afternoon at St. Anthony's Medical Center in Rockford after she was struck by a vehicle on campus Saturday night. Andrea Ford, 20, 907 Kimberly Drive #5, was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital...

Mark Nelson, NIU associate professor of art, will speak on his experiences with book and comic illustration in part of a lecture series hosted by Friends of NIU Libraries. The lecture will take place Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the lower-level staff lounge...

William Parker, associate vice president for business and operations, has retired effective today, but might be available for consulting work. Parker said he is beginning his "early retirement" to northern California this month, but will be available...

During a closed meeting at Illinois State University Sunday, the Board of Regents discussed Sangamon State University personnel matters, but Regents staff member Phil Adams declined comment on whether the issue of SSU president Durward Long was addressed....

Curtiss Behrens, assistant to NIU President John LaTourette, is resigning his position and returning to the department of management, and no replacement will be found in the immediate future. Behrens said his position in the president's office, which...