DeKALB — DeKalb Stands, a women’s rights and civil liberties advocacy group, will lead a panel discussion about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on DeKalb County. The panel discussion will feature a team of local healthcare leaders. The...
DeKALB — This year’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will challenge people to step outside of their comfort zone through new thought-provoking events.Events have been planned each day of the week following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
CHICAGO — Chicago’s police oversight committee released a report sustaining allegations that an officer used excessive force in the 2015 fatal shooting of a NIU student. The report, released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Dec. 22,...
DeKalb residents near the 800 block of North Annie Glidden Road have been experiencing sporadic power outages after a vehicle struck a power pole sometime around 2 p.m., according to a NIU Safety Bulletin.A little over 1560 residents have been affected...
DeKALB — Several months and a lawsuit later, the Board of Trustees re-voted to approve former President Doug Baker’s severance package.Misty Haji-Sheikh, graduate student at large, filed for an injunction against Baker’s severance pay June 27 after...
DeKALB — NIU is working to finalize the relocation of the Asian American Resource Center after a call for action by students earlier this year.There is no definite timeline in place, but Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden said she hopes...
Linda Saborio, Faculty Senate president and University Council executive secretary, speaks during a Wednesday University Council meeting. Saborio is one of the five females who represents a shared governance group.
Autism spokesperson Temple Grandin talks about her personal experience with autism during her event, Developing Individuals Who Have Different Kinds of Minds. Grandin spoke Wednesday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.
DeKALB — The Board of Trustees will meet Thursday to discuss former President Doug Baker’s severance pay.Wheeler Coleman, Board of Trustees chairperson, will deliver the chair’s report, which consists of the terms of Baker’s resignation and severance...
NIU Police commander Joseph Przybyla speaks at a STEM Cafe event Tuesday at Fatty’s Pub and Grill, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, regarding the opioid epidemic impacting the community.
