DeKALB – NIU is launching a new artificial intelligence digital marketing course for students. The Digital Marketing Certificate Program is a non-credit, asynchronous online program created by the NIU College of Business intended to help students...

DeKALB -  In compliance with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump after he took office earlier this year, NIU has removed DEI language from its website.  Among the changes is the removal of a page titled “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...

DeKALB- A man convicted of the murders of two Sycamore residents has filed a motion for a new trial after being found guilty of the murders earlier this year.  Jonathan Hurst was found guilty of the first-degree murders of Sycamore residents Robert...

DeKALB – DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd presented the 2024 annual crime report at the City Council meeting Monday. Byrd said there were no murders in DeKalb in 2024. “In 2023, we went from five – one of those being a reckless homicide –...

DeKALB – NIU Forensics won the Open Debate Sweepstakes in the four year university division and placed fourth overall at the annual state tournament for competitive forensics, or speech and debate, on Feb. 28 and March 1. “This tournament is a...

DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.   Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any case “closed by exception” is closed due to circumstances...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill to prevent removed senators from being reappointed in a following session and announced several events at their meeting on March 7. BILL TO PREVENT REMOVED SENATORS FROM BEING APPOINTED...

Correction: This map was updated on 3/25 to reflect that there are three students from Alaska, three from Hawaii, and three from Puerto Rico. There is one student from Guam, however the map we use does not allow us to include Guam in the visualization.   ...

DeKALB – An Illinois lawmaker has proposed a bill that would tie taxpayer funding of stadium renovation to the teams performance.  The BEARS Act, or Balanced Earnings and Record Standards & Stadium Oversight Expectations Act would require professional...

DeKALB - NIU is now offering free test preparation courses for career credentials and exams.  The program is offered through a partnership between Kaplan, the Illinois Student Assistance Commision and the state of Illinois and offers free test prep...

DeKALB - Quantum computing could change the fundamentals of telecommunications, banking and data storage. But what is quantum computing? Classical computers function by using switches, called transistors, which can either give a value of one or...

DeKALB – The College of Liberal Arts has the most enrollment of all colleges at NIU. In fall 2024 there were 15,415 students enrolled at NIU. The top three colleges by student enrollment were the College of Liberal Arts with 4,540 students enrolled,...