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DeKALB – The Sandella’s Flatbread Cafe in DuSable Hall has been closed since...
DeKALB – The time for change is in the air as we move toward a new tomorrow. Vernese Edghill-Walden, who served as NIU's first vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, announced her departure on Feb. 15 after nearly...
DeKALB – In the past week, the gas prices averaged $3.51 per gallon in DeKalb. Compared to last week's gasoline prices, this is up by 2.4 cents per gallon.
In DeKalb, the cheapest gas is $3.44 per gallon while the highest price per gallon is up to...
DeKALB – Lisa Freeman, who has been president of NIU since 2018, has recently been elected to the Chicago Zoological Society’s Board of Trustees.
Prior to Freeman’s time at NIU, she worked in multiple leadership and faculty roles, including associate...
DeKALB – Deaundre Brooks, a 34-year-old resident of DeKalb, died while receiving medical care from a previous gunshot wound to his abdomen on Thursday.
The victim was dropped off at the Northwestern Medicine-Kishwaukee Hospital and died while being...
Editor's note: This piece is part of an investigative news series called "What's Up With?" You can fill out the form for potential coverage of a topic here.
DeKALB – Plans are underway to renovate NIU campus buildings including Watson Hall and...
DeKALB – NIU will pay approximately $2.06 million to the city of DeKalb for the campus’ usage of the Huskie Bus Line and other paratransit services for 2023.
The DeKalb City Council approved the annual ordinance for NIU’s contribution to the...
DeKALB – Creamy chicken alfredo, blue ribbon chocolate cake and a 68-year legacy are coming to a close.
The Hillside Restaurant, a cozy, cottage-like eatery that has been perched next to the Egyptian Theatre since 1955, is finally closing up the...
By Evan Mellon, Assistant News Editor
| February 27, 2023
DeKALB – The union for tenured faculty has reached an agreement with NIU after over a year of negotiations, granting the union members pay increases and technology upgrades.
The agreement was reached Friday and follows months of bargaining with the...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman and SGA President Raaif Majeed will speak in a new edition of “Conversations that Matter” at 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room.
The event is an open-forum discussion for...
DeKALB —NIU’s Campus Activity Board (CAB) will be holding a pajama themed night-in. The event will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.mon Friday at Holmes Student Center.
Corn dogs, soft pretzels with cheese, nachos, chicken strips and fries will be...
DeKALB – The decommissioning of landlines across campus is continuing with the conversion to Microsoft Teams to be tentatively completed by June.
All 815-753 phone numbers are being ported from NIU’s current service provider, Frontier, to NIU’s...
