DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) confirmed two new senators, finalized a stipend for the board of elections and established an ad hoc, or temporary, committee focused on transportation at their meeting Friday. RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM...

In Northern Illinois University’s budget, personnel costs account for 55.77% of the funds.  The salaries of NIU’s employees have increased by 4% to 9% each year, according to John Acardo, senior associate vice president and chief human resource...

Voting for Best of DeKalb 2025 is now open. From Sunday until 11:59 p.m. March 2 NIU students, faculty, staff and DeKalb residents can vote for their favorite things in 22 categories. Vote for your favorite coffee place, late night eatery, student...

DeKALB- NIU is increasing tuition and room and board fees by 5% for all incoming students while also increasing additional fees for all current and incoming students for fiscal year 2026. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at noon...

Correction: This piece has been updated to note that a recording of the webinar will not be posted to the CLAS website. The video link will only be sent to those that registered for the event. DeKALB - Former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator...

DeKALB – The University said it intends to offer longer contracts to some instructional faculty and add a service component to their responsibilities at a Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY CONTRACT PROPOSAL Bárbara González,...

Springfield - At Governor J.B Pritzker’s seventh state of the state address, he took aim at federal budget cuts, the pharmaceutical industry, talked about education in Illinois and reflected on the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. NIU FUNDING The...

DeKALB – A sitting senator for NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) was removed from office during the senate’s Friday meeting. Bino Rosales was removed for what senators say was a repeated lack of communication and several absences during...

Hello Huskies, this is your midweek weather update for Thursday. Cold weather looks to linger throughout the week, but the sun will make things a little more bearable until warmer temperatures return this weekend. Saturday will remain cold, but a...

DeKALB – Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman will be the next virtual guest in the Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series hosted by NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Whittman...

DeKALB – DeKalb residents took to the streets Sunday, marching with a message of unity in opposition to anti-immigrant sentiment that has fueled political discourse since January. From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. a crowd marched from the NIU parking garage...

DeKALB – When junior psychology major Ellie Papandria first heard about the Polar Plunge being held at Huskie Stadium, she and her friends were immediately intrigued, but skeptical of the concept. “It was kind of a joke at first,” Papandria said....