The latest STEM Cafe event will feature research and theories on strengthening materials at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, according to a press release from Outreach, Engagement, and Information Technologies.STEM Cafe speaker Michael Haji-Sheikh, an NIU associate...
ACCESS and PAL tutoring centers opened Tuesday with new hours and new locations, according to an ACCESS press release.A new tutoring center will be open from 6 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday in the New Residence Hall Complex’s West Hall, Room B004.The...
On Tuesday, a judge ruled to prohibit the use of FBI records as evidence in Jack McCullough’s murder trial, according to a Daily Chronicle article. McCullough was arrested in 2011 for the alleged kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. McCullough’s...
Following the DeKalb City Council’s decision to allow video gambling, several local businesses have begun the process of installing these machines. The process begins with an application to the Illinois Gaming Board. “We’ve filled out our applications...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Aug. 31, 2012...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Sept. 2, 2012 At 1:44 a.m., a fight was observed at Lukulos,...
Students looking for academic opportunities may want to visit the Exploring Majors Fair. The fair will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 24 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom, located in the Holmes Student Center. The fair is designed for students who want...
Rehearsals for the NIUkulele Ensemble will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at the Music Building, according to a NIU Community School of the Arts press release. People ages nine and up are welcome to join the new ensemble. Director Eric Schroeder made the...
Award-winning historian Timothy Snyder will give a lecture on the history of Nazi and Soviet mass killings at NIU, according to an NIU press release. The lecture will be the ninth annual installment of the W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series and will...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. At 1:58 p.m.,...
Sarah Wawerski spent her summer and will spend this semester trying to get the NIU campus community to do one thing--recycle more. But getting people to recycle more, if at all, can be difficult. And with limited funding for campus recycling efforts,...
Paul Butler, of Butler Organic Farms in DeKalb, prepares his combine for soy beans after a day of harvesting oats. Butler said that after this summer’s drought, his hay crop production is down 50 percent, wheat fields are down just a little from last...
