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...

As part of the ongoing campus improvements, the Human Resource Services parking lot at West Lincoln Highway will close at 7 a.m. Thursday, according to an NIU Today article. On-campus employees are encouraged to use the Human Resource Service located...

The new ombudsperson for NIU will be Sarah Klaper, according to an NIU Today. Before beginning work at NIU, Klaper previously worked at DePaul University in Chicago for the College of Law, according to the NIU Today article. She taught courses in school...

Communications professor Arthur Paul Doederlein died at the age of 70 last Friday, an NIU Today article stated. Doederlein, who retired in 2010, served as an undergraduate studies director for the communications department for 30 years. He advised thousands...

Schnucks, 975 S. Annie Glidden Road, will host its annual Student Night from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Everyone is invited to attend. “It’s a very energetic, fun-filled night for families and people of all ages,” said Shnucks seafood manager Laurie...

The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reviewing the case of alleged misconduct by Northern Illinois University employees, said ISP spokesperson Monique Bond. The ISP has not made a decision as to whether or not they will look into the case of the alleged...

The Center for Access-Ability Resources has changed its name to the Disability Resource Center, according to an NIU Today article. The center changed its name in response to the growing number of students with a disability, the article stated. The name...

Cassie’s Popcorn Stand, on the corner of State and Maple St. in Sycamore, plans to open a second location in DeKalb on Sept. 15. “We’re opening another stand, bigger than the one in Sycamore,” said co-owner Cassie Oltman. “We’re doing really...

The NIU Operating Staff Council is looking for representation on their committees for the 2012-2013 year, said a member of the Chemistry and Biochemistry department in an email. The committees include Campus Parking, Campus Security and Environmental...

A visitation will be held for NIU student Steven Agee II from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Leak & Sons Funeral Home in Country Club Hills. His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church in Glenwood.Agee, 22, was fatally shot in the...

Sigma Lambda Sigma will host a bracelet and bake sale to help raise money for the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., today.Baked goods are on sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Wirtz Hall.Sorority members baked a variety of items for the sale and are also...

DeKalb | Courtney Crombleholme, Amanda Irions, Ashley Michels, Brianna Lynn Pursell, and Karen Stoutenburg were recognized by Northern Illinois University's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women by receiving the annual Outstanding Women Student...