DeKALB – NIU’s 2025 Senior Design Showcase will offer a look at various engineering projects by graduating seniors including robotic arms, virtual reality simulators, biomedical breakthroughs and more.
The event is free to the public and will take...
Northern Illinois University isn’t the biggest college in Illinois, however, it offers a wide variety of specialized programs, some of which are severely under-attended due to unawareness.
A majority of NIU’s advertising fails to mention these...
DeKALB – NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology received $1.5 million in federal funds to convert its cleanroom lab into a fabrication lab for microchip research, design and prototyping.
The college’s microchip fabrication lab,...
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Monday it is seriously studying the feasibility of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, an audacious idea that has been floated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Johnson’s spokesman, James Slack,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in time.Just days after Chinese scientists shared the...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A pair of civil engineers took their relationship to new heights atop a New Hampshire bridge.Dan Del Tufo arranged to have the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth lifted to its maximum height, and that's where he surprised Julia Kallmerten...
DeKALB — Students can earn two degrees in three years through NIU’s partnership with Kishwaukee College and DeKalb, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Hiawatha, Indian Creek and Rochelle Township high schools.The “2 Degrees in 3 Years” program allows students...
Live Healthy DeKalb County Food Security Council and the University of Illinois extension worked together to host a Poverty Simulation on Friday at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Building. The simulation taught participants about the harsh realities that...
Hey Huskies, get ready to play with lasers or dissect cow eyeballs at NIU’s STEMFest. STEMFest is a free event held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 21 at the Convocation Center. You can check out all the activities available that promote...
On March 25, the headline story sung the praises of the Goosinator, a device used to humanely encourage geese to move away from campus.Now, I think everyone can agree that navigating through goose-poop land mines on the way to class or fleeing from a...
NIU’s first robotics club is creating a buzz in the Engineering Building. The mission of the robotics club is to create a community for technically skilled and motivated students. The club also serves as a forum for the circulation and discussion of...
Engineering workshops will be offered to all girls from sixth to eighth grade, according to a Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois press release. The Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois and the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology are teaming...
