You know that feeling in which your nose starts getting stuffy, your throat feels scratchy and you just want to take a nap? You try to avoid it and push through it, but at the end of the day it creeps up on you: you have a cold.Don’t go to class with...

A B.S. in health sciences was recognized by the program prioritization task force reports as a candidate for enhanced resources.In the program prioritization task face reports that were released Monday, all 459 programs at NIU were each placed into...

While NIU provides extracurricular activities for students to enhance their experiences, it should make paying some fees optional.NIU President Doug Baker announced a proposal to make athletics and fine art fees optional for students at an Oct. 29 Faculty...

As the cost of student health insurance is set to rise next year, so are the benefits.The Board of Trustees approved a premium cost increase of $428 for the 2015 fiscal year due to Affordable Care Act mandates for broader coverage and more benefits March...

The annual Wellness Fair will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.More than 85 exhibitors, with an assortment of health information, will be featured. The fair will highlight different levels...

Pass: Iroquois stories to be sharedMohawk storyteller Kay Olan will tell tradition Iroquois tales tonight, according to NIU Today.Olan’s stories will "explore the life of ancient and modern Native Americans" and "illuminate the tradition of storytelling...

It looks like the cold has set in for good, as have sniffles and sore throats in classrooms.Students, take these symptoms as a warning sign: When you get sick, stay home from class.​ Not only is it important to get your rest as soon and often as possible,...

NIU and DeKalb County are teaming up to take out “the bug.”To prevent influenza, the DeKalb County Health Department has implemented its The Flu Ends with U campaign. The campaign partners with NIU Health Services and encourages people to remember...