During Wednesday’s University Council meeting, Greg Long said students with disabilities have come to him with troubling news. Long, NIU Chair of the Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities, reported that professors have publicly disclosed...

NIU’s spring undergraduate enrollment has fallen 1,647 students since the fall semester. Spring 2012 enrollment currently sits at 15,659. NIU President John Peters said spring enrollment is always smaller than fall enrollment, and the decrease was less...

Internet speed around campus slowed down for several hours Monday.A “major fiber cable” was cut, resulting in the slowdown, said Walter Czerniak, Associate Vice President for NIU Information Technology Services. He was unsure of when the fiber would...

The Northern Star took home 16 individual awards and an honorable mention in general excellence Sunday at the Illinois College Press Association convention.Several current and former staff members won individual awards for their contributions to the paper....

Northern Illinois University Libraries have been awarded with a $575,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The funds will be used to investigate affordable digital preservation soutions for university libraries, according...

Wednesday's University Council meeting saw the passing of a proposal that alters NIU's policy on guests in class.The proposal, made by Karen Brandt, Academic Policy Committee Chair, was discussed at the Nov. 2 Universal Council meeting and was not passed....