Clarification: This headline was updated to better reflect that the money for the Safe Passage shelter is still a proposal and not guaranteed. DeKALB – As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to a close, Rep. Lauren Underwood made a proposal to address...

DeKALB – In light of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, survivors of sexual and domestic violence gathered in protest of sexual violence at the Egyptian Theatre Monday. With a crowd of over 40 people, the Take Back the Night event presented by Safe...

DeKALB – Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Lauren Underwood provided an update on the $1 million in funding for the Advanced Electronics Initiative and the $1.5 million in funding for a new microchip fabrication lab in the College of Engineering and Engineering...

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,...

DeKalb – U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood paid NIU a visit on Friday afternoon to tour the NIU Microelectronics Research and Development Lab as part of a community tour of projects that the representative secured funding for as part of the federal...

DeKALB – Congresswoman of Illinois’ 14th congressional district, Lauren Underwood, and Jeff Tweedy, a Grammy award-winning singer and guitarist from the band Wilco, will be holding an early vote rally and concert from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday...

DeKALB – Early voting began at the Holmes Student Center on Monday and NIU College Democrats hosted a “Party to the Polls” event with guest speakers from the ballot.  Representative Lauren Underwood and NIU professor Dr. Linh Nguyen guest spoke...

DeKALB – NIU College Democrats took students on a “Party to the Polls” Monday at the Martin Luther King Commons, joined by special guest speakers Professor Linh Nguyen and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. The event began at 10 a.m. with members...

MondayJonamac Orchard grand opening weekend: Jonamac Orchard will be opening its weekend activities. The corn maze will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and apple picking will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the rest of the season.TuesdayNIU Esports club open...

A town hall for NIU students with Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) will be held Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Holmes Student Center, Clara Sperling Sky Room.There, Underwood will be answering questions attendees have about financial aid, student...