DeKalb city staff is preparing a grant proposal for the Illinois Department of Transportation requesting $4 million to fund the $13 million widening of Peace Road from two lanes into four.City Council approved the proposal to proceed with the funding...

More than ten student-run organizations discussed how to collaborate for Earth Week, which was created by Stuart Nissenbaum, Student Association director of Environmental Affairs.The goal of Earth Week, which will be April 18-23, is to get NIU students...

The number of graduate students from India has increased by 50 students since fall 2015 and by 200 students since fall 2014, accounting for 60 percent of the international graduate population.Out of the 4,900 students enrolled in a graduate program at...

Miki Grace, president of Delta Sigma Theta, said she was in awe when she was pulled over and told to take off her coat, hat and gloves when DeKalb Police wanted to search her in below-freezing temperatures this winter.Grace led a discussion with close...

Ariel Owens, Student Association director of Public Affairs, stopped participating in class after she said her English teacher asked her to comment on a poem on behalf of her entire race.Instances of on-campus racism, like the one Owens said she experienced,...