By Joseph Ndu, Senior News Reporter
| February 12, 2025
DeKALB - NIU has been awarded $475,000 to plant 450 trees across campus over the next four years.
The award is from the Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative.
The award was provided to close to 40 nonprofits, government entities...
Caitlin Giles, STEMfest volunteer and sophomore mechanical engineering major, said the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics festival held Saturday is important for children."I think it's important to teach little kids about math and science,"...
Over the summer, the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB) has been spotted in DeKalb and other neighboring areas. The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle's larva eat the inner bark in Ash trees which cuts off the trees from water and nutrients, killing it of starvation....
