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A close view of a completed panel of samples being tested in the COVID-19 wastewater screening lab at NIU. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Inside NIU’s COVID wastewater screening lab

By Sean Reed, Photo Editor | January 26, 2023

DeKALB – Northern Illinois University students and faculty have not been required to regularly screen for COVID-19 since the 2021-22 academic year, in favor of testing when symptomatic. In the absence of SHIELD testing, NIU has implemented a new way...

Enrollment drops 4.7 percent

By Northern Star Staff | February 2, 2018

DeKALB | NIU has seen a decrease of over 800 students compared to the 2017 spring semester.The spring 2018 semester total enrollment, which consists of undergraduate, graduate and transfer students, is 16,673 students compared to 17,497 for spring 2017.Sol...

BSU hosts clothing collection

By Lindsey Salvatelli | February 27, 2017

DeKALB — The Black Student Union is collecting formal dresses for underprivileged students throughout Black History Month for their inaugural Princess Tiana Project.The project, headed by Andria Deberry, BSU community outreach director, and co-director...