The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has received a $45.3 million software grant from Siemens, assisting students and faculty to complete the life cycle of a product design.Siemens donated the grant to CEET for the purchase of software...

Outstanding Alumnus Award-winning Dr. Laura Anderko said climate change is hurting human health at a Friday lecture.Anderko said the March Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report showed human populations are sensitive to climate change. During...

The Office of the President is accepting nominations of staff, faculty and students to the four presidential commissions, which will advise the president for the 2014-2015 academic year.The four presidential commissions — Persons with Disabilities,...

Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Hinckley, will talk with locals about state law and taxes at a Kiwanis Club Town Hall Meeting Monday.The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the DeKalb Elks Club, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road. The Kiwanis Club, which has about 40 members,...

NIU’s Naperville campus will offer a fall, graduate-level course to prepare teachers to work with bilingual students who have special needs.In LTIC 555, Methods and Materials for English Learners with Disabilities, students will gain insight into the...

The Student Association honored outstanding students and faculty at the Student Choice Awards Monday.The awards, which take place annually, were organized to honor student and faculty contributions to NIU and the DeKalb community. About 100 people gathered...

NIU has launched a search for a chief diversity officer, a new position to promote diversity on campus.The CDO will report to the executive vice president and provost and will serve on the president’s cabinet and the Council of Deans.“Diversity is...