DeKALB — The Center for Black Studies developed a partnership between NIU and Mico University College, located in Kingston, Jamaica, to launch a study abroad program in Jamaica. The program will take six to 15 students and will run from June 20 to July...

Have you ever walked into a building on campus and wondered how it got its name?An official university committee had the responsibility of naming buildings at NIU. The membership of the committee was founded in 1974, according to a 1981 NIU faculty bulletin...

Not every bathroom on campus features the charming broken tiles of DuSable Hall. In fact, some are quite nice.Here, we rank the top five bathrooms at NIU based on their amenities. If you ever need to get out of the cold, get away from class or, well,...

Bennie Starks, who served more than 20 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, emphasized that students should seek truth during a campus performance Wednesday.Starks was wrongfully convicted 27 years ago, and after serving 20 years in jail was...

The Criminal Law Society will host an Innocence Panel at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom in Swen Parson Hall. Those in attendance will discuss the case of Juan Rivera. Rivera was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old...

NIU’s College of Law will host the 19th annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday at the Francis X. Riley Courtroom in Swen Parson Hall. Lawrence J. Fox, partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Crawford Lecturer at Yale...