Alexander Rahe of Carrollton is among more than 1,200 students who graduated from Northern Illinois University in December. Rahe earned a Master of Science.

Northern Illinois University has placed its police chief on administrative leave and is firing another officer over the department's handling of a sexual assault case. Students moved into a new ...

Most people celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day the day of. But two Northern Illinois University groups will come together ...

Northern Illinois University will issue $62 million of Series 2024 certificates of participation to finance energy-saving projects affecting roughly 50 buildings, or half of all campus infrastructure.

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference as a football only member beginning in 2026, NIU and the Mountain West ...

DEKALB, Ill (WREX) – Northern Illinois University (NIU) announced it has received a gift in the amount of $40 million from the Baustert Family Foundation, the largest single gift in the university’s ...

For the second time in two months, Northern Illinois University president Lisa Freeman and athletic director Sean Frazier were at a press conference announcing a new conference membership starting in ...

Something NIU football coach Thomas Hammock said after his team’s 28-20 win over Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl got me thinking. No, not the dump quote. After being showered in french ...

[Editor’s note at 3:10 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 7, 2024: updated to insert NIU Board of Trustee’s approval of the Mountain West invitation and insert quotes from NIU AD Sean Frazier.] [Editor’s note ...

Two people were injured in a shooting early Sunday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, authorities said. The shooting was reported at around 12:40 am. in a parking lot on the west side of ...