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NIU student’s elaborate lights display draws thousands

  • December 9, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University freshman Matt Baker says he simply likes to bring “a bit of magic” to the holidays. His bit of magic involves 85,000 lights, all…

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NIU Supermileage team wins international competition

Champs earn best placement in team’s 10-year history

  • April 12, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — The NIU Supermileage team has earned the “super” in its name. And then some. The team took top honors at a recent international competition in California when…

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NIU welcomes new era

Historic Investiture of President Freeman brings together Huskie community

  • April 5, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — Tradition and a forward-looking enthusiasm intertwined Friday as a community of proud Huskies celebrated the investiture of NIU President Lisa Freeman. Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, alumni…

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Giving it his all, NIU student competes on NBC’s ‘The Titan Games’

  • February 11, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — To those working out beside him at the Student Recreation Center, Covenant “Covie” Falana is just another NIU student. To Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, he’s a Titan…

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Soar into Homecoming with a 50th anniversary celebration of NIU ROTC

  • October 2, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Before the Huskies conquer the football field at Homecoming, the Golden Knights will conquer the sky. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Huskie ROTC Battalion,…

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‘Here comes NIU’: Supermileage Team a force to be reckoned with

Student-designed vehicle among nation’s best, sets new team record

  • August 20, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — How much work do members of the NIU Supermileage team put in? “An excessive amount,” joked team president Josh Helsper, of St. Charles. “It’s a part-time job…

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Open sesame: NIU engineering students pilot voice-operated door lock

  • August 14, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — It’s more of a magical phrase, but throw in a bit of electrical engineering and “open sesame” becomes the key to a successful student project in the…

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‘Jurassic’ effort: NIU engineering students work to re-create saber-toothed cat

Senior Design Day project aims to improve animal prosthetics, museum displays.

  • August 14, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — They started with a 3-D prototype of a saber-toothed cat’s forelimb. One day, it could be the entire cat. Inspired by NIU biological sciences professor Virginia Naples,…

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Winning Senior Design Day team impresses Yorkville-based textile company

Project could save Aurora Specialty Textiles Group about $100,000 a year.

  • August 14, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — You could say a team of NIU’s graduating engineering students did their homework—and then some. Taking top honors in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Spring…

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NIU students’ air-to-water drone could lessen costs of gathering aquatic data

  • August 14, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — With its own catchy classical theme song borrowed from a Richard Wagner opera, an air-to-water drone created by a team of NIU students won first place in the…

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