Category: University News

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NIU selected as a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center

  • October 19, 2021
Among 19 “pathbreaking institutions,” NIU was chosen by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to host a new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center. The honor further establishes…

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NIU sees 12% jump in enrollment of new freshmen

Multi-year planning, groundbreaking admissions policies seen as driving increase

  • September 9, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – Northern Illinois University saw its new freshman enrollment climb this fall by nearly 12% over the same time last year—the largest year-over-year percentage increase in the freshman class…

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NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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