DeKalb, IL – A group of 15 NIU students had a tall order ahead of them this academic year—with nearly $60 million at stake—and many of...

Why did Kurt Thurmaier climb the mountain? Certainly not solely because it was there. Earlier this year, Thurmaier and 11 other climbing volunteers, including NIU...

Air pollution. Threatened wild life. Climate change. With so many environmental issues in the news each day, the NIU Newsroom asked university faculty members with...

University life this academic year is different, to say the least, for NIU graduate students Jeanna Ballard and Bryce Johnson. For one, their classes are...

A Chicago casino would almost certainly bring in tax revenue that could help the city stave off a looming crisis over a massive public-pension shortfall,...

New U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate that Rockford, the third largest city in Illinois, is leading the state in population decline. From July 1, 2010...