DeKalb, IL – To kick off Northern Illinois University’s Edible Campus initiative this past spring, NIU students and faculty planted nearly 100 garden beds across campus,...

Discover Financial Services and Northern Illinois University recently marked the opening of the new code_orange program, an exciting initiative that is providing tech-savvy students with...

Student engagement in research, artistry and service is a hallmark of the NIU education. And nowhere will that be more evident than at NIU’s seventh...

NIU geographers have developed an interactive map—with links to stunning videos and photos—showing the 30-mile path of the April 9, 2015 tornado that devastated the...

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...

As voters prepare to choose their party nominees for U.S. president, members of the Northern Illinois University community are answering the question: Why should science...