Category: Community
The campus community is invited to participate in a comprehensive survey to identify top quality-of-life issues in DeKalb County. The survey was launched Wednesday and is available both in hard copy and online. Advancing DeKalb County is an initiative led by the DeKalb County Community Foundation and involves more than two dozen area partners, including municipalities,...
Sometimes, it really does take a village – or, in the case of DeKalb, a University Village. NIU, University Village, the City of DeKalb Police Department, DeKalb County Community Gardens, DeKalb County KEYS/Ben Gordon Center, Kishwaukee Community Hospital, the Kishwaukee Family YMCA, Live Healthy DeKalb County, New Hope Baptist Church and Voluntary Action Center have come together to create...
Are you smarter than your smart phone? Can you outdrive a self-driving car? The technology we rely on is becoming more and more sophisticated. Could humanity survive if that technology turned evil? Daniel H. Wilson, who explores the possibility of a machine uprising in his novel “Robopocalypse,” will visit NIU and the Sycamore Public Library this...
Former Huskie quarterback and south side native Jordan Lynch, now a member of the Chicago Bears, will throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Thursday evening’s baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and host Chicago White Sox at 7:10 p.m. Lynch signed with the Bears in May as a running back following the 2014 draft. At Northern Illinois...
Representatives from the Northern Illinois University Police Department joined participants from the DeKalb and Sycamore Police and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Departments in carrying the “Flame of Hope” as part of Sunday’s DeKalb County Law Enforcement Torch Run®. “It’s just an awesome cause,” said NIU Police Chief Tom Phillips, who has participated in the Torch Run...
Rena Cotsones, assistant vice president of regional engagement for Northern Illinois University, has been appointed chair of the governing board for the Joint Institute of Engineering & Technology (JiET). JiET is operated through Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives (RASI), the nonprofit arm of the Rockford Area Economic Development Council (RAEDC). “The creation of JiET-A was one...
Representatives from the Northern Illinois University Police Department will join participants from the DeKalb and Sycamore Police and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Departments in carrying the “Flame of Hope” in the DeKalb County Law Enforcement Torch Run®, scheduled to take place Sunday, June 8, beginning at 3 p.m. The 7.69 mile run begins at the DeKalb...
The 2014 Bright Futures program – the Science of Music – is staging its grand finale Tuesday, June 10, at Hopkins Park Shelter prior to the first DeKalb Municipal Band concert of the season. Sponsored by NIU STEM Outreach, DeKalb County libraries and the DeKalb Municipal Band, the Bright Futures Fair offers a night of free...
Every generation has its bold ideas, ideas so powerful that they can change the destiny of an entire town Long before Northern Illinois University was a glimmer in the region’s eye, DeKalb and Sycamore were locked in a heated race over which town would bring railroad service to the county. When DeKalb secured the railroad...
Northern Illinois University—in conjunction with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, DeKalb Fire Department, DeKalb County Health Department and Heritage Environmental –will host a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, June 21. The household hazardous waste collection allows citizens the opportunity to safely dispose of unused or leftover household products commonly found in homes, basements and...
In the wake of recent data breaches at Target, Michael’s, Neimann Marcus and eBay, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan visited the Northern Illinois University campus for a May 29 forum with community leaders to address fraud and identity theft. “This past year, we probably had about 20,000 consumer fraud reports, but that number represents only...
