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Northern Illinois University alumni Jordan Delegal, Keith Otis and Elliot Echols of Hungry Huskies, Inc. exceeded their goal of $20,000 needed to roll out the first food truck business on campus. Their plan to bring The DogHouse to campus to provide convenient meals while giving students an opportunity to work and learn on the job...

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to gather with family and friends. We pause to reflect upon that for which we are most thankful. NIU students, faculty and staff have worked hard this year, and hopefully each of us is realizing the fruits of that labor. The NIU community is like a family, teaching and learning...

Going somewhere? NIU’s new three-dimensional interactive campus map enables online navigation of the NIU campus anytime from virtually anywhere. Deployment of the interactive map this morning is only the latest component of a campus-wide strategy to make navigation of the NIU campus as user-friendly as possible. “The 3-D interactive map, along with the directional signage that was...

Northern Public Radio reports the following: An Illinois judge has ruled that a law intended to fix the nation’s worst state employee pension crisis violates the state constitution. On Friday, Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Belz ruled in favor of state employees and retirees who sued to block the state’s landmark pension overhaul. The focus of the opposition is...

Kristina Elmore, a sophomore time arts/animation major from Kirkland, is the winner of the 2014 President’s Holiday Card Contest. Her card, “Huskie’s Holiday,” is among four that will serve this year as NIU President Doug Baker’s official holiday card, which is mailed to colleagues and constituents throughout Illinois and across the country. “My motto is,...

Recent media attention on Ebola patients in the United States has raised a number of debates about the risks of an epidemic spreading here.

After giving thanks for friends and family, finishing off the pumpkin pie and scoring a few Cyber Monday bargains, Huskies now have an opportunity to extend the spirit of the holiday season with Giving Tuesday. The goal of Giving Tuesday is to inspire philanthropic giving during the holidays. On Dec. 2, NIU will launch a...

Having been a key member of research teams that announced discovery of the world’s smallest primate fossil in 2000 and the oldest primate skeleton in 2013, Northern Illinois University Professor Dan Gebo has made more than his share of headlines worldwide. He also has won every award that NIU has to offer for great teaching...

Here’s a good way to stop shivering amid the late-autumn freeze: Start thinking spring. Better yet, start thinking ARTigras. ARTigras – rhymes with Mardi Gras – will make Saturday, May 2, a day for creative expression via the largest art festival DeKalb has ever seen. Thousands of energetic people are expected to come together in...

The Northern Illinois University football team (9-2, 6-1) scored a touchdown with six minutes remaining, and the Huskies forced a turnover with less than two minutes left in the game to defeat the Ohio University Bobcats, 21-14, at Peden Stadium. The win keeps NIU in the driver’s seat in pursuit of its fifth straight MAC...

The NIU Jazz Ensemble, under the tutelage of new director Reggie Thomas, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The concert is free and open to the public. Alongside the Jazz Ensemble will be international jazz trombonists Michael Dease and Tom Garling. Dease has...

How can you beat the power of the sun? NIU chemistry and biochemistry professor Tao Xu thinks you can’t. He believes solar power will be a big player on the energy scene in the future. “Eventually, we’re going to use up the fossil fuels, which are not recyclable,” Xu says, noting that some predict known...