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Truth: Stuff happens no matter where you live. What’s different about NIU and your hometown, however, is that we’re going to tell you about these incidents as quickly as possible. Safety bulletins from NIU proactively inform you about crimes that recently occurred on or near campus so you can take the appropriate precautions. They also...

UPDATE AS OF 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9 NIU Police worked through the night and into the early morning checking buildings; all have been cleared. NIU is open for all classes, business and other activities today. UPDATE AS OF 11 p.m. As of about 11 p.m., all residence halls at Northern Illinois University had been...

Greetings from Chicago! This morning I was in the city giving a radio interview to Craig Dellimore for his Sunday public affairs program, “At Issue,” on WBBM-AM 780. On Thursday, I appeared live on WGN-AM 720 as part of Steve Cochran’s mini-series about higher education. Among the many topics I discussed with both was the...

Northern Illinois University is upgrading its emergency notification system (ENS) and moving to a new platform, the university announced Wednesday. The new Everbridge system will be fully operational by the end of the fall semester and will allow for better implementation of NIU safety bulletins by allowing management of both alerts and advisories in one...