NIU Today

The Department of English and the First-Year Composition Program will present the 10th annual Showcase of Student Writing from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington Ballroom. Students in First-Year Composition classes will present and pitch their communiversity-based research projects to the public and their peers. Awards will be presented to...

Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance and The Third Onion presents “Curious Light on the Last Moments of Naive Mind,” an original performance piece devised by Evan Forbes, Nyssa Lowenstein and Madeleine Lyons. “Curious Light on the Last Moments of the Naive Mind” will be performed Saturday, April 29 through Sunday, April 30, in the...

Four NIU scholars have been chosen to present their work at the 31st Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) this month. NCUR is sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), a national not-for-profit educational organization focused on providing undergraduate research opportunities for faculty and students at all institutions serving undergraduate students. CUR was founded...

WNIJ 89.5 FM is pleased to announce a new fundraising project, Preserve Public Radio and Plant a Tree, which aims to raise $125,000 to protect and preserve public radio without interrupting programs. This project, which began on Saturday, April 1, is designed to help sustain our national forests, too. WNIJ is teaming up with the...

On Monday, April 10, NIU will be turning on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for students in Office 365. This means you will use both your password and a code texted to your cell phone to login. To prepare for this roll out, you must use Office 2016 on your computers. Install it free from O365.niu.edu. For...

In April, NIU will welcome new transfers and their families to campus for their orientation program. Orientation & Family Connections hosts four programs in April (April 5, 7, 12 and 17) that are designed to introduce new transfer students to the tools and resources that will help them be successful. April programs are shorter than...

On Friday, April 21 the NIU community is invited to come together in celebration as the Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity hosts the 23rd Annual Pride Awards Dinner. This banquet is convened every year to honor NIU students, faculty, staff and partners who have significantly fostered an atmosphere of fellowship and inclusiveness...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness month.  A teal ribbon is the symbol of sexual violence prevention. Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance (AAEC) and our partners, host events and programs to provide sexual assault education, outreach and support to survivors and those affected by sexual assault. AAEC will host our first ever “Got a Minute” series focused...

The Spring 2017 Board of Trustees Professor Seminar – Science and the Public: Seeing Eye to Eye – will take place Monday, April 10, 2017, in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. Refreshments will be provided from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., with the presentation and Q&A to follow from 12 to 1...

Want to be healthier, contribute to lower pollution and stimulate the local economy? Eating locally grown food can help you do all three! At the next STEM Café, “Our Daily Spread: Local Farms, Community Gardens and Access to Healthy Food,” local experts will discuss the promises and challenges of today’s local food movement. The free...