NIU Today

The NIU community is mourning the loss of two prominent retired faculty members, each of whom left an indelible mark on the university. Rodney Angotti, former chair of computer science, died June 6, in DeKalb. Clyde Kimball, a distinguished research professor of physics, died June 3, in Corvallis, Ore. “Rod and Clyde were powerful forces,...

The Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University is among seven daily stops on a Greyhound Bus Lines route between Chicago and Davenport, Iowa that now includes the Naperville/Aurora Rt. 59 Metra station. The stop, approved by Naperville City Council last week, is along a route that includes DeKalb, Rochelle, Dixon, and Moline in addition to...

A revised 2015 annual water quality report is now available. Northern Illinois University has prepared this report to provide information to you, the consumer, on the quality of NIU’s drinking water. Please review the documents online and learn more about the drinking water at NIU. The report contains important information about the source and quality of the campus water...

Chicagoans don’t like to be told no. So when the Tampa Bay Lightning announced plans to shut out Blackhawks gear from certain sections of its arena during the Stanley Cup Final game tomorrow night, Bob Winter knew he could find a loophole. The partner and executive creative director at River North branding and marketing firm...

The Northern Illinois University Society of Automotive and Aerospace Engineers (SAE) Supermileage Team is looking to wrap up its spring season at the Eaton Corporation Proving Grounds in Marshall, Mich., at the SAE Supermileage Competition® June 4-5. The team received national attention this spring when it was selected to be part of a Shell commercial...

Several key steps in NIU’s Program Prioritization process were concluded in May, while feedback on timetables from program leaders convinced organizers to add additional months to the schedule. Academic Programs Inventory Nears Completion Finishing touches are being put on an exhaustive list of academic programs to be reviewed during the Program Prioritization process.  Following months...

Beginning June 1, the Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University will be among seven stops on a Greyhound Bus Lines route between Chicago and Davenport, Iowa. The route also includes stops in Rochelle, Dixon and Moline. Greyhound will service all cities on the route four times a day, seven days a week. The new...

Presidents, chancellors and board chairs from Illinois’ nine public universities converged on Springfield this week to lobby state leaders on both sides of the aisle to maintain a robust, sustained and predictable level of state support for our universities. NIU was represented by Board of Trustees Chair John R. Butler in this effort. Not only...

Chad D. McEvoy is the new chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE), effective July 1. He joins NIU from Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, where he was a professor of sports management and graduate program director in the Department of Sport Management. Paul Wright, who...

Expertise in studying healthcare delivery and years of assisting physicians and practices implement and use electronic medical records systems recently earned Northern Illinois University part of a $15 million federal grant to study how small-practice physicians manage heart disease. NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences and the Division of Outreach, Engagement, and Regional Development...

Presidents and board of trustee chairs representing each of Illinois’ nine public universities met face-to-face with top legislative leaders Tuesday to urge support for higher education funding in the state’s fiscal 2016 budget. University of Illinois President Timothy L. Killeen arranged the afternoon of meetings to make the case that proposed funding reductions for public...

Northern Illinois University College of Law Professor Morse Tan has announced publication of his new book titled “North Korea, International Law and the Dual Crises (A Narrative and Constructive Engagement)” by Routledge Press, the world’s leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The book examines North Korea’s long history of human rights violations...