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ESPN College GameDay logo and NIU QB Jordan Lynch
Northern Illinois University has the opportunity to show its Huskie pride to the nation by voting in ESPN College GameDay’s Fan Vote contest to bring ESPN to DeKalb to film a commercial for the network’s signature college football pregame show. Beginning today and running through Thursday, May 10, NIU fans can vote once a day...
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A group of NIU faculty and students are hoping their newly developed water sampling techniques might soon be employed to detect sources of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, one of America’s most scenic and important bodies of water. Geology professor Melissa Lenczewski, anthropology professor Kendall Thu and four NIU students will travel this week to...
Latino Honor Society
Northern Illinois University’s first Latino Honor Society was successfully launched April 15. With family and friends at their side, 32 students were inducted into the Adela de la Torre Honor Society (ATHS). The inaugural members swore an oath to achieve success through scholarship, service and leadership. About 100 people attended the event organized by Vanessa...
NIU women's tennis
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fell to the Buffalo Bulls (7-11, 3-5 MAC) on senior day Sunday by a score of 5-2. The loss ended the regular season for the Huskies (11-11, 2-6 MAC) while dropping them to .500 on the season and earned them the seventh seed in the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis...
Jordan Huffman
Northern Illinois baseball drew even with Toledo in the bottom of the sixth inning, 3-3, to send the game to extra innings. But the Rockets drew first blood in the top of the 10th to clinch the victory, 4-3. Jordan Huffman and Jeff Zimmerman both finished 3-for-4 at the plate. “We did a good job...
Stephanie Tofft
The Northern Illinois University softball team wrapped up a disappointing road trip Sunday with a 12-6 loss to Akron at Lee R. Jackson Field. After the Huskies (18-28, 6-10) scored a pair of runs in the third and two more in the fourth to tie the game 4-4, Akron (17-26-1, 3-11) broke the game wide...
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team wrapped up the regular season portion of its schedule with a seventh-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Freshman Thomas Dunne (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) was the top-finishing Huskie, taking 13th with a final round 75. Indiana won the tournament with...
Thomas Dunne
Freshman Thomas Dunne (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) is tied for fourth-place individually as the Northern Illinois men’s golf team is tied for sixth with Bowling Green following Saturday’s first two rounds of the Boilermaker Invitational at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Dunne carded a second round 66, helping the Huskies post a...
Dani Parrish
The Northern Illinois University softball team’s rally fell short Saturday as the Huskies are edged by Akron, 8-6, Lee R. Jackson Field. Trailing 6-2 heading into the top of the fifth, the Huskies (18-27, 6-9) began their comeback with a two-run fifth, taking advantage of a pair of Akron errors. With one out, Nicole Gremillion...
NIU women's tennis
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team lost to a tough Akron team Saturday, 7-0. The Zips have lost just two matches and are the reigning Mid-American Conference Tournament Champions. The Huskies moved to 11-10 on the season with the loss. “Akron was just too good,” said head coach Ryun Ferrell. “We had some chances. We...
Zach Badgley
Down 5-0 after six innings, the Northern Illinois bullpen combined for three hitless and scoreless innings against Toledo, with the offense assembling a rally in the ninth, but the Huskies fell to the Rockets, 5-1. “We didn’t stop battling in the game and we were one batter away from tying the game and that’s your...
Roneisha Frye
The Northern Illinois track & field team closed out its weekend in Kansas on a big note Saturday, breaking two school records and posting four top five finishes. Junior Rebecca Cronin broke the NIU mark in the 800 meters, while Roneisha Frye set a new standard in the 100 hurdles. “The athletes competing today gave...
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