NIU Today

Sophomore Gael Riverascored his second goal of the weekend as the No. 13 Northern Illinois men’s soccer team defeated UC Davis, 1-0, in overtime on Sunday at the Northwestern Lakeside Classic. Following a scoreless 90 minutes, NIU (6-1) found the game-winner 2:30 into the overtime session. After some good buildup play down the left side,...

Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 347 yards on 23-of-32 passing to lead the No. 7 Badgers to a 49-7 victory over Northern Illinois Saturday at Soldier Field before a crowd of 41,068.  Wisconsin improved to 3-0 on the season while the Huskies fell to 1-2. While Wilson dominated on the offensive side of the...

Cherilyn G. Murer was elected today as chair of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University. Murer, who was first appointed to the board in 2005 and reappointed this spring, most recently served as the fourth member of the executive cabinet. Before that, she served a two-year term as chair of the board from...

A five-year effort to collect the oral histories of Cambodians who survived the Khmer Rouge era and now live in the Chicago area will culminate this week with an exhibit at the Cambodian American Heritage Museum (CAHM) and Killing Fields Memorial in Chicago. The exhibit resulted from a collaboration between the museum and Northern Illinois...

The DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced an open casting call on behalf of the “Untitled Ramin Bahrani Film” being shot in DeKalb County this fall. The movie is an independent film starring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens and Heather Graham. DeKalb County residents are encouraged to attend the open call from...

NIU is front and center in the current push by the U.S. and Indonesian governments, announced in 2010 by President Barack Obama, to strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Division of International Programs have been taking the lead in leveraging NIU’s...

The Institute of International Education has selected Northern Illinois University to participate in a program that aims to increase higher education connections between U.S. and Indian institutions. NIU was one of only 11 U.S. colleges and universities selected for the 2012 India initiative of the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP). The university has long had...

Guitar players, young and old, expert or novice, are invited to NIU’s first 12-hour All Styles Guitar Day. The strumming and picking starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Music Building. The day, or celebration as NIU guitar professor Fareed Haque calls it, will start with instruction, introduction and sharing of techniques and...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and internationally renowned historian John W. Dower will visit the Northern Illinois University campus to deliver the next installment of the W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series. Dower’s lecture, “Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq,” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. Admission...

Move over, Chicago. There’s a new home for jazz in Illinois. For more than 25 years, the NIU Jazz Lab Band, or Laboratory Band, has impressed audiences both locally and internationally with award-winning performances. Now, with some help from NIU resources, the band is celebrating the release of its first album, “Quintessence.” The Lab Band,...

President John G. Peters charted Northern Illinois University’s course toward the future today, calling for enrollment growth to 30,000 by 2020, attracting more high-performing students and increasing the university’s dedication to hands-on learning that prepares students to be leaders after college. Those were among the highlights of Peters’ 12th State of the University address, which...

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