Officials at DeKalb’s Northern Illinois University have dramatically expanded a program that ensures qualifying students will have their tuition and general fees covered for their first year of school ...

Jayla Ward is a freshman at Northern Illinois University. About half the students in the class each fall are the first in their families to attend college. Every fall, more than 1,500 first-year ...

Northern Illinois University will issue $62 million of Series 2024 certificates of participation to finance energy-saving projects affecting roughly 50 buildings, or half of all campus infrastructure.

[Editor’s note at 3:10 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 7, 2024: updated to insert NIU Board of Trustee’s approval of the Mountain West invitation and insert quotes from NIU AD Sean Frazier.] [Editor’s note ...

DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University expands Huskie Pledge program, opening a tuition-free first year to more Illinois high school seniors. The University announced Monday that eligibility ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies aim for their second straight win when they visit the Toledo Rockets for a Wednesday night MAC matchup. However, NIU’s offense has been quiet all season, and that’s a key ...

Despite entering the college football game as the favored team, Notre Dame Saturday fell to Northern Illinois University 16-14 in a stunning upset in front of a sold-out crowd in South Bend. But the ...