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.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Northern Illinois University reported a $31.8 million ...

For the second time in two months, Northern Illinois University president Lisa Freeman and athletic director Sean Frazier were at a press conference announcing a new conference membership starting in ...

Officials from two Summerville schools gather to celebrate JT King signing to play football at Northern Illinois University ...

[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 ...

The Northern Illinois University football team was at Harry Caray's downtown Thursday on their annual media tour before camp. The Huskies are returning just four starters from last season, which was ...

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The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American Conference that it had been a member of for nearly 30 years. The Huskies will ...

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 ...

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 ...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in ...