Articles filed under Northern Illinois University
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Father of Daniel Parmenter: We also grieve for families of other mass shooting victimsFeb 11, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: Daniel Parmenter, Gary's son, was one of five people killed Feb. 14, 2008, at NIU. The 20-year-old sophomore from Westchester was in class with his gi...
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NIU cop who survived school's mass shooting: It 'made me who I am.'Feb 10, 2018 12:00 pm - The giant chalkboard on one wall of Maria and Dave Christiansen's kitchen features a bilingual “Febrero” calendar where the 14th sports her handwritten “Happy Valentine'...
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Those who died in the NIU shootingsFeb 10, 2018 12:00 pm - Gayle Dubowski, 20, of Carol Stream was a sophomore studying anthropology and a 2006 Glenbard North High School graduate. Catalina Garcia, a 20-year-old sophomore from C...
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Ex-FBI exec: What you can do to prevent mass shootingsFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: Katherine Schweit, formerly of Arlington Heights, retired as an executive with the FBI where she co-authored a study of 160 active shootings in the Un...
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Vigil 10 years after shooting: 'We will never forget. We are NIU.'Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Time can play tricks after tragedies. It passes too slowly for those experiencing pain, like the families of the five Northern Illinois University students killed Feb. 1...
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Harper teaming with 3 universities to offer bachelor's degreesJan 08, 2018 4:31 am - College partnering with three universities on six programs of study
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How an Elgin anthropologist ended up with world's largest collection of tiny fossilsNov 16, 2017 4:00 am - Dan Gebo has had a lifelong fascination with fossils - ever since he took a high school biology class in South Carolina and read Louis Leakey's work on human evolution. ...
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NIU Foundation honors CME Group Foundation with High Impact Philanthropy AwardNov 02, 2017 11:00 pm - For its generous support in providing financial assistance toward degree completion to a diverse group of transfer students, the CME Group Foundation is this year's reci...
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NIU wins in OT, is now bowl-eligibleOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - Marcus Jones had the only touchdown in overtime and Northern Illinois scored on three of its final four drives to rally past Eastern Michigan 30-27 on Thursday night in ...
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Survey: CEO say taxes, government challenges suburban businessesOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - NIU/Business Ledger CEO survey finds taxes, government issues challenge suburban business growth