Indigenous Navajo artist Melanie Yazzie will be on campus September 14-16, visiting the NIU School of Art and Design....
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Head’s up! Upcoming Art Museum exhibition extends to campus
A stroll around campus can serve as a preview of a new exhibition coming soon to the galleries of the NIU Art Museum....
Music’s Bobby Broom’s new album “Notes of Thanks” featured in Downbeat Magazine
The latest album from Bobby Broom, associate professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies in the NIU School of Music,...
Commencement Profile: Antonio Horn, BFA Acting
Congratulations to all of the talented students who graduated this past weekend. One of them, BFA Actor Antonio Horn, was profiled in a video that ran during the ceremony. Meet Antonio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPXxNrPSF1Q
Music’s Pharez Whitted inducted into Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame
Pharez Whitted, instructor of trumpet in the NIU School of Music's Jazz Studies program is one of the newest inductees into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame. Whitted is also director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Jazz Orchestra, coordinates the...
Luminarts Jazz Improvisation fellowship finalists include NIU Music alumni Gabriel Wade and Arman Sangalang
NIU School of Music jazz alumni Arman Sangalang and Gabriel Wade are finalists for Luminarts Jazz Improvisation Fellowships. Luminarts Cultural Foundation was founded in 1949 by members of the Union Club of Chicago to strengthen the cultural community of Chicago by...
From NIU to the Ivy League, Skye McCord to study archaeology at Cornell University
Skye McCord remembers becoming fascinated by archaeology by watching as many documentaries and PBS Nova episodes on the subject as possible as a kid growing up in Crystal Lake, Illinois. They joke that it felt natural because they have "nerdy" parents who encouraged...
Art and Design students research how high school art teachers are using AI
When Kelly Gross, assistant professor of visual arts education at NIU received a grant from the NIU Student Engagement Fund for a study into the use of artificial intelligence, she knew which students of hers would be perfect for it. She approached Lane Staffeldt and...
Music alumna Alexis Lamb appointed to EMU faculty
Alexis C. Lamb, who earned her bachelor of music degrees at NIU in music education and percussion performance has been appointed assistant professor of music theory at Eastern Michigan University starting in August. Lamb also performed with Projecto Arcomusical, the...
CVPA students presenting at annual CURE conference
Every spring, NIU hosts the Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement, where student researchers present on the topics they have been doing faculty-guided research on during the course of the year. CURE is the culminating event for Undergraduate Research...
NIU Sculpture presents outdoor group exhibition at Gurler House
Continuing the Gurler House’s tradition as a long-standing space of community gathering, the Northern Illinois University Sculpture and property owner, Shane Harris, extend a welcome to the neighbors, friends, and passersby to engage with the work of Illinois and...
Spring Dance Concert features appealing mix of styles
The 2025-2026 Production Series of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the annual Spring Dance Concert. The dance concert features a variety of works choreographed by faculty members Marc Macaranas, Michel Rodriguez Cintra and Richard Grund, as well as...