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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. The Olmec Heads Experience is a traveling exhibition of twenty-five monumental, artist-designed sculptures inspired by the colossal stone "heads"...

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, Notes of Thanks, a tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, was featured in the July edition of Downbeat Magazine. Broom first performed with Rollins at...

“The Risk Worth Taking” exhibition open now in Jack Olson Gallery

DeKalb, Illinois -- “The Risk Worth Taking” a visual art exhibition by NIU School of Art and Design alumnus Kevin Cole will run in the Jack Olson Gallery in NIU’s Jack Arends Hall from August 24 through October 16. “The Risk Worth Taking” draws a personal narrative...

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Sundaes on Saturday, August 26

Aug 23, 2017 | CVPA, xFeatured

Welcome, or welcome back, to campus! The College of Visual and Performing Arts invites all of our students to enjoy FREE ICE CREAM, Saturday, August 26 in the lobby of Boutell Auditorium, in the Music Building from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy your ice cream, meet and...

Fall-Spring Community School of the Arts schedule is online

Aug 21, 2017 | Community School of the Arts, xFeatured

Check out the complete schedule of Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 offerings.

NIU alumni appear with Zeshan B. on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Aug 16, 2017 | Music, xFeatured

NIU School of Music alumni Stu Mindeman (keyboard) and Greg Ward (saxophone) performed with Chicago singer Zeshan B on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, August 11. The group performed the George Perkins classic "Cryin' in the Streets."

Commitment to civil discourse, safety of our campus, and inclusion

Aug 15, 2017 | University Communications, xFeatured

In light of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va., we want to reaffirm Northern Illinois University’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. We maintain, with certainty, that bigotry and hatred do not embody the university’s values. We encourage free...

Organ students explore two major instruments in Chicago

Aug 15, 2017 | Music, xFeatured

On Friday, July 14 students of James Russell Brown from NIU and the Music Institute of Chicago met in Chicago to play and explore two of the largest organs in the midwest. The morning session was at Holy Name Cathedral's immense Flentrop organ, and the afternoon was...

School of Art and Design hosts 13 Chinese students

Aug 15, 2017 | Art and Design, xFeatured

Thirteen design students from Xi’an University of Technology in Shaanxi, China, spent two weeks at NIU as part of what both universities hope will be the start of a series of exchanges between the two universities. The students spent a week studying under School of...