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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Social work mural located in front of 3077 in Lech Walesa Hall |

NEIU’s Master of Social Work has achieved full accreditation in its program

Luísa Soares, Writer April 18, 2019

The Council on Accreditation and the Council on Social Work Education granted initial accreditation to Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) Master of Social Work (MSW) program on March 11. The program,...

Police Blotter: March 23 一 31, 2019

April 18, 2019

March 23 - Home Gallery: The fire department responded to smoke coming from an NEIU-owned property and cleared the scene. March 25 - NEIU: A staff member reported that an unknown person has been “fraudulently”...

Google headquarters on 320 N. Morgan.

Google, meet NEIU: a new partnership

Luísa Soares, Writer April 10, 2019

During this summer, future computer science students who are seniors in high school and have been admitted into the fall 2019 semester at Northeastern Illinois University can participate in the Computer...

NEIU faculty, staff and community members peruse the recently published work of faculty members in Alumni Hall.

NEIU faculty celebrate each other and their work

Victoria Hong, Writer April 10, 2019

The story in on the Faculty Publications and Creative Works Reception, March 28, 2019 Sponsored by Academic Affairs and the Ronald Williams Library   The gentle guitar music played in...

Margaret Johnsson

Margaret Johnsson

Frannie Mendoza, Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2019

Margaret Johnsson was hired as an adjunct professor of management and entrepreneurship for the current school year and it was exciting for her to discover that students were eager to learn about innovation...

Senator Baldwin

LGBTQ Discrimination Legal in 29 States, Equality Act Could Change That

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor March 28, 2019

There are 29 states in the United States where discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people is completely legal; however, 89 percent of Americans believe that it’s illegal...

Mago Torres spoke at NEIU

A Mexican journalist who worked in the Panama Papers speaks in NEIU

Luísa Soares, Writer March 28, 2019

On March 14, Northeastern Illinois University received the guest speaker Mago Torres, who is a Mexican journalist, researcher and scholar that contributed to Panama Papers as a Fellow in JSK 2018....

NEIU and Other Universities Across Chicago Lack Faculty Diversity

Nicole F. Anderson and Robert Kukla March 28, 2019

NEIU is considered the most diverse public university in the midwest and the website claims the diversity “affects the core of the institution – we learn, teach, and work in an environment that is...

3/11-3/21 police blotter

March 26, 2019

3/11/19: Building B Officers responded to multiple calls of student screaming and being irate and disruptive in counseling office. Student was told to leave campus and finally complied.   3/13/19:...

Local and National Places to Donate Time and Money for Women’s History Month

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor March 26, 2019

The United States Congress ruled that March was to be National Women’s History Month in 1987. Every year, the current president of the United States gives a proclamation, honoring the achievements of...

Jenn Lee

Robert Kukla, Arts & Life Editor March 26, 2019

Jenn Lee writes creatively for herself and others, particularly her younger self, many of her topics focus on trauma “It’s thinking what I could have read when I was 12, 16 or 19 and wrestling...

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