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Northern Illinois University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selected 11 recipients for the 2016 Distinguished Alumni, Faculty and Staff Awards. To date, the college has honored 126 alumni, faculty and staff. Dean Christopher McCord presented the 2016 awards on Friday, Oct. 21, during a dinner program in Altgeld Hall. Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Peter...
The NIU Graduate Council has named Francois Lemery, for his work in accelerator physics, and Catherine Ausland, for her research in plant biology, as winners of the annual most outstanding dissertation and thesis awards, respectively. The awards are for dissertations and theses completed during the 2015-16 academic year. “NIU continues to produce students who really...
The Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences’ Child Development Lab has been awarded the Family and Community Engagement Award of Excellence through ExceleRate Illinois. This award of excellence is one of five awards ExceleRate Illinois invites early childhood programs to apply for. To be eligible for an award of excellence, the early childhood program must be licensed in...
NIU’s Huskie Hack has announced more workshops and presentations for its second annual hackathon contest designed to spark innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship through the use of computer coding, engineering and technology. Most of the event––which starts in the Holmes Student Center at noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 and finishes at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6––will...
The Percussion Ensemble Costa Rica (Ensamble de Percusión Costa Rica) will present a concert at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. The concert is free, open to the public and accessible to all. The repertoire of the concert is made up of compositions written for the ensemble by renowned...
A new study by NIU psychologists suggests that evidence for the effectiveness of the “Yes Means Yes” affirmative-consent movement, which has taken hold on many college campuses nationwide, might be found in an unlikely subculture—the BDSM community. While some critics of BDSM associate it with sexual aggression, the subculture has had long-standing norms of affirmative...
Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design presents Back/To/For/ward, the Fall 2016 Master of Fine Arts group exhibition of first-year graduate artwork. Please join students as they host an opening reception on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Gallery 215 at 215 North Fourth St., in DeKalb. Back/To/For/ward is the introductory...
Cor Cantiamo, a professional chamber choir in residence at the NIU School of Music, will present the world premiere performance of The Seven Heavens, composed by Grammy-nominated British composer James Whitbourn on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m., in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at NIU. This 30-minute multi-movement work is a musical biography of...
As part of efforts to create a campus climate that better supports and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, the university’s cultural resource centers, as well as the Office of Diversity and Equity will begin reporting to the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the Division of Academic Affairs. The changes were made in...
Afri-Fest is a three-day event organized by the African Students Association to celebrate diverse cultures and countries in the continent of Africa. The first event, the Independence Day Gala, will take place at the Duke Ellington Ballroom and will be celebrating independence days for all African countries whose dates fall between July and December. Tickets...
Next May, NIU faculty, staff, students and alumni — along with fans and visitors from across the country — will experience the excitement and pageantry of a national championship tournament up close and in person when NIU and Rich Harvest Farms host the 2017 NCAA Golf Championships. For two weeks – May 19-24 for the...
The Operating Staff Council is hosting bimonthly workshops called The Giving Project where scarves and other items are being made for Huskie students in need of support and for other members of our community. We are looking for contributions of washable yarn, crochet hooks and knitting needles. If you have items you would like to...
