Category: What's Going On
Halloween might be over, but Northern Illinois University’s STEM Read will keep people screaming with “The Science of the Scare” at the Egyptian Theatre at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Horror fans are invited to participate in a variety of hands-on activities to learn more about the technology of haunted houses, the psychology of fear...
The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance upcoming Studio Series play, “Measure for Measure,” by William Shakespeare, is a dark comedy written by the most important playwright of the English Renaissance, according to its director, Alex Gelman. “It’s one of the greatest,” Gelman says, “written by one of the greatest ever.” Opening Thursday,...
NIU’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week committee is now accepting nominations for the Dr. MLK Jr. Awards. The award winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 22, at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. NIU Presidential Breakfast. Members of the campus and the community are invited to submit nominations for these prestigious...
Brett Coryell and Murali Krishnamurthi emailed the campus community Monday, Nov. 2, regarding the search for a senior associate vice president for Human Resources. Dear Northern Illinois University Colleagues and Friends, We are pleased to announce that we have launched the search for our Senior Associate Vice President for Human Resources. We have engaged Parker Executive...
Avant-garde filmmaker Su Friedrich will visit NIU at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Cole Hall auditorium. Friedrich has made 23 films since 1978, in 16mm film and in digital video, both short-, medium- and feature-length, which range from experimental to documentary to narrative. Her films, which deal with themes of gender, family and...
Lucy Deckard of Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, will visit NIU to present a workshop for new faculty on developing competitive grant proposals. Scheduled from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Altgeld 315, the workshop will cover strategies to enhance external funding success, including developing a research agenda, creating a funding plan, recruiting...
David Teng Olsen, an artist of indefatigable energy, will speak at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in Room 111 of the Visual Arts Building. Olsen’s work merges the worlds of mural painting, printmaking, animation, interactive digital media and performance. He has created site-specific installations across the country, and has collaborated on numerous animation projects; his...
This Halloween, the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety is cracking down on impaired drivers with an aggressive Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement effort that gives fair warning to all party goers: keep the party off the road. “Driving while alcohol or drug impaired is deadly, it is illegal and it will...
The CSA Youth Sinfonia performs the music of Wagner and Dvořák at its first concert of the season, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. On the program, which is free and open to the public, is “Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”...
The NIU Department of Communication and the NIU Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) welcome students to the annual Albert Walker Lecture, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Free and open to the public, the lecture is of special interest to anyone interested in...
Staff from Sponsored Programs Administration are hosting brown-bag lunches throughout the academic year to chat informally with researchers about their interests. The next is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Room 304 of Lowden Hall. No registration is required; faculty and any others interested in the research process need only bring...
NIU’s Jack Olson Gallery, part of the School of Art and Design, will host its annual High School Invitational from Monday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 8. The exhibition in Room 200 of the Visual Arts Building showcases works by high school students from northern Illinois. In conjunction with the exhibition, the School of Art...