How do self-driving cars drive and park without hitting anything? The answer is augmented optics: tools and imaging systems that can provide extremely precise measurements for use in a host of hot applications. At the next STEM Café, Dr. Federico Sciammarella, from
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On Saturday, June 17, Oregon, IL – home of NIU’s Lorado Taft Field Campus – will host the first annual Rockin’ River Fest from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the riverfront in downtown Oregon. Several members of the NIU community were
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Join the NIU Art Museum Thursday, May 18, for a screening of Henry Koster’s musical comedy, “The Inspector General,” starring Danny Kaye (1949, 100 minutes). The film is set in the period of the First French Empire and follows a fool who is mistaken
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On Friday, May 12, from noon to 1 p.m., author Kate Moore will speak at the DeKalb Public Library about her book The Radium Girls, which shares the fascinating and forgotten history of the Radium Dial Company workers of northern Illinois. The
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In spite of Illinois’ economic woes, one industry continues to flourish in our state: travel and tourism. Next week, NIU faculty, staff and students are invited to find out how Illinois continues to attract visitors and how they boost local economies at
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The NIU Communiversity Gardens will be hosting its final plant sale of the semester on May 3rd from 11am – 2pm. The plant sale will be located outside in the MLK commons if the weather permits. If it is raining the plant sale
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The Faculty Development and Instruction Design Center is hosting a Designing a Writing-Infused Course in the Major or General Education workshop for faculty and staff on Thursday, May 23, 2017. During this day-long, interactive workshop, participants will focus on a course that they currently teach.
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Black Student Leadership and TKE invite you to a co-hosted Diversity Dialogue led by students for students. Now is the time to take action against occurrences that marginalize, stereotype, generalize, or oppress. Why is this Important? On April 15, 2017, TKE and
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NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will host the eighth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) and Community Engagement Showcase from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, in the Holmes Student Center. Undergraduate students who have participated
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NIU Athletics would like to invite students, NIU faculty/staff and community members to its eighth-annual awards banquet, “The Victors”, on Tuesday, May 2, in downtown DeKalb, at the Egyptian Theatre. The event is free for any Huskie fans who would like to
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The NIU Guitar Ensembles, directed by Fareed Haque, will hold a free concert recital that is open to all on Saturday, April 22, at 5 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Haque is a widely known professor of guitar and jazz for the
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Calling all sophomores! First- and Second-Year Experience and Housing and Residential Services will be hosting the fifth annual Halfway There celebration. Sophomores are invited to come celebrate being halfway through their college career on April 26 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the
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