NIU will award an honorary doctoral degree Friday, May 8, to acclaimed physicist Nigel Lockyer, director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Lockyer will earn his honorary doctorate during the NIU Graduate School commencement ceremony scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the NIU Convocation Center.
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Hundreds of Northern Illinois University students participated in the university’s sixth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day, which was combined with the Community Engagement Showcase for the first time ever on Tuesday, April 21. The event was the largest ever, and featured
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The NIU Alumni Association celebrated outstanding university alumni on April 17 at the association’s annual Alumni Awards Dinner. Awards were given to outstanding alumni from each of the university’s seven colleges. In addition, the association awarded the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, the
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Have questions about preparing for graduate school? Trying to decide whether to work or earn another degree after graduation? From noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 23, the PROMISE Scholars Program will host “Preparing for Graduate School Workshop.” Marilyn Lorch, engaged learning
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The Graduate School invites faculty, staff and students to join in celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of NIU’s graduate students. The event is being held Tuesday, April 21, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. A reception begins at 3 p.m., followed by an awards
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NIU graduate student Kevin Matesi will be honored in New York this month as the winner of the 2014 IBM Master the Mainframe contest. Matesi, of Wauconda, edged out nearly 4,900 competitors in the annual contest that challenges students to demonstrate their
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Nearly 850 people died on the Chicago River in 1915 when the S.S. Eastland capsized at the dock. On the heels of the discovery of the first-known film footage from that accident, a recent Northern Illinois University history graduate discovered more, chilling
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Northern Illinois University Vice President Lesley Rigg, who oversees the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships, will be leaving NIU to pursue a professional opportunity in her native Canada as dean of the faculty of science at the University of Calgary, effective
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NIU’s Office of Research Compliance and Integrity is hosting the first Responsible Conduct of Research Forum Series this semester. The series is designed to support high quality research and to promote graduate student professional development. All sessions are held at noon Wednesdays
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NIU’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center is seeking nominations for the 2015 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. These awards acknowledge outstanding graduate teaching assistants for their contributions to the teaching mission of NIU. Each recipient of the award will be presented
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NIU will bestow an honorary doctoral degree this winter to Frances Whitehead, a civic practice artist and professor of sculpture and architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Whitehead will earn her honorary doctorate during the Graduate School commencement
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by James W. Newman, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University Election night in Illinois seldom lacks for drama, and the 2014 midterm election was no exception. While in the Senate race, challenger Jim Oberweis conceded to incumbent Dick Durbin just hours after
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