The NIU Art Museum welcomes the campus and community back to the galleries on Tuesday, September 8 with the extended exhibition of the NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Continuum. The museum is excited to reopen, cautiously providing a space
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NIU College of Law hosted its new lecture series—Race and the Law Conversations— on Wednesday, August 26. The inaugural conversation, “Understanding Issues of Police Accountability and Reform,” featured distinguished panelists Sharon Fairley, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and
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For decades, NIU has earned a reputation for having one of the most efficient and most welcoming campus move-in days in the country. Of course, this year the pandemic meant there was no army of volunteers to greet students and hallways bustling
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An outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is chosen every year to receive the prestigious Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. Nominations are now open for departments to nominate a senior graduating from NIU during the
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Huskie Conversation Café will transform into a new podcast this fall with Huskies invited to listen in and reflect on conversations about NIU’s Common Reading Experience book, “When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.” The Huskie Conversation Café
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NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a full slate of fall public programs, conducted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Speaker Series The research speaker series is an opportunity for scholars and nonprofit leaders to
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A new virtual course aims to prepare faculty, staff and graduate students to engage in and facilitate Conversations on Diversity and Equity (CODE). Previously a two-day intensive program, NIU’s CODE Institute has shifted to a six-week online experience for participants to build
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Jonamac Orchard is giving Northern Illinois University its own field of dreams this year. A corn maze honoring NIU’s 125th anniversary debuted over the weekend on Saturday, Aug. 29. The massive maze, a local tradition each fall, makes up one of many
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To mark the end of its 50th anniversary year, the NIU Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) released three policy profiles that will help civic leaders better understand and shape the future of localities in Illinois. The three profiles address shifting demographics and
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NIU students are encouraged to jump on Zoom Sept. 1 from noon to 1 p.m. to experience the opportunities available by pursuing cultural and ethnic studies. Five of NIU’s academic diversity centers – Black Studies, Burma Studies, Latino and Latin American Studies,
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In a year unlike any other, new students will find continued support and resources through a revamped First-Year Success Series designed to reach them both on and off campus. Kicking off with a Sept. 2 Virtual Resource Fair, the series will feature
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The NIU College of Business has launched an online speaker series, Wednesday Night Wisdom, to keep students, alumni and friends learning and connected in this unprecedented time. When the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) sent NIU students home in the middle of
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