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Online registration for the fifth annual Graduate Student Research & Artistry Conference is now open. This year’s event will take place from8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Holmes Student Center. The conference is part of NIU’s two-week long celebration of excellence on campus. Currently enrolled NIU graduate students are encouraged to showcase their...
James D. Norris
James D. Norris, who served Northern Illinois University for more than two decades as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and emeritus professor, died Wednesday, Jan. 16. He was 82. Norris came to NIU in 1979. Leading the largest college at the university, he was instrumental in creating several new academic units,...
Clockwise, from top left: Cherilyn G. Murer, Robert T. Boey, Wheeler G. Coleman and John R. Butler
Robert T. Boey, John R. Butler and Wheeler G. Coleman were reappointed Friday, Jan. 18, by Gov. Pat Quinn to the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees. The reappointments come at a critical time for NIU, as the university is in the midst of a presidential search. “I am pleased the governor has reappointed these...
Northern Illinois University is seeking non-NIU college students who are interested in environmental issues to work on research projects this summer with university scientists. As many as eight undergraduates will be chosen. Selected students will receive free housing on NIU’s campus – and each will be paid a stipend of $4,478. The students also will...
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Interested in graduate school? It is not too late to sign up NIU’s Graduate School Prep Seminar. The seminar begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Yordon Center. Students have the unique privilege to interact with, and receive advice and resources from, a variety of NIU’s colleges and departments. Students can meet with faculty...
STEM Saturday!
Responding to requests from suburban parents, STEM Outreach is offering the popular STEM Saturday classes at both NIU’s DeKalb and Naperville campuses. Parents have joined the STEM Outreach staff in looking for ways to get K-12 students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math. “Our DeKalb-based classes tend to sell out overnight, and we are...
Valia Allori
Valia Allori, a professor in the NIU Department of Philosophy, will speak at noon Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the next brown bag luncheon presented by the NIU Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. The lunch takes place in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. Bring a lunch; light snacks, such as cookies and chips,...
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The newly revamped NIU Foundation Venture Grants program moves into full swing Friday, Jan. 25, when five NIU faculty members will begin recruiting teams to help them move their inventions from concept to commercial reality. The event is planned from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Thurgood Marshall Gallery of Swen Parson Hall. Participating faculty,...
U.S. News and World Report Magazine has ranked online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education as fourth best in the nation. The magazine ranked 208 schools that met the criteria for all-online graduate programs, and each was measured in four categories. NIU fared well in each: selectivity (13th); faculty credentials, both academic and...
U.S. News & World Report this week ranked the NIU College of Education’s online graduate program fourth in the nation, testimony to the college’s commitment to providing innovative solutions to students’ ever-evolving needs. This year marks the first time the magazine has ranked online college and graduate degree programs, a nod to the ever-increasing demand...
NIU’s Motorsports Formula team, which designs, creates and races a formula style car, has been actively preparing its race car to compete in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Competition at the Michigan International Speedway in May. These competitions challenge each team, made up of university undergraduates and graduates, to design, build and compete with...
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Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that closes schools and other government offices. But several groups on campus are working to make sure that the annual commemoration of the famed civil rights leader’s birthday is not just a day off but a call to action. From Tuesday, Jan. 22,...
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