NIU Today

The current threats posed by volcanoes will be explored by an NIU expert and an award-winning author of young adult fiction at the next STEM Café, held on Nov. 16, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Novak Room at Fatty’s Pub and Grille. Jim Walker, a professor in NIU’s Geology and Environmental Geoscience department,...

CollegeChoice.net has named Northern Illinois University to its list of the 50 Safest Large Colleges and Universities in America. “With self-defense classes, late night transportation services, 24/7 patrol and a police department that staffs over 50 officers who are medically trained and have advanced law enforcement experience, safety at Northern Illinois University is a constant...

Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance’s upcoming production of “The Yellow Wallpaper,” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman at the end of the nineteenth century, is a bold, psychological play that is still relevant, according to its guest director, Megan Elk. The play will open on Nov. 3, for one weekend only, at the...

On Thursday, Nov. 3, Dr. Catherine Raymond, director of the Center for Burma Studies, will give a lecture on the importance and meaning of traditional Burmese tattoos. Learn about the significance of their placement on the body which purportedly empowers the tattooed with certain spiritual gifts. The lecture will take place in Altgeld Hall 315, from 5-6...

NIU’s Huskie Hack has announced more workshops and presentations for its second annual hackathon contest designed to spark innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship through the use of computer coding, engineering and technology. Most of the event––which starts in the Holmes Student Center at noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 and finishes at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6––will...

The Scholarship and Financial Aid Office, together with the NIU Foundation, are working to release a new scholarship application experience to be demonstrated at the Scholarship Fair on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The fair will be held in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Starting fall 2016, students will be...

The Percussion Ensemble Costa Rica (Ensamble de Percusión Costa Rica) will present a concert at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. The concert is free, open to the public and accessible to all. The repertoire of the concert is made up of compositions written for the ensemble by renowned...

Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design presents Back/To/For/ward, the Fall 2016 Master of Fine Arts group exhibition of first-year graduate artwork. Please join students as they host an opening reception on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Gallery 215 at 215 North Fourth St., in DeKalb. Back/To/For/ward is the introductory...

At the annual NIU Suzuki Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 5, guest Suzuki teachers from Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut and Maryland will visit and work with NIU Suzuki strings students, as well as students from Suzuki programs throughout Northern Illinois. Classes such as “Music Mind Games,” and group classes for guitar and violin will take place throughout...

Cor Cantiamo, a professional chamber choir in residence at the NIU School of Music, will present the world premiere performance of The Seven Heavens, composed by Grammy-nominated British composer James Whitbourn on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m., in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at NIU. This 30-minute multi-movement work is a musical biography of...

Afri-Fest is a three-day event organized by the African Students Association to celebrate diverse cultures and countries in the continent of Africa.  The first event, the Independence Day Gala, will take place at the Duke Ellington Ballroom and will be celebrating independence days for all African countries whose dates fall between July and December. Tickets...

Students, staff, family, friends and community members are invited to attend Bryan Stevenson’s open presentation, “American Injustice, Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference,” on Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, will visit NIU for an evening designed to...