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NIU College of Law faculty members continue contributing to the conversation by sharing their expertise regarding current events. Professor Morse Tan published an opinion column March 7 in the National Law Journal. In “The Global Community Has the Power To Stop North Korea’s Aggression,” Tan offered his perspective on the increasing military provocations and human...
Each year, Illinois gets hit with more than 60 tornadoes, on average, and ranks in the Top 10 for the most tornadoes of any state in the nation. The odds of one or more tornadoes hitting a portion of DeKalb County is at least one in three every year. Our area also encounters 60 mph...
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As many millennial generation college students prepare to finish their fall 2015 semester, those who are graduating will soon begin another chapter in their lives.
Colleen M. Boraca
Colleen Boraca, clinical assistant professor in the NIU College of Law, wrote an op-ed July 23 for the Chicago Sun-Times. “The human face of proposed budget cuts” comes in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts, one of which calls for a reduction of $12.7 million for homeless services. “A recent day was normal...
A 1992 memo from cigarette manufacturer Phillip Morris found that smokers working in places that prohibit smoking smoke 11-15 percent less than average and quit at a rate that is 84 percent higher than average. State lawmakers and health officials hope the Illinois Smoke-Free Campus Act, signed into law in 2014, will have a similar effect. On...
Recently NPR ran a rather interesting competition of man versus machine. This 21st century version of the John Henry legend pit NPR reporter Scott Horsely against Automated Insights’ Wordsmith, an algorithm designed to assemble original news stories by accessing data residing in the cloud. What this little experiment demonstrated is not what you might expect....
NIU President Doug Baker sent the following email message to faculty and staff Tuesday morning relative to the state budget and its impact on university operations and, in particular, payroll. Dear NIU faculty and staff, There have been a number of questions raised about the potential impact on our staff and faculty, assuming the budget impasse...
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With the tornadoes that took place on April 9, more people are wondering what their threat of severe weather is in the forecast. For many people, a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms just won’t do. Will they be severe? And if so, what is the coverage of these expected to be? NIU Weather and the National Weather...
NIU Police Chief Tom Phillips
On behalf of the dedicated public safety professionals of the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety, I am proud to announce the launch of the NIU Community Safety & Emergency Response educational program.  The program can be accessed free via the internet at http://www.learn.niu.edu/niusafety/v2014/index.html. Safety in our community is a shared responsibility.  As part...
This week we launched a faculty-staff survey on criteria used to judge program efficacy and value. Survey results will go to the Academic Planning Council and the Resource, Space, and Budget committee for evaluation — both of which have student members to represent the interests and concerns of their fellow students. Selected others, including members...
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On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that political spending is a form of protected speech. Five years later, NIU political science professor Scot Schraufnagel examines the playing field since then.
Kristy Wilson Bowers
Recent media attention on Ebola patients in the United States has raised a number of debates about the risks of an epidemic spreading here.
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