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With Election Day less than a month away, television is filled with talking heads spreading the conventional wisdom of what a Republican or Democrat president might mean for the economy. But when it comes to the relationship between presidential politics and the behavior of the financial markets, a group of business researchers says that conventional...

NIU will host “Interdisciplinarity: How Can This Approach Help Resolve the Most Complex Health Care Issues of Our Time?” from 8:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at NIU-Naperville. This groundbreaking workshop is being jointly designed and implemented by the NIU colleges of Business, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences and Law to...

NIU-SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) will host a “Recent Grad Night” networking event Tuesday, Oct. 16, for new alumni and current students. The event takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pizza Pro’s, 928 W. Lincoln Hwy. Pizza, wings and soft drinks will be provided. There will be an open cash bar. The...

NIU volleyball player MacKenzie Roddy was named the Mid-American Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Thursday. Roddy led NIU to a perfect 2-0 MAC home opening weekend after being at Victor E. Court for the first time since an 8-6 road trip. Off to a 3-1 start in league play for the...

Northern Illinois senior Nabal Jefferson has been named a semifinalist for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy and is one of 147 candidates across all levels of college football for the 2012 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Fidelity Investments, the NFF & College Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Jefferson, a defensive tackle from...

NIU-SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) will host guest speaker Anne Obst from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Barsema Hall 127. Obst is the external relations coordinator for the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, part of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She will speak on...

Northern Illinois University has been named to the list of Best National Universities as a first tier institution, ranked No. 189 by U.S. News and World Report. Last year, NIU was ranked 194 in this same category. “This is very good news,” said Raymond Alden, executive vice president and provost. “It affirms the excellence in...

NIU-SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) will host guest speaker Danielle Newell, executive team lead of HR at Target Corp. and district resource for HR, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Barsema Hall Room 127. The topic will be human resources in retail. All management and undecided business majors are encouraged to...

Northern Illinois University announced its fall 2012 new freshman enrollment is up 2.9 percent to 2,664 following the first 10 days of classes, according to NIU’s Office of Institutional Research. The strength of the university’s incoming freshman class is reflected not only in its numbers, but also grade point average and class rank. The percentage...

NIU-SHRM ( Society for Human Resource Management) will host an informational meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Barsema Hall Room 127. All are invited to meet the new officers, learn about the local student and national chapters and hear about the benefits of becoming a member. All business and undecided majors...

A Rockford education, industry and workforce development collaborative has submitted a proposal for a highly competitive $2.1 million federal Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (JIAC) grant focusing on the regional advanced manufacturing cluster. This follows the collaborative’s successful proposal in 2011, which brought a $2.4 million grant to the area in support of the aerospace...

A True Value Company executive’s experience in a Northern Illinois University class led to a $100,000 gift from his employer to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. John Donigian, vice president of inventory management for True Value, was part of a team of NIU Executive MBA students working on a class project to increase visibility of,...