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National Nutrition Month has ended, but NIU professors, students and alumni continue to work to understand and address food insecurity through their research at home and abroad. One of those NIU community members is Courtney Gallaher, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality....
Walker Ashley, associate professor of geography presents “Skylapse: Using Time-lapse Technology to Illustrate the Dynamic Atmosphere” from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, in Altgeld Hall, Room 125. Ashley is the American Meteorological Society’s Weather, Climate, and Society Editor’s Award recipient (2016); the NIU Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award recipient (2016) and the NIU David Raymond...
Having a blast playing Pokémon Go this summer? Curious to learn how it works? NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming will examine the phenomenon during a “one-day, fun-day” from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Room 100 of the Campus Life Building. The event will explore topics about geography, GIS...
Earle Isibue
Meet Earle Isibue, the final student spotlighted in advance of Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day (URAD). Isibue is a junior geography major who is involved with Research Rookies and the NIU Soil Judging Team. Along with Robin Grooms, Jenée Carlson, Jessica Fliginger and many others, he will present his work Tuesday, April 19, at URAD....
The April 9 tornado near Franklin Grove, Ill. Photo courtesy Walker Ashley, NIU Department of Geography
All DeKalb-area residents can remember the violent and deadly tornado that tore through Rochelle and Fairdale last April, leveling houses and trees in its path. At the next STEM Café, “Tornado Tracking: How Meteorologists Predict and Pursue Storms,” NIU associate professor Walker Ashley will tell the story of how he forecast and chased the tornado....
...On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’ fishes play, An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ’crost the Bay! – Rudyard Kipling “Road to Mandalay” (1892) In August, a cohort of NIU professors spent two weeks in Mandalay, Myanmar, working with Yadanabon University to lay the foundations for collaborative research projects. Because...
It’s a celebration that has been 50 years in the making. The Geovisual Mapping Laboratory (GML) will host an open house Friday, Nov. 20, to commemorate its rich history and many contributions to the NIU community. “We will be sharing displays from each decade of operations here so visitors can experience the evolution of mapping,...
Shannon McCarragher
Shannon McCarragher is in a class of her own – literally. Last month, the NIU doctoral student successfully completed her degree requirements and became the first Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Geography. “It’s the culmination of an educational goal that I set for myself about 10 years ago as an undergraduate, so it feels...
NIU geomatics student Tom Todd takes a distance measurement.
A Northern Illinois University instructor and four of his students played a unique role in helping the residents of tornado-devastated Fairdale begin restore their lives. Geomatics instructor Kory Allred and his students, along with other members of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association, re-surveyed parcels of land – a critical starting point in rebuilding homes....
Suzy and David Changnon
Climate affects almost everything we do. And while climate and climatic events might seem unpredictable, it’s the ability to understand them that helps decision-makers make adjustments – and better decisions. In a Board of Trustees Professor seminar scheduled Thursday, April 9, David Changnon will highlight the important role NIU students have played in his research of...
Monica Zappa
Monica Zappa moved to Alaska five years ago because of her love for dogs and the mountains. Now she’s speeding across mountain ranges and desolate tundra with temperatures below freezing in an attempt to win the Iditarod, Alaska’s grueling 1,000-mile trek. The 31-year-old is among 78 participants who signed up for the 43rd Iditarod, which...
Campus snowball fun – Winter 2013
Last year’s polar vortex caused some of the most severe winter weather Illinois has seen in the past 50 years, and the recent cold snap has everyone wondering what this winter will bring. Is the polar vortex part of global warming or proof that it doesn’t exist? STEM Café invites you to find out at...
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