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The future of mapping, exploration, Pokémon Go

July 25, 2016 Mark McGowan Communiversity, Digital Signage, Events, Faculty & Staff, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus, Students, What's Going On

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

NIU geomatics student Tom Todd takes a distance measurement.

One foot at a time

June 9, 2015 Mark McGowan Campus Highlights, Communiversity, Faculty & Staff, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Students

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

Art historian to discuss mapping in 19th century London

February 25, 2015 Mark McGowan Arts, Communiversity, Digital Signage, Events, Faculty & Staff, Global, On Campus, Students, Visual, Visual and Performing Arts, What's Going On

Art historian Pamela M. Fletcher, chair of the Department of Art and co-director of the Digital and Computational Studies Initiative at Bowdoin College, will speak Monday, March 2, at NIU. Fletcher will discuss “Mapping the Commercial Gallery System in Nineteenth-Century London; or,

Geography Department to host ‘GIS Night’

November 3, 2011 Mark McGowan Centerpiece, Communiversity, Events, Faculty & Staff, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus, Students

NIU’s Department of Geography and Advanced Geospatial Laboratory will host its fourth annual “GIS Night” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, Davis Hall Room 114. The event is free and open to the public. GIS Night is part of an