She goes by only one name but can sure put two and two together. Huri, a freshman who uses only the single name and is native of China, took home first place in this year’s Northern Illinois University Mathematics Contest. The NIU computer science major, who is more immediately from Maple Grove, Minn., outscored a...

Three seniors were the prize winners at this year’s Northern Illinois University Mathematics Contest. Scott Rexford, a senior mathematical sciences major from DeKalb, won first place, and will be awarded the first prize of $100. Nathanael Kozinski from DeKalb and Doug Fry (actuarial science) from St. Charles finished in a tie for second. Each will...