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The Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute will be held from Monday, May 16, through Friday, May 20, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Twenty-three members of NIU’s instructional faculty will participate. Each participant will revise the syllabus for an existing or new course, incorporating material related to race, class, and/or gender. The keynote speaker,...
NIU Jazz Lab Band
The NIU Jazz Lab Band, directed by Rodrigo Villanueva, will perform two shows Tuesday, May 3, at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. Admission is $5 for students, NIU faculty and staff and musicians, and $10 for the general public. NIU School of Music faculty Art Davis (trumpet), Kelly Sill (bass), Ron...
Promod Vohra and Gregg Hassler
Join NIU alumni and friends Thursday, April 28, to learn about renewable fuels and the viability of alternative energy sources. NIU alum Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, and Gregg Hassler, vice president-finance for Waste Management, Inc., will share their views on ethanol, biodiesel, and other fuels for the future....
The Division of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University has long played a major role in advancing statewide and national good-government movements. Now it’s becoming a player on the global stage, with the latest development getting a boost from alumnus Obuya Bagaka. In 2009, Bagaka earned his Ph.D. in political science at NIU, specializing in...
Kenton Clymer’s intense interest in Burma was kindled in 1987 while he was in India, where he struck up a friendship with two young scholars, Michael Aris and his wife, Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi would later become famous the world over, her name a symbol of courage, peace and resilience. Risking her life,...
Dhiman Chakraborty
Not many children dream of becoming particle physicists, but Dhiman Chakraborty from a young age seemed destined for the field. Early training, guidance and inspiration from his parents helped Chakraborty win entrance into an elite high school in his native Calcutta, India. Each day, he would pass by a statue of the school’s most illustrious...
Northern Illinois University has named Jeffrey Chown, John Hartmann and Gerald Jensen as its 2011 Board of Trustees Professors — an honor that recognizes international prominence in research as well as excellence in all facets of teaching. Chown is a professor and documentary filmmaker in the Department of Communication. Hartmann is a professor in the...
Northern Illinois University will hold a “teach-in” on the crisis in Japan, with a panel of experts speaking on topics ranging from tracking earthquakes and tsunamis to the hazards of radioactive emissions. The event, titled “Responding to the Human Tragedy in Japan: Challenges and Complexities,” is free and open to the public. It will be...
Krakow, Poland
Northern Illinois University graduate student Aaron Vermedal is among several College of Visual and Performing Arts students who are participating in a study abroad program in Poland
Natalie Sutter
Although none of the gymnasts on this year’s Northern Illinois gymnastics team had ever competed in NIU’s Chick Evans Fieldhouse before, the Huskies looked right at home in the team’s former home while competing in the State of Illinois Classic Saturday. Northern Illinois used its season-best performances on uneven parallel bars and balance beam to...
Sundance Wicks
Northern Illinois University assistant coach Sundance Wicks will serve as Interim Head Coach of the NIU men’s basketball program, NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced Thursday.  Wicks will lead the program during its current head coaching transition. “It is important for our staff and student-athletes to have a point of...
Ricardo Patton
Ricardo Patton, who completed his fourth season as Northern Illinois’ head men’s basketball coach in 2010-11, will not return to the Huskie bench, NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher and Patton announced Wednesday. “I appreciate the hard work and dedication to Northern Illinois University and our men’s basketball program that Ricardo...
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