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Matt Streb
At the next STEM Café, “Predicting the Primaries: How Math Shapes Presidential Elections,” Department of Political Science Chair Matt Streb will explore the nitty-gritty of election polls, discussing how they work, how they are analyzed and how they can affect outcomes. The free talk and discussion will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday,...
Political scientist Dwight King, an expert in Indonesia, collected numerous artifacts from the country over the course of his career, including Indonesian puppets.
In 1978, the Department of Political Science hired Dwight King, an Indonesian specialist from Connecticut College. Clark Neher had been teaching political science and Thai studies at NIU for nearly a decade, and the two Southeast Asian scholars soon became fast friends as colleagues, neighbors and as companions on early morning runs four times a...
Leaders from Northern Illinois University and Nankai University signed a historic agreement between the two institutions in Tianjin, China, NIU announced. The agreement forms Nankai-NIU International College (NNIC) and will provide an opportunity for top students throughout China to earn degrees from both Nankai and NIU. “Our focus is student career success in a global...
Brian W. Caputo
The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) has announced the appointment of NIU alumnus Brian W. Caputo, chief financial officer and city treasurer of the City of Aurora, to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Caputo holds two NIU degrees: a master of public administration degree and a Ph.D. in political science...
U.S. Capitol
NIU students will have the opportunity to test their political acumen on Capitol Hill this summer as part of NIU’s Washington D.C. Congressional Internship program. Four students were selected as interns for Illinois representatives in their D.C. congressional offices, and will live, learn and work in the nation’s capital. Kiranjit Gill, a senior majoring in...
The verdict is in on NIU’s mock trial team, and they’re guilty of winning. At the American Mock Trial Association regional competition held last month in Joliet, an NIU mock trial team went undefeated and advanced to the national tournament for the first time in the university’s history. “We’ve made remarkable strides since the beginning...
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Northern Illinois University invites alumni Tuesday, March 10, to its annual regional event in Washington, D.C., for a networking opportunity at the National Press Club. Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and will hear about NIU initiatives from Joseph Matty, associate vice president of the Division of University...
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On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that political spending is a form of protected speech. Five years later, NIU political science professor Scot Schraufnagel examines the playing field since then.
Photo of the bridge over Watson Creek
The NIU Department of Political Science is launching two new mentoring efforts. One reaches out to students before they ever arrive on campus; the other features prominent alumni among its mentors, including a congresswoman. The new “Diplomat Program” is perhaps the most unique to campus. Beginning this week, many of the department’s majors will begin...
James C. Scott
Influential Yale University scholar James C. Scott, who has been described as “the last of a breed of wide-angled 20th-century social theorists … to marry the insights of social science to the broad sweep of history,” will give two public lectures at NIU this week on Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5. Scott, Sterling...
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
The nationally ranked Department of Public Administration is expecting a crowd of about 200 people for its 50th Anniversary Spring Gala Dinner in Chicago, where Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth will give the keynote address. The event, which will also include an address from NIU President Doug Baker, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11,...
Joel Heilmann
The NIU mock trial team finished fifth out of 14 teams during a recent University of St. Francis Invitational. NIU finished ahead of such teams as Notre Dame, DePaul and the University of Illinois-Springfield. Junior Joel Heilmann, NIU’s team captain, was awarded an “outstanding attorney award,” while Mike McCarthy won an “outstanding witness award.” “Student...
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