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Historian Richard Bell examines the American Revolution through a global lens at NIU lecture series (opens the original)
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Since 2004, the Department of History at Northern Illinois University (NIU) has hosted an annual lecture series to honor former history professor W. Bruce Lincoln. Professor Lincoln, a leading expert on Russian history, taught at NIU from 1967 to 1999. The W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series is designed to reflect Lincoln's commitment to making history accessible and relevant. Every year, NIU welcomes a distinguished scholar to present and discuss topics that are considered relevant to acade
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy honored with memorial highway dedication (opens the original)
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On March 28, 2024, at approximately 10:39 p.m., 35-year-old DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil was struck from behind in her squad car after a semitruck ran off the road on Illinois Route 23. She was pronounced dead as a result of her injuries at Kishwaukee Hospital shortly after midnight on March 29, 2024. The driver of the semitruck, Nathan Sweeney of DeKalb, was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. Last June, he plead guilty to one count of aggravated DUI causing
SLIDESHOW: NIU’s 17th annual STEM Fest undampened by rainy Saturday showcase (opens the original)
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On Saturday, Sept. 19, Northern Illinois University held its 17th annual STEM Fest showcase at the university’s MLK Commons and surrounding campus buildings. The all-ages festival, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, is designed to foster curiosity and showcase innovation through interactive exhibits. The Holmes Student Center, Founders Memorial Library, and Swen Parson Hall hosted a number of STEM-focused activities including a Haunted Physics Lab, live chemistry
National Weather Service Chicago issues report on back-to-back extreme summer weather events (opens the original)
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National Weather Service Chicago (NWS Chicago) has issued a new technical report on two back-to-back extreme weather events that happened on July 27 and Aug. 11. Earlier this summer, two fatal storms swept through northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana with devastating wind speeds exceeding 100 mph. In Illinois, portions of DuPage, Cook, Kane, and Will counties were impacted by one or both of the storms. Occurring just sixteen days apart, the successive bouts of high-speed wind resulted in w
NIU’s Pick Museum of Anthropology debuts new exhibit “Things We Value” (opens the original)
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The James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology located at NIU’s Cole Hall is hosting a new student curated exhibit entitled “Things We Value.” “Things We Value” went up for display on Tuesday, Sept. 15. and is designed to examine how and why we ascribe value to things. Some of the topics the exhibit explores include currencies, commodities, trade networks, art markets, and the cost of dying. The exhibition approaches its subject matter from an economic anthropology perspective using ite
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