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Northern Today - October 29, 2007

Stevens BuildingNIU turns media's spotlight
on troubled Stevens Building

NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Anthropology attract award-winning scholars and brilliant students from around the world. Some
of the alumni rise to the pinnacles of their fields.

Yet their success comes despite the appalling condition of the building that houses those programs.

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NIU-NetNIU-Net paves way
for DeKalb data center boom

While DeKalb has long been famous for things such as corn and barbed wire, Northern Illinois University’s NIU-Net has put the region on the map in a new way that could pay big dividends to the local economy.

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Virginia CassidyProvost’s semiannual ‘Multiculturalist’ publication
to focus on multicultural curriculum transformation

For 13 years, NIU faculty and staff have gathered each spring to learn more about making their courses multicultural in nature.

Now they have a way to read about that process and learn what others are doing.

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Ben GrossPolitical scientist, sportswriter, Eagle Scout:
NIU’s 2008 Lincoln Laureate has it covered

When Ben Gross was 6, he plotted his life path on a piece of paper and showed it to his mom. His career trajectory included stints as a paleontologist, storm chaser and president of the United States.

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Jeff DaurerChiller project to begin in April

While the snap of fall in the air has many contemplating the winter ahead, planners in the Division of Finance and Facilities already are focusing on next summer, when a major project will shut down a stretch of Normal Road for several weeks and disrupt much of the East Campus.

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Rama LinghamNIU students now can get math degree
with emphasis in actuarial science

NIU’s Department of Mathematical Sciences/Division of Statistics is now offering an emphasis in actuarial science for students who would like to pursue careers as actuaries, consistently rated among the top professional jobs in the nation.

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Doug ScottIEPA director will visit campus to speak
on initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases

Doug Scott, director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and former mayor of Rockford, will visit campus Wednesday, Nov. 7, to discuss how the state is working to reduce greenhouse gases.

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