Alex Hurtado When Alex Hurtado came to Northern Illinois University, she had never heard of industrial and systems engineering. At the urging of her cousin,
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Taking Flight: Young alum rises up in job at Lockheed Martin
Many NIU alumni build their careers in the Chicago area, but 2017 alumnus Hugo Delabarrera is paving his path in Palmdale, California. Before he graduated
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‘I discovered potential I didn’t know I had’
Gunnar Verace was drawn to the NIU Engineering @ RVC programbecause of the program’s emphasis on internships. With his freshman year under his belt, the
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Donors come to meet scholarship recipients
Officials with Crane Composites, the world’s leading provider of reinforced composite materials for the building and transportation markets, visited NIU on Thursday, April 5, to meet
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5 Ways to Stay Motivated Through Spring Semester
Spring is here, and summer is right around the corner, yet my professors still expect me to stay focused on assignments? YES. It’s not hard
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Biomed freshman dives in to campus activities
By Alison Meisenheimer Madelynn Bramm Freshmen don’t always know how to get involved on campus, but first-year biomedical engineering major Madelynn Bramm hit the ground
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NIU Robotics beats out U of I, Northwestern to win regional title
The NIU Robotics team is flying high after securing its first-ever first-place finish at the Midwestern Robotics Design Competition, beating out such competitors as the
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Faculty Profile: Dr. Purushothaman Damodaran
Purush Damodaran, Ph.D., always knew he wanted to be an academic. But he also wanted to be a working engineer. In his position as chair
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Bob Boey, instrumental in starting the College of Engineering, retires from NIU Board of Trustees
Nearly a quarter of century after helping to create NIU’s first independent governing board, Bob Boey has decided to turn the page. Today’s Board of
Read moreBob Boey, instrumental in starting the College of Engineering, retires from NIU Board of Trustees
Nearly a quarter of century after helping to create NIU’s first independent governing board, Bob Boey has decided to turn the page. Today’s Board of
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