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Northern Today - April 14, 2008

Mohsen Pourahmadi and John SkowronskiPourahmadi, Skowronski
awarded 2008 Presidential
Research Professorships

Mohsen Pourahmadi in the Division of Statistics and John Skowronski in the Department of Psychology have been awarded 2008 Presidential Research Professorships, NIU’s top recognition for outstanding research.

“Drs. Pourahmadi and Skowronski are widely regarded as top scholars in their respective fields. They are passionate in their quest for knowledge, and their cutting-edge work attracts international attention,” said Rathindra Bose, vice president for research and dean of the NIU Graduate School.

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Bonnie Anderson, Sharon Dowen, Joy Hadley and Mary HamellOperating Staff names winners
of Outstanding Service Awards

Four members of NIU’s Operating Staff have been chosen to receive the Outstanding Service Award for 2008.

The recipients are Bonnie Anderson, graduate secretary in the Department of English; Sharon Dowen, director of Internal Audit; Joy Hadley, secretary in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Mary Hamell, clerk chief IV in the Department of Accountancy’s CPA Review.

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Jim Killam and John PuterbaughStar adviser, editor visit Oklahoma to speak about covering tragedy

The faculty adviser and editor of the Northern Star joined their counterparts from Virginia Tech last week in Oklahoma for “Coping with Crisis,” a daylong series of talks Monday, April 7, about covering tragedies.

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Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic to moveSpeech-Language-Hearing Clinic prepares to begin Monsanto move

NIU’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic will close its on-campus doors Friday, April 25, to begin its move to the NIU Family Health, Wellness and Literacy Center on Sycamore Road.

Clinic officials will open new doors Monday, May 5.

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Gerard 't HooftNobel Laureate Gerard ’t Hooft to give
April 22 lecture on quantum physics

Nobel Laureate Gerard ’t Hooft, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, will visit NIU this month to deliver a lecture on quantum physics.

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