Geography Department to host ‘GIS Night’
NIU’s Department of Geography and Advanced Geospatial Laboratory will host its fourth annual “GIS Night” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, Davis Hall Room 114. The event is free and open to the...
View ArticleGeography to host Nov. 14 GIS Night event
The NIU Department of Geography invites the university community Wednesday, Nov. 14, to GIS Night. The event is part of global GIS Day activities, where thousands of users of Geographic Information...
View ArticleScholarships help ‘map’ geography major’s path
Heather Jurs As the recipient of the Richard E. Dahlberg and Elizabeth J. Schwantes scholarships, Heather Jurs knows full well the impact a scholarship can have on a student’s experience. “These...
View ArticleURAP: Thinking Beyond the Textbook
Mary Moses It’s amazing what you can learn if you only look close enough. Take tree cores, for instance. Senior undergraduate student Mary Moses can tell a lot by examining them. “I am looking at tree...
View ArticleOne foot at a time
Instructor Kory Allred (right) and NIU student Jeremy Daehne search for buried property corner markersto re-survey parcels of land in Fairdale. A Northern Illinois University instructor and four of his...
View ArticleThe future of mapping, exploration, Pokémon Go
Having a blast playing Pokémon Go this summer? Curious to learn how it works? NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming will examine the phenomenon during a “one-day, fun-day” from...
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