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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Future Golden Eagles?

Read about the Illinois Academic Decathlon State Competition that brought high school intellectuals to campus, the final thank-you video for the Transforming Lives fundraising campaign and much more.

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Noteworthy at Northeastern: A partnership with Google

Read about Northeastern new summer program with Google, the 10th anniversary of Alternative Spring Break and much more.

Northeastern students wore yellow NEIU shirts on a 2017 Alternative Spring Break trip while standing outside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., looking at the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot.

Alternative Spring Break reaches 10-year milestone of service and learning

Spring break may bring to mind thoughts of wild beach parties or relaxing staycations—but at Northeastern Illinois University, the annual week with no classes can be so much more.

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Northeastern Illinois University Partners with Google on Computer Science Summer Institute Extension Program

Northeastern Illinois University is one of nine colleges and universities from around the nation that have partnered with Google to pilot the Computer Science Summer Institute Extension Program.

Troy Harden

Noteworthy at Northeastern: Big step for Social Work

Read about the initial accreditation for the Master of Social Work program and more.

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Master of Social Work program awarded initial accreditation

The Council on Accreditation and Council on Social Work Education have granted initial accreditation to Northeastern Illinois University’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) program.

Ayesha Riaz, Associate Professor William Stone and Jacqueline Rasmussen

Noteworthy at Northeastern: Award winners

Read about the latest awards won by students, faculty and alumni, this weekend's Chicago Brass Festival and more!

Erin Brockovich

Noteworthy at Northeastern: Erin Brockovich rewind

The latest Daniel L. Goodwin Distinguished Lecture Series was a big hit with guest Erin Brockovich.

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AARP Foundation grant funds College of Business and Management entrepreneurship workshops

Northeastern Illinois University’s College of Business and Management has hosted five Work for Yourself@50+℠ workshops at three of its Chicago locations and plans to host three more in the coming months as part of a national grant from the AARP Foundation.

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Illinois Writing Project at Northeastern Illinois University part of five-year Department of Education grant

The Illinois Writing Project in Northeastern Illinois University’s Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education is part of a team of seven writing project sites to be awarded a five-year, $14.7 million Education, Innovation and Research grant by the U.S. Department of Education.