DeKALB Dozens of faculty members gathered on Thursday in front of the Founders Memorial Library in their most recent rally for equitable income and better contracts from NIU. Organized by the United Faculty Alliance of Northern Illinois University (UPI Local 4100), the faculty members represented their union for tenured and tenure-track faculty at NIU..
On February 24, Russian troops invaded neighboring Ukraine. A week later, more than a million people had already fled Ukraine, becoming refugees. Russian president Vladimir Putin has engaged his country’s nuclear arsenal, raising the specter of global nuclear war – a prospect unseen in decades. In the social media age, images of the violence, racism, death, and destruction are being broadcast instantaneously, while disinformation and censorship pervade as well. <br/><br/>To attend virtually, register at http://go.niu.edu/Teach-in-Ukraine
<br/>Panelists: Andy Bruno (History and Environmental Studies); Laura Heideman (Sociology and the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies); Joanna Kot (World Languages and Cultures); Alex Sosenko (History); Ches Thurber (Political Science); Anna Zapolska (Political Science) <br/><br/>Moderated by Mark Schuller (Anthropology and the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies)