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The NIU School of Theatre and dance presents a new work by alumnus Matthew C. Yee titled "You are You" based on characters from Karel Čapek's play "RUR." Before "RUR" there were automatons and androids, but this is the play that gave us the word “robot.” Čapek’s 1921...

NIU School of Music Professor of Jazz Studies Rodrigo Villanueva has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to spend four months in Brazil researching Afro-Brazilian rhythms and teaching at two universities, the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (May 1 through...

Robert Sims, professor of music in the NIU School of Music is featured in a PBS American Masters documentary film on renowned American vocalist Marian Anderson. Sims worked as a music consultant, interviewee and actor on the project. "I was honored to be included in...

Music has called Gay Magnus, M.M. ’03, back home. Today, as the director of the music program for the Alpha School of Music in Kingston, Jamaica, she has the opportunity to instill in young students a passion for music she...