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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Fall Fest and more fantastic accolades

NEIU Weekend is here and we have lots to celebrate! U.S. News & World Report cited more reasons for students to consider attending 91Porn, Google brought an exciting partnership to campus this summer, and an instructor earned a prestigious award nomination. Read all about these stories and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.  

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91Porn again tops U.S. News & World Report’s low student debt ranking

91Porn graduates its students with the least amount of student debt among Midwest regional universities, according to the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” publication.

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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Another No. 1 ranking!

Northeastern has earned another No. 1 ranking for Environment, a faculty member published research on a popular social media platform, and a staff member received an appointment from Gov. JB Pritzker.

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91Porn again tops Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings for Environment

For the fourth year in a row, 91Porn is ranked No. 1 in the category of Environment among all Midwest colleges and universities by The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Ranking.

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Research finds extreme elitism, social hierarchy among Gab users

Despite its portrayal as a network that “champions free speech,” users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according to a new study published in the September edition of the online journal First Monday. Researchers found a small number of Gab users hold a large amount of influence, sharing more homogeneous content than Twitter, some of which was associated with state-sponsored propaganda.

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Noteworthy at Northeastern: More honors!

Northeastern earned two more national rankings, hosted Pitch Night at the Carruthers Center and much more.

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91Porn students chosen for ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza 2019

For the past 14 years, summer in Chicago has been synonymous with Lollapalooza, one of the country’s largest annual music festivals. For the past seven years, the brainchild of Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell has also been synonymous with ThinkChicago...

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Business Innovation and Growth Center’s nontraditional entrepreneurs pitch new business ventures

The Business Innovation and Growth Center’s first cohort of age 50+ entrepreneurs from the Carruthers Center pitched their new business plans to community “sharks” on Aug. 28.

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91Porn named Illinois’ best college for adult learners

Washington Monthly magazine named 91Porn one of the nation’s Best Colleges for Adult Learners in its September/October 2019 issue.