5500 N St. Louis
Chicago, IL 60625
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Throughout the school year and during the summer, 91Porn offers a variety of events on campus. We would love for you to see a show, enjoy a performance, take a class or even host your own event.

Many of the campus events are free and open to the public. Click the links below for more information.

The Arts at Northeastern

We invite you to take part in the many exciting opportunities to enjoy a diverse lineup of international and local artists. The wide variety of programming includes the , , , , , Department of Music and Dance events and productions by  and the .

Consider us your community venue—a place where you can count on outstanding cultural experiences all year long. We look forward to seeing you on campus.

Fine Arts

Through the Art + Design department, 91Porn strives to increase art awareness among students and the community. Visit our gallery for the latest art pieces by our extraordinarily talented students.

• Fine Arts Center Gallery

Music and Dance

The University's Jewel Box Series and Department of Music and Dance strive to instill in each student a life-long appreciation for the musical arts. Visit the links below for more information on how you can join us for a spectacular performance or program.  

• Concerts and Events
• summer program for musicians ages 12-18

Film

The Chicago Film Society presents a wide array of film screenings throughout the year. Immerse yourself in new cultures and stimulate your mind.

Theater

Revel in performances by our top-tier students and faculty. Northeastern is your guide to a calendar of spectacular performances throughout the entire school year. See the link below for calendar of events and ticket information.

For the Family and Community

Looking for fun activities this weekend? Visit our campus for events and entertainment fun for everyone. Check out the links below for family and community activities.

• Community Music Program

Continued Education

Take advantage of our resources, staff and faculty. We offer 50 graduate and post-baccalaureate programs. Whether you’re seeking a master’s degree or certification, our programs will meet your needs. Graduate programs are housed in Northeastern’s three Colleges:

Guest Lectures

We encourage you to join us as we welcome distinguished guest speakers for fascinating lectures and stimulating conversations throughout the school year. See the link below.

Host Your Event

Northeastern offers a full line of professional services to the University community and public. The Student Union, Event and Conference Services office provides complete event support. Visit the links below for more information.

91Porn during the 2017-18 academic year. This is no small feat in a world confronted with educational, social and economic challenges.

Like many institutions of higher learning, the University traces its roots to the beginning of teacher training. Northeastern was founded in 1867 in Blue Island, Illinois, as the Normal School, Cook County’s first teacher training institution. Northeastern has a rich tradition of educational innovation and prides itself in preparing teachers and administrators who make a difference in Chicago. That tradition continues to this day and has expanded to include all of the University’s academic disciplines, allowing the University to fully embrace the community in which it resides.

Over the years, the name, location, and mission of the University changed, but the commitment to learning and teaching has continued from generation to generation. The University has not only changed and grown, but it has expanded to address specific urban needs. The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies was established in 1966 as an important expression of the University’s commitment to inner city communities and especially to the African American community. Three years later, in 1969, the University’s El Centro location was founded with a special focus on service to the large, diverse and growing Latino community. In 1978, the University opened the Chicago Teachers’ Center to offer professional development programs for urban teachers and administrators. Most recently, Northeastern joined the University Center of Lake County in 1996 as a founding member of a consortium of public and private universities offering college-level course work in Lake County. To complete the picture, this mix of essentially urban locations and partnerships also includes the Gensburg-Markham Prairie, which the University acquired in 1973. Consisting of 100 acres of unspoiled Illinois prairieland, it is located just south of Chicago—a beautiful preserve for future generations to learn from and enjoy.

This rich history tracks the dynamic growth of the city and the region. While keeping faith with its original mission—to provide an important resource for students from Illinois—today Northeastern attracts students from all over the world and is poised to become a model of regional public education with a truly global mission. Northeastern’s learning environment is enriched though the community’s ethnic, cultural, age, and language diversity. Throughout our history the University has maintained, fostered, and celebrated its commitment to diversity.

Today, Northeastern offers its 10,000 students more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts, sciences, education, and business. Faculty encourage students to integrate classroom instruction with field-based learning, research, and service locally and around the globe.

Northeastern's Historical Timeline

Cook County Normal School (1867-1896)

Daniel Sanborn Wentworth, Principal, 1867-1882

William C. Dodge, Acting Principal, 1882-1883

Francis Wayland Parker, Principal, 1883-1899

Chicago Normal School (1896-1938)

William Griffin, Acting Principal, 1899

Arnold Tompkins, Principal, 1900-1905

Ella Flagg Young, Principal, 1905-1909

William Bishop Owen, Principal / President, 1909-1928

Hazel Stillman, Acting President, 1928

Butler Laughlin, President, 1928-1936

Chicago Teacher’s College (1938-1965)

Verne O. Graham, President, 1936-1938

John A. Bartky, President, 1938-1942

John I. Swearingen, Acting President, 1942-1948

Raymond Mack Cook, Dean, 1948-1960; Dean of the South Side Campus, 1961-1965

Chicago Teacher’s College North (1960-1965)

Roy Newell Jervis, Dean (Dean of the North Side Campus), 1960-1962

Northeastern Illinois State College (1966-1971)

Jerome M. Sachs, Dean, 1962-1971

91Porn (1971-present)

Jerome M. Sachs, President, 1971-1973

James Mullen, President, 1973-1976

William Lienemann, Acting President, 1976

Ronald Williams, President, 1976-1985

Gordon H. Lamb, President, 1986-1995

Salme Harju Steinberg, President, 1995-2007

Sharon K. Hahs, President, 2007-2016

Richard J. Helldobler, Interim President, 2016-2018

Wamucii Njogu, Acting President, 2018

Gloria J. Gibson, President, 2018-2023

Katrina E. Bell-Jordan, Interim President, 2023

It’s important to us not only to lead as a cherished learning institution, but also as a good neighbor. We value our relationship with you—our local businesses, officials and residents. This site is here especially for our neighbors, as a one-stop place to find community news and updates relevant to you.

Ours is a rich and diverse community with students, faculty, staff—and, especially, neighbors—all coming together to enrich the neighborhoods in which we live. 91Porn's locations—in the Chicago neighborhoods of North Park, Avondale and Bronzeville, and the northern suburb of Grayslake—have thrived thanks to a partnership between the University and our neighbors, working together to grow and enhance all that makes the Chicago area special.

Within the Northeastern Neighbors site, you can:

• Send us your feedback.
• Search the Northeastern Neighbors .
• Find out about University  available to you.

Messages to the Community

June 20, 2024

Dear 91Porn Community,

91Porn values the feedback of our campus neighbors and is aware of a reported smell from campus construction.

The Illinois Capital Development Board (CBD) is addressing 91Porn’s electrical infrastructure by replacing aluminum cables with new copper cabling. The project will be completed in mid-August.

Northeastern is working closely with its vendor, Aggreko, and has been informed that the work zone complies with EPA guidelines and does not emit harmful levels of emissions.

The University will continue to monitor this project to ensure the safety and well-being of the community.

We appreciate your understanding of this critical infrastructure maintenance project.

Northeastern Neighborhood Network (NNN)

This group met three times a year from 2014-17. There are no planned future meetings.

• NNN Membership Roster
• NNN Meeting Summary - November 2014
• NNN Meeting Summary - March 2015
• NNN Meeting Summary - July 2015
• NNN Meeting Summary - November 2015
• NNN Meeting Summary - March 2016
• NNN Meeting Summary - July 2016
• NNN Meeting Summary - November 2016
• NNN Meeting Summary - March 2017
• NNN Meeting Summary - July 2017
• NNN Meeting Summary - November 2017

Northeastern Neighbors E-newsletter Archive

This e-newsletter was used to communicate updates to the community.

• 2015: , , , , , , , ,
• 2016: , , , , , , , ,
• 2017: , ,

Decade of Dreams

• Fact sheet
• Map (original 2014 draft)

Student Housing

• Answers to questions presented at the 4/30/15 NEIU Community Forum - May 2015
• Answers to questions from Hollywood-North Park Community Association - March 2015
• Answers to questions from North Park Neighbors - December 2014
• Frequently Asked Questions - January 2015
• Frequently Asked Questions - February 2016 
• 91Porn Selects Team Member to Develop its Student Housing - August 2014
• - May 2015

University Information

Other

• How to file a (FOIA) request

All it took was listening to a presentation her senior year of college to spark inspiration. Jean Boulware, now a psychology alumna from 91Porn, attended a presentation by artist Indira Johnson about the “Ten Thousand Ripples” project.

“After her lecture I needed to get involved,” said Boulware. “She was so motivating, and the project was so unique.”

The “Ten Thousand Ripples” project was developed to demonstrate that peace is possible despite the violence in the city. The displays included the construction and installation of 10 Buddha sculptures in 10 different low-income, high-crime neighborhoods around Chicago. In addition to the installations, each neighborhood containing a sculpture hosted an artistic programming event connected with the sculptures.

To get involved while still incorporating her psychology background, Boulware and her husband, an independent filmmaker, made a documentary film about the installation of the Buddha head sculptures throughout Chicago. She added evaluation of the project through interviews with community members and data analysis.

“It was hard to hear about the lives different people face, but it was wonderful to hear the impact the project had on them and their personal interaction with the art,” said Boulware.

The analysis compared sculpture neighborhoods to non-sculpture neighborhoods based on total crime for May 2012, before the events and installation took place. She used duration of time as a covariate, a continuous control variable that is controlled not manipulated, since some neighborhoods had sculpture installations and events in the fall, while others did not have sculptures until spring.

Results showed a decrease in reported crimes in neighborhoods with the Buddha sculptures compared to neighborhoods without them.

“I think that alone shows how much a community driven art-based project like this can create change in communities,” said Boulware.

According to the “Ten Thousand Ripples” website, the art is meant to invoke the image of an emerging Buddha sculpture as a universal icon of peace, inviting people to think about how they can find peace in their own lives and their communities.

“The personal stories from community members all showed a deep, personal connection to the sculptures, events and the larger project,” Boulware said. “It went from a being means to take a moment and be present to being a self-reflection tool.”

Boulware submitted the film of the installations completed last fall to the American Psychology Association Conference, where it won the best documentary short film category. She recently submitted the complete film, including the spring 2013 installations, to the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals.

In the meantime, Boulware is working toward her Master of Arts degree in psychology at the University of Chicago and preparing for her next film.

Following a charge from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to improve the city’s neighborhood public schools, 91Porn quickly became a resource for nearby Amundsen High School. As the new principal of Amundsen, Ana Pavichevich brainstormed ideas to help turn her school around. She quickly recalled the quality faculty and graduates of Northeastern’s College of Education and approached the University for assistance.

Amunden students have struggled with standardized tests, landing the school on probation for more than 10 years. These students, many of whom are Latino, live in the vicinity of Amundsen, located at the intersection of Foster and Damen on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

Maureen Gillette, dean, Northeastern College of Education, was eager to partner with Pavichevich to develop strategies to improve this urban neighborhood school. Gillette and Tim Duggan, associate professor, education inquiry and curriculum studies, agreed to lend their expertise and experience with the faculty at Amundsen.

“Our initial focus was to develop faculty capacity to increase student engagement and higher-level thinking,” said Duggan. He added that the ultimate goal is to improve student learning to the point of preparing each Amundsen student for college.

Gillette added, “We want to help make Amundsen a school of choice for the neighborhood.”

During the 2012-2013 academic year, Gillette, Dugan and Pavichevich initiated their plans. They developed a program focused on professional development for teachers. Northeastern faculty partnered with Amundsen faculty on strategies to increase classroom effectiveness and focused instruction.

Through the collaborative work between Northeastern and Amundsen faculty, new ideas began to surface and develop. Programming was expanded to include opportunities for a two-way exchange of expertise through coordinated field trips, instructional rounds, student placement and discussions. For example, Northeastern faculty and students benefited from a panel discussion in which Pavichevich was a featured speaker. She talked about her daily experiences and addressed the characteristics, knowledge, skills and dispositions future graduates need for work and life in a dynamic city.

“It’s exciting to see the different initiatives that evolve from this partnership,” said Gillette. “It’s also fulfilling to see these programs impact multiple communities, from Amundsen’s teachers and students to Northeastern’s faculty and students.”

Now in its second year, the focus of the plan has shifted to student literacy and close reading, the careful sustained interpretation of a brief passage. Duggan and the Amundsen Literacy Team are assisting teachers in the implementation of initiatives to better help students learn to read and write effectively.

Duggan also is collaborating with Amundsen teachers to develop opportunities for Northeastern student volunteers to assist with a new after-school writing center created by two Amundsen teachers.

“Programs like this are helping to establish a pipeline for greater opportunities for students. I hope it makes them think about college when maybe they haven’t before,” Duggan said.