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Bustling Campuses Build Belonging for NEIU Alumni
CHICAGO — Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), a public university serving roughly 5,756 undergraduate and graduate students (as of fall 2026) throughout Chicago, relies more than most universities on alumni goodwill because it has a smaller footprint than other state universities. NEIU is unusual in having...
Ditch the Default: Deploy Distinct iClouds for Every Apple Device
LINCOLNWOOD — When I started using an iPhone in 2011, I used the same iCloud account that I had created six years earlier in iTunes to use with an iPod. Five gigabytes was an adequate amount of iCloud storage space for...
How I Achieved 4 Years of Language Learning by Not Letting a Little Green Owl Dictate My Life
LINCOLNWOOD — Three weeks ago, I achieved a 1,460-day streak on Duolingo. That is four straight years of daily language learning.
In that time, I’ve watched the app transform from a simple educational tool into a highly engineered gamification trap. Millions of users grind out matching mini-games...