Strong in number, talent and diversity, NIU’s incoming class stands out
As much as the size of NIU’s 2021 freshman class is notable, so are the many characteristics that make up this new class of Huskies. This fall’s freshman class has…
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Advancing equity, inclusion and social justice
NIU selected as a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center
Among 19 “pathbreaking institutions,” NIU was chosen by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to host a new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center. The honor further establishes… -
NIU debuts on national ‘Great Colleges to Work For’ list
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is among only 46 four-year institutions saluted in the 2021 roster of “Great Colleges to Work For,” one of the country’s largest and most… -
Award honors NIU as a top college for diversity
Among a group of universities leading the charge for diversity, equity and inclusion, NIU has earned national recognition. The university received the 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award… -
NIU research firing on all cylinders
External funding to university reaches 10-year high
DeKalb, Ill. – Despite the pandemic, the university’s research, service and engagement enterprises are firing on all cylinders. External funding awarded to faculty and staff hit a 10-year high in Fiscal…
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More than 70 percent of incoming freshmen at NIU received scholarships
DeKalb, Ill. — Incoming freshmen to Northern Illinois University this fall received more scholarship money than ever before, and improvements to the scholarship process served to diversify the pool of…
NIU sees 12% jump in enrollment of new freshmen
Multi-year planning, groundbreaking admissions policies seen as driving increase
DeKalb, Ill. – Northern Illinois University saw its new freshman enrollment climb this fall by nearly 12% over the same time last year—the largest year-over-year percentage increase in the freshman class…
NIU physicist receives DOE Early Career Research Award
The award will support her work on innovative wakefield acceleration technologies at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator.
DeKalb, Ill. — Xueying Lu, an NIU assistant professor of physics, was one of 83 scientists selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive funding through its Early…
Psychology professor’s latest book is practical guide to ageism in the workplace
Lisa Finkelstein has been studying age discrimination for nearly 30 years
DeKalb, Ill. – Age discrimination, or ageism, affects all workers – young and old. Psychology professor Lisa Finkelstein witnessed how it affected her father and has been studying its impacts for…
Project aims to create prototype that converts carbon dioxide to ethanol
NIU’s Tao Xu leads collaborative effort that includes Argonne National Laboratory
DeKalb, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is joining lead organization Northern Illinois University in a $2 million project over three years to develop a…
You can’t judge a pygmy marmoset by its fur
NIU-led study sheds new light on world’s smallest monkeys
DeKalb, Ill. – A new study confirms that there are two separate species of threatened pygmy marmosets but finds they can’t be distinguished by fur coloring, as was previously thought. The…
NIU celebrates Fermilab’s latest landmark finding
Over the years, nearly 50 faculty and students have contributed to experiment
DeKalb, Ill. – NIU can take more than a little pride in its contributions to the latest landmark finding at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in…
NIU faculty received NIH Early Career Research Award for $430K to develop pediatric hearing aid
DeKALB, Ill. — NIU Assistant Professor, Mohammad Moghimi, received the Early Career Research (ECR) Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop a novel…
Perfect for St. Pat’s Day—a history of the Irish in Illinois
New book by NIU professor, former student sheds light on towering roles of Irish Americans
DeKalb, Ill. — Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, NIU History Professor Sean Farrell and his former doctoral student Mathieu Billings, now a faculty associate in history and political science…
NIU News Releases- Large Freshman Class, Strong Retention Lift NIU Enrollment September 8, 2020
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- Gov. Pritzker releases funding for new NIU research center February 12, 2020
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