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  • NSF award will advance long-range weather forecasts

    Professor Victor Gensini receives $475k for 3-year project on predicting hail, tornadoes

    • March 3, 2021
    DeKalb, Ill. — The National Science Foundation is awarding a $475,000 grant over three years to NIU Meteorology Professor Victor Gensini to extend his research into development of long-range forecasts for…

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  • NIU junior to publish remarkable history research

    Study shows emancipation emphasis faded from motivations behind Illinois’ Civil War monuments

    • February 15, 2021
    DeKalb, Ill. — You can’t any longer call Jeremy Knoll a Research Rookie. The junior from Springfield, who chose NIU in part because of its Research Rookies Program, is already…

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  • 2021 Forward, Together Forward scholars demonstrate that Huskie spirit can be found near and far

    2021 recipients come from Illinois, India and Laos

    • February 14, 2021
    The 2021 recipients of the Forward, Together Forward Scholarship demonstrate that whether you come from the western suburbs or western Bengal, India, you can exemplify what it means to be…

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  • From bosons to BoSox

    Tyler Burch got his NIU Ph.D. in particle physics—then landed dream job with Boston Red Sox

    • January 26, 2021
    DeKalb, Ill. — The career trajectory of NIU graduate Tyler Burch has taken an unusual turn, to say the least. Just last spring, Burch earned his Ph.D. in particle physics from…

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Study challenges ecology’s ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis

Restoring habitat requires much more than just the right plants

  • January 25, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — If you build it, they might not come. That’s the key finding of a new study on habitat restoration practices that challenges a commonly accepted principle in ecology….

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Spell check for research? Confronting the reproducibility crisis with explainable AI

  • January 19, 2021
You might have heard of the famous “marshmallow test.” The study, and follow-ups that extended over decades, found that children who could delay gratification—and consequently get two marshmallows instead of…

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Mark Schuller confronts question of extinction—of human species

New book by NIU anthropologists asks, answers the big questions

  • January 13, 2021
In his new book, NIU anthropologist Mark Schuller tackles a frightening prospect that seems all too relevant in these turbulent times: Is the human species headed toward extinction? Set for…

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NIU alumnus honored as one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30

  • January 7, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — Recently named to Forbes Magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list, NIU alumnus Wilbur You attributes his success to many things. Good timing. Hard work. Never taking no…

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$1.25 Million collaborative grant will help NIU lead the battle against bullying

Expanded program to focus on students with special needs

  • December 8, 2020
A $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow NIU to extend and expand its role as a leader in preparing teachers and administrators to battle bullying…

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NIU educator-licensure programs rated highly
in inaugural Illinois Educator Preparation Profiles

  • December 7, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — A first-time report released Dec. 7 by the Illinois State Board of Education gives high marks to Northern Illinois University’s educator-licensure programs. The Illinois Educator Preparation Profiles…

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NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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Emma Kuby

History professor’s first book earns high praise and three awards

Emma Kuby’s book offers a new narrative about how memory of Hitler’s atrocities reshaped postwar European intellectual life and ideological struggle.

  • November 12, 2020
When Emma Kuby, associate professor of history, decided to write her first book about concentration camp survivors who witnessed some of the 20th century’s worst atrocities, she knew that she…

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New Partnership to Cover Cost of Tuition and Fees for Qualifying Rockford students

Rockford Promise willl benefit Students and City

  • November 11, 2020
A new partnership between Northern Illinois University and community leaders in Rockford will create opportunities for hundreds of students from that city to earn NIU degrees without having to pay…

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Linda Yasui, Professor of Biological Sciences

NIU earns grant to acquire high-tech microscope

NSF funding will boost scientific research and academic programs

  • October 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $250,000 in grant money to NIU for the acquisition of a cutting-edge high- microscope that will bolster university research and academic…

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