• NIU sees 12% jump in enrollment of new freshmen

    Multi-year planning, groundbreaking admissions policies seen as driving increase

    • September 9, 2021
    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…

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  • Portrait of Xueying Lu

    NIU physicist receives DOE Early Career Research Award

    The award will support her work on innovative wakefield acceleration technologies at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator.

    • August 23, 2021
    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…

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  • Psychology professor’s latest book is practical guide to ageism in the workplace

    Lisa Finkelstein has been studying age discrimination for nearly 30 years

    • August 12, 2021
    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…

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  • Project aims to create prototype that converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

    NIU’s Tao Xu leads collaborative effort that includes Argonne National Laboratory

    • June 14, 2021
    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…

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Most Recent

You can’t judge a pygmy marmoset by its fur

NIU-led study sheds new light on world’s smallest monkeys

  • May 27, 2021
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…

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NIU celebrates Fermilab’s latest landmark finding

Over the years, nearly 50 faculty and students have contributed to experiment

  • April 22, 2021
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…

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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

  • March 9, 2021
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…

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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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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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