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Advancing equity, inclusion and social justice

NIU selected as a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center

  • October 19, 2021
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…

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NIU research firing on all cylinders

External funding to university reaches 10-year high

  • September 24, 2021
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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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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