Category: Global

Reclaiming the prairie

Study finds Nachusa Grasslands restoration is working in the soil, too

  • July 18, 2017
Summer is abloom at Nachusa Grasslands, where the warmth of July is igniting an explosion of color. Purple coneflowers point to the sky. Big bluestem grass sways in the breeze….

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A passport to transformation

Educate Global provides ‘world of opportunity’ for NIU students flying to teach in China, Taiwan

  • June 26, 2017
Thirty-seven NIU College of Education students are traveling to teach in Asia this summer, a “business trip” guaranteed to enrich and shape their professional lives in amazing ways. Part of…

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Mars’ watery past

Study led by NIU geographer Wei Luo suggests Red Planet had ocean, active hydrologic cycle

  • June 5, 2017
DeKalb, Ill.—A new study led by Northern Illinois University geography professor Wei Luo calculates the amount of water needed to carve the ancient network of valleys on Mars and concludes…

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Highly decorated

Anthropologist Mark Schuller is attracting grants, awards for work in Haiti

  • April 19, 2017
The work of NIU professor Mark Schuller is attracting attention, grants and awards—and NIU students are among the beneficiaries. In 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Schuller, a cultural…

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Discovering new passions

Student research, artistry, community engagement will be on display at HSC

  • April 11, 2017
The amazing creativity and discoveries of NIU students will be in full bloom this spring during NIU’s eighth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day. The event will take place from 9…

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Social justice, service learning

NIU counseling students gain ‘life-changing’ perspectives during mission trips to Guatemala

  • March 13, 2017
Many service-minded NIU students are spending this week’s Spring Break on the road, volunteering their time and labor to improve the lives of people in faraway places. But that sort…

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Food for thought

NIU anthropology professor Mitch Irwin to study diets of Madagascar’s adorable—and endangered—lemurs

  • October 27, 2016
Monkey business, it’s not. NIU anthropology professor Mitch Irwin recently won a $19,500 National Geographic Society research grant  to support a year-long nutritional profile of arguably some of the cutest…

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Imagine that

NIU offers immersion in U.S. education to Taiwanese high-schoolers

  • October 13, 2016
“There are many differences between Taiwanese education and American education. However, we shouldn’t just see the advantages of them and ignore the disadvantages. (Open Imagination) allows me to experience both…

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Bridging oceans

NIU joins Macedonian university in promoting peace

  • September 27, 2016
Deep and influential thinkers from around the world will convene this December in Macedonia at the State University of Tetovo’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. As they share their…

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Antarctic mystery solved?

Scientists say ocean fossils found in mountains are cause for concern over future sea levels

  • September 20, 2016
Tiny ocean fossils distributed widely across rock surfaces in the Transantarctic Mountains point to the potential for a substantial rise in global sea levels under conditions of continued global warming,…

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