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DeKalb, IL – NIU’s Mahdi Vaezi is investigating the feasibility of constructing an innovative, first-of-its-kind biomass pipeline. The research project, supported by a $650,000 award over...
Edible Campus program grows knowledge about sustainability, food systems and related careers
DeKalb, IL – NIU students and faculty have installed nearly 100 garden beds on campus this spring as part of an expansive new Edible Campus initiative....
‘Transformational opportunity’ provides internship at wildlife sanctuary
Allyson Thompson has always felt at home hiking in a prairie. To her, life is better lived along a winding path. So it’s almost fitting...
Study: Violent storm activity will start earlier in season, rise in Eastern U.S.
DeKalb, IL – In warming U.S. climates toward the end of this century, supercell storms could become more frequent, more intense and more active earlier...
People might groan, but study finds they enjoy clever wordplay
DeKalb, IL – For all those who prefer April Fools’ Day practical jokes over puns, well, the yolk might just be on you. Turns out, most...
DeKalb, IL – A group of 15 NIU students had a tall order ahead of them this academic year—with nearly $60 million at stake—and many of...
