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Study: Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s treasured lemurs

July 9, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — A new study led by Mitch Irwin and Karen Samonds of Northern Illinois University finds that degraded rainforest habitats are having an unhealthy impact on at least…

Research on baby cries eases parents’ concerns with the use of AI algorithm

July 1, 2019

DeKALB, Ill. — New parents will likely agree that one of the most concerning and frustrating things about parenting an infant is trying to figure out why their baby is…

NIU Supermileage team wins international competition

Champs earn best placement in team’s 10-year history

April 12, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — The NIU Supermileage team has earned the “super” in its name. And then some. The team took top honors at a recent international competition in California when…

NIU receives $1.6 million grant to improve math content knowledge for PK-12 teachers from Rockford, Sauk Valley

Grant also funds development of online resources for transitional math

March 28, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University has received a $1.6 million grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide professional development in math pedagogy to 160 teachers from…

NIU researchers: ‘STEMinism’ hindering female scientists

March 27, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — When it comes to narrowing the gender gap in STEM fields, marketing to young girls with Barbie dolls, cute toys and lots of pink isn’t cutting it,…

NIU accepts $930,000 NIH grant for FoodMASTER program

March 13, 2019

DeKALB, Ill. — Science education has never tasted so good. NIU received a $930,000 National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award for a FoodMASTER initiative. FoodMASTER uses food as…

NIU students push 3D printing boundaries to the max

Latest collaboration pairs college with RadMax Technologies, Inc. (RadMax)

February 25, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — Surrounded by 3D printers in a space designed to challenge and inspire, Todd Durham feels at home. The mechanical engineering major from Genoa spends much of his…

NIU biologist awarded $340,000 NASA grant

Wesley Swingley’s work will advance search for life on exoplanets

January 16, 2019

DeKALB, Ill. — Wesley Swingley has spent his career studying organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye, yet exist all around us. But the assorted…

NIU’s growing Antarctic footprint

Scientists on quest to assess risk of future ice sheet collapse

January 11, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — On Jan. 18, Reed Scherer once again will venture into the depths of Antarctica, boarding the same ship he traveled elsewhere on decades ago as an eager…

NIU’s 2018 Lincoln Laureate: All about ‘the greater good’

Cambodian student driven to help others, inspired by his parents’ dream

November 8, 2018

DeKalb, Ill. — I Younan An didn’t have much when he came to NIU from Cambodia, aside from hope. He’ll graduate this December as the 2018 Student Lincoln Laureate, an…

Category: Science, Engineering & Tech

Study: Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s treasured lemurs

Research on baby cries eases parents’ concerns with the use of AI algorithm

NIU Supermileage team wins international competition

Champs earn best placement in team’s 10-year history

NIU receives $1.6 million grant to improve math content knowledge for PK-12 teachers from Rockford, Sauk Valley

Grant also funds development of online resources for transitional math

NIU researchers: ‘STEMinism’ hindering female scientists

NIU accepts $930,000 NIH grant for FoodMASTER program

NIU students push 3D printing boundaries to the max

Latest collaboration pairs college with RadMax Technologies, Inc. (RadMax)

NIU biologist awarded $340,000 NASA grant

Wesley Swingley’s work will advance search for life on exoplanets

NIU’s growing Antarctic footprint

Scientists on quest to assess risk of future ice sheet collapse

NIU’s 2018 Lincoln Laureate: All about ‘the greater good’

Cambodian student driven to help others, inspired by his parents’ dream

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