Category: University News

Top honors for educating male nurses

National organization names NIU ‘2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing’

  • September 7, 2017
Northern Illinois University recently received the  “2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing Award” from the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) for its commitment to preparing men to...

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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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Twelve months in the life

NIU looks back at a busy year

  • December 22, 2015
It was a year when NIU researchers found fish a half-mile beneath the Antarctic ice. It was a year when NIU students joined a famous Hollywood star on national TV...

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An NIU engineering student welding

The competitive edge

NIU, Rockford hail new partner in boosting manufacturing

  • November 12, 2015
Teresa Beach-Shelow knows exactly what she wants from the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, the UI LABS collaboration that will launch its first-ever chapter in Rockford. Beach-Shelow is the...

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Going global

NIU public administration program launches exchange
with Chinese university—and that’s only the beginning

  • October 28, 2015
University life this academic year is different, to say the least, for NIU graduate students Jeanna Ballard and Bryce Johnson. For one, their classes are smaller—nine students tops. Instead of...

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