Study identifies hidden benefits of brainstorming

The technique might fall short as an idea-generator but does promote teamwork

  • January 9, 2018
Despite being a ubiquitous method of idea generation in organizations worldwide, brainstorming has received its share of bashing over the decades in numerous research studies examining its effectiveness. Exploring why…

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NIU Engineering Students Show off Ingenuity with Senior Design Projects

Better coffee makers, more efficient irrigation and “Iron Man” arms showcased in competition

  • December 19, 2017
The engineering building at Northern Illinois University was a hive of activity and innovation on the Friday before finals, as graduating seniors presented their capstone Senior Design Projects. Thirty-seven student…

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Adversity couldn’t keep her from an engineering degree

Allana Rose overcame cancer and the loss of an eye while earning her degree in electrical engineering

  • December 18, 2017
  Allana Rose knows how it feels when the odds are against you. What she doesn’t know is how to give up. In November, Rose’s quiet courage and perseverance were…

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NIU eliminates out-of-state tuition premium

Affordable in-state tuition rate offered to all U.S. residents beginning in fall 2018

  • December 12, 2017
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Board of Trustees unanimously voted Dec. 7 to extend the university’s domestic tuition rate structure to the NIU College of Law so that all U.S….

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Professor champions efforts to recognize Mother Jones

Historical marker to be dedicated to labor leader along I-55 near Springfield

  • December 4, 2017
In the early 20th century, author Upton Sinclair called Mother Jones “the walking wrath of God.” Over the past decade, NIU history professor Rosemary Feurer has been determined to make…

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‘Replace judgment with curiosity’

Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

  • December 4, 2017
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a…

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