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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…

U.S. News: NIU’s MPA program among best in nation

March 12, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — Already ranked among the top five in the nation for its specialty field of local government management, NIU’s Master of Public Administration program now has even more…

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 awards annual Forward, Together Forward Scholarships

February 14, 2019

DeKALB, Ill. — NIU has awarded Ainsley Galvez of Hoffman Estates, Kristen Koehler of Waterman, Emily Schaumberg of Streator, Pablo Valencia-Garcia of Zion and Keelan Wright of Glenwood with the…

Up, up and away: Meteorology students launching dozens of weather balloons for aircraft icing research

February 13, 2019

DeKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University meteorology students are on cloud nine over a research project that will require the launch of as many as 40 weather balloons from campus…

Giving it his all, NIU student competes on NBC’s ‘The Titan Games’

February 11, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — To those working out beside him at the Student Recreation Center, Covenant “Covie” Falana is just another NIU student. To Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, he’s a Titan…

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…

Who knew? Philosophy catches fire on YouTube

NIU professor helps run digital project that just snagged 250K NEH award

December 18, 2018

DeKALB, Ill. — Who knew animated-video lessons in philosophy—with titles such as “Epistemology: The Paradox of the Ravens” and “The Good Life: Nietzsche”—would be an internet sensation? Northern Illinois…

Ph.D. in Health Sciences graduates first two candidates

December 18, 2018

The Northern Illinois University Ph.D. in Health Sciences program recently congratulated their first two graduates. Hana Hinkle and Steven Hinojosa both successfully defended their doctoral dissertations this fall, and became…