Tagged: grant

What prairie voles can teach people about stress

NIU prof gets $372K to study links between exercise and brain health

  • January 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Angela Grippo’s New Year’s resolution is exercise, exercise, exercise, but the NIU psychology professor won’t be breaking a sweat or hitting the gym. Instead, she’ll be spending time…

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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…

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Physics flexes its muscles

‘High energy’ researchers attract $1.77 million in new grants

  • September 22, 2015
Unraveling the Big Bang. Laying the foundation for tomorrow’s technology. Using some of the world’s coolest, most innovative and most expensive scientific facilities. Students and faculty involved in NIU’s High…

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$1.1 million to stop bullying

Grant aids students studying to become school psychologists; NIU experts share tips for parents

  • August 13, 2015
Thanks to a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the next generation of graduates from NIU’s master’s-level School Psychology Program will enter the workforce better equipped to…

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“Go Teacher” students from Ecuador at NIU’s Literacy on the Lawn event

The Languages of Learning

Ecuadorian educators at NIU prepare to renovate their teaching

  • July 22, 2015
While a mid-July blast of heat and humidity makes DeKalb swelter, a group of English teachers from Ecuador absorb a lecture on “learning strategy instruction” inside McMurry Hall. Metacognitive strategies….

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