Tagged: health

NIU faculty ramp up COVID-19 research

  • April 14, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Amid the busy transition to remote teaching, NIU faculty members also have pivoted aspects of their research programs to turn attention to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the university, in…

Read more

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…

Read more

Using computer models to help nations address obesity

Computer scientist Philippe Giabbanelli tackles health challenges with ‘systems science’

  • June 29, 2016
We know obesity is a problem in the United States and other countries. So when it comes to young people’s access to fast-food meals during the school day, how close…

Read more

‘A failure of epic proportions’

Flint’s water crisis runs deeper under the surface, NIU professors say

  • February 4, 2016
Debate is raging on Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers seek to assign blame for the crisis in Flint, Mich., that allowed lead-contaminated water to flow to thousands of residents….

Read more

Photo of a glass of milk

Shaving Off the Milk Mustache?

  • February 5, 2015
Calcium alternatives do a body good, NIU professor confirms Americans of a certain age cannot shake the advertising campaigns. Milk “does the body good.” “Got Milk?” Elementary school lunchroom posters…

Read more