Tagged: National Science Foundation

The future of teaching and learning

NIU to open center for cutting-edge research in educational technology

  • October 31, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is launching a new research center in 2019 to cultivate, support, harness and promote cutting-edge scholarship at the intersection of education and technology. As…

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Highly decorated

Anthropologist Mark Schuller is attracting grants, awards for work in Haiti

  • April 19, 2017
The work of NIU professor Mark Schuller is attracting attention, grants and awards—and NIU students are among the beneficiaries. In 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Schuller, a cultural…

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Sky high

Engineering students named finalists in NASA competition to develop startup company

  • November 28, 2016
Two Northern Illinois University seniors in mechanical engineering have been named finalists in the SPACE RACE Startup Challenge, a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage entrepreneurs to use federally funded NASA technologies…

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Awesome internships

8 computer science students gain experience at national laboratory

  • October 18, 2016
As far as internship experiences go, it doesn’t get much better than this. A national laboratory with a storied history. Projects on the cutting-edge of science. Collaborations with scientists who…

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Making a better solar cell

Researchers discover technique to improve perovskites

  • August 17, 2016
An international team of scientists that includes NIU researchers has mapped out a pioneering route to improve the performance of hybrid perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells are not yet…

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Christopher Budnick

  • December 16, 2015
If you find yourself searching for a job in the future, you might come across advice based on the research of Christopher Budnick. Budnick has researched goal setting techniques and…

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