Tagged: research

You can’t judge a pygmy marmoset by its fur

NIU-led study sheds new light on world’s smallest monkeys

  • May 27, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – A new study confirms that there are two separate species of threatened pygmy marmosets but finds they can’t be distinguished by fur coloring, as was previously thought. The…

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NIU celebrates Fermilab’s latest landmark finding

Over the years, nearly 50 faculty and students have contributed to experiment

  • April 22, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – NIU can take more than a little pride in its contributions to the latest landmark finding at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in…

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NSF award will advance long-range weather forecasts

Professor Victor Gensini receives $475k for 3-year project on predicting hail, tornadoes

  • March 3, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — The National Science Foundation is awarding a $475,000 grant over three years to NIU Meteorology Professor Victor Gensini to extend his research into development of long-range forecasts for…

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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…

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Undergraduate research project goes the distance

Study in children with autism spectrum disorder sheds light on repetitive speech

  • February 27, 2020
Cassidy VanZuiden’s Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) project — exploring why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) echo or parody speech — grew into a national award-winning project and…

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NIU’s Fred Markowitz wins Fulbright award to Finland

Sociologist will study links between incarceration, mental health services

  • January 15, 2020
The largest U.S. treatment setting for people with serious mental illness isn’t the country’s network of hospitals, as you might expect. Rather, it’s the prison and jail system, according to…

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