Chem night seeks to create STEM reaction
Fire and ice cream to be featured
The NIU Chemistry Club will harness the powers of fire and ice to demonstrate that chemistry is cool (and hot!) at its annual Chem Demo Night, 8 p.m., Friday, April…
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‘Make the World a Better Place’
NIU STEM Outreach nurtures young minds, shapes future workforce
Eleven children – five of them girls – sit at tables inside the NIU STEM Outreach headquarters, a space inside Swen Parson Hall that seems more like a rich kid’s…
Science in the Summer
Science is more than theory and lecture. Science is fun. Science is hands-on. Science is about tinkering, about rolling up sleeves, about solving problems with a little noggin power. NIU…
To vax or not to vax, it’s really not a question
In 1952, polio spread throughout the United States crippling more than 58,000 people and killing more than 3,000 of those infected. Then, Dr. Jonas Salk announced on CBS national radio…
Why scientists, general public don’t always see eye to eye
NIU’s Daniel Gebo, a world renowned primatologist who just last fall was named “Illinois Professor of the Year,” discusses the disconnect between scientists and the general public on many top…
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