DeKalb, Ill. — When it comes to narrowing the gender gap in STEM fields, marketing to young girls with Barbie dolls, cute toys and lots...

DeKALB, Ill. — Science education has never tasted so good. NIU received a $930,000 National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award for a FoodMASTER...

DeKalb, Ill. — A $1 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to Northern Illinois University will provide scholarships and mentoring for high-achieving, low-income students pursuing...

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...

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...

By Nicole LaDue, NIU Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences The outlook for geoscience jobs is promising, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics...