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A new umbrella safety policy approved earlier this year will touch virtually every NIU department and spur creation of function-specific sub-policies across campus. A joint effort by the divisions of Research and Innovation Partnerships and Administration and Finance, the NIU

In honor of his scientific achievements, a special issue of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry was dedicated to NIU chemistry professor Narayan Hosmane in the occasion of his 70th birthday. “It is a great honor for me to read a dedicated special

At the upcoming International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Chicago, NIU STEM Read will partner with Andy Weir – bestselling author of The Martian and Artemis – to explore how science fiction fuels STEAM learning. Highlights of

Ashley Grazutis has been thinking about the edTPA since she arrived at NIU. “The first time I heard about the edTPA was freshman year at a Secondary Education Organization meeting,” says Grazutis, a senior from Palos Park, Ill. “All the

Caleb Pursell simply wanted a taste of teaching in a rural area. And that’s exactly what he got in the Mandaree School District, located within North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The senior Elementary Education major joined three other NIU

“Being in the presence of Olympic coaches and athletes was incredible. I even got to the see one of my favorite male gymnasts who has been to the past two Olympic Games! That was definitely a highlight for me. Training

(Editor’s note: This is republished from NIU Today.) More than two decades after earning their Round Lake High School diplomas together, NIU’s director of Campus Child Care Kristin Schulz and her longtime friend Mike Lannon can call themselves fellow graduates again. Both

Recently NIU’s Student Academy of Audiology held their white coat ceremony and capstone project presentations for the program’s third-year students. These students are now off to participate in their externships: Anastasia Grindle: Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, Nebraska) Kassy

The College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Health Studies has its first chair. Jeanne M. Isabel, an award-winning educator and former NIU Medical Laboratory Sciences program director, will take over the role June 1. “Dr. Isabel is a

Northern Illinois University College of Law has been named by Law.com as the number five law school in the nation for placing graduates in government The post NIU Law Named One of Top Schools for Graduates Going into Public Interest

The current display in the Marshall Gallery focuses on Public Papers of the Presidents, a publication that contains the speeches, letters, and other writings by The post ‘Papers of the Presidents’ exhibit in Marshall Gallery appeared first on College of

Alumna Karla Altmayer (’12) wrote an op-ed piece published in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 21, 2018 entitled “Until celebrities said “me too,” nobody listened The post Alumna Karla Altmayer writes Chicago Sun Times op-ed on #metoo movement appeared first

It was all about affordability and making a difference for NIU’s graduating engineering students as they proved themselves during Spring 2018 Senior Design Day. The The post Spring 2018 Senior Design Day appeared first on College of Engineering and Engineering

Northern Illinois University is set to expand its engineering degree pathways by offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering (BME). The Illinois Board The post NIU to offer bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering appeared first on College of

Alex Hurtado When Alex Hurtado came to Northern Illinois University, she had never heard of industrial and systems engineering. At the urging of her cousin, The post What is Industrial and Systems Engineering? appeared first on College of Engineering and