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Northern Illinois University is among Carnegie-classified R2 universities for high research activity. This year, the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) and the University Honors Program are taking the celebration of research to the next level, with the debut of Research Month in April. This month-long celebration will highlight research accomplishments and provide...
Growing up in Janesville, Minnesota, Dara Little showed early signs of being organized, detail-oriented and endlessly curious—cornerstone traits for anyone looking to carve out a successful career as a research administrator. Embarking on such a path didn’t come close to being on young Dara’s radar, though. As the next president of the Society of Research...
NIU’s research, service and engagement enterprises are on a serious roll, as external funding in Fiscal Year 2023 surged. During that fiscal year, faculty and staff secured about 400 awards totaling $57 million in funding from outside sources, an increase of 34% over the previous year and a 60% increase since FY 2019. That FY23...
Following a national search, native Chicagoan Yvonne Harris, Ph.D., is expected to be named vice president of the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) at Northern Illinois University, pending Thursday, May 11 approval by the NIU Board of Trustees. As vice president of RIPS, Harris will lead the university’s growing research and innovation enterprise....
The Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) has launched a new office to support pre-proposal activities, transdisciplinary research and creative efforts, and professional development of faculty project leaders. The new Office of Research Development will complement the efforts of Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA), which has long provided support and streamlined processes to NIU faculty...
The Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) has built an impressive new front porch. RIPS recently launched a dynamic Research and Innovation website to celebrate the “local focus and global reach” of NIU efforts, highlight faculty and student innovators and provide an extensive resource to potential partners from outside the university. Content from the...
On the first floor of the Founders Memorial Library hangs what may be the world’s largest disco ball. It also may be the most detailed representation ever of Huskie hometowns around the world. Or a high- resolution view of the surface of Mars, Jupiter or any of the other planets. In fact, it can be...
NIU Chemistry Professor Tao Li has been awarded two new National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $565,000 for energy-related research projects. The work also promises to help hone research skills among as many as eight NIU graduate and undergraduate students. The first project aims to develop an improved, cost effective and environmentally sound way to...
It hasn’t been difficult for Karinne Bredberg to hit the ground running as NIU’s new director of innovation in the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS). Bredberg’s education and professional experience have prepared her well. She’s a double alumna of NIU, having earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and Master of Public Administration degree....
One of the hallmarks of an NIU education is hands-on learning, and the benefits couldn’t have been more apparent than during this spring’s Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE). NIU’s annual undergraduate research symposium and professional development conference attracted 122 student participants and included 100 formal presentations of faculty-mentored undergraduate research, artistry and engagement...
Chemistry Professor Tao Xu has been recognized with a rare National Science Foundation Special Creativity award, believed to be the first ever for an NIU researcher. The special award of NSF’s Division for Materials Research is designed to recognize its most creative investigators who are attacking research problems at the forefront of their fields. As...
The American Physical Society Office of Government Affairs has named NIU’s Gerald Blazey among 10 society members selected as Five Sigma Physicist awardees for their outstanding efforts to enable or participate in advocacy activities. Blazey serves as NIU’s Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships. This year’s honorees participated in various initiatives to help advance...
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