NIU now has three Zipcars available for students who need some wheels to run errands, keep doctor’s appointments or even head out of town on a road trip. Faculty, staff and community members who join Zipcar also can reserve the vehicles. The
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A team of five students from the NIU College of Business’ Professional Sales Program took third place in the 2014 National Team Selling Competition, held Oct. 16 and 17 at Indiana University. “We have been participating in this competition for many years,
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NIU’s campus community will have opportunities to meet the finalists for the position of director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Services at a pair of open forums next week. Candidate Michele Danza will participate in an open forum from 4:45 to 5:30
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Bruce Rauner took a break from the campaign trail Wednesday to discuss entrepreneurism with a group of NIU business students. Rauner, the Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, knows a thing or two about the subject, having earned billions of dollars as
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Things just got easier for NIU students looking to answer that age-old question: What is there to do around here? The Division of Marketing and Communications introduces What2Do.niu.edu, a comprehensive online collection of information about events, clubs, teams, Greek life, volunteer opportunities,
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The Illinois State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state-subsidized health care premiums for retired state employees are protected under the Illinois Constitution. The 6-1 decision centers on a 2012 law that allowed the state to charge retired workers for health care insurance
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In between studying and end of semester exams, members of the student organization NIU CAUSE (the Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs) raised and donated $2,500 to four worthy causes. The funds were used for: A new $1,000 CAUSE scholarship in Social Entrepreneurship.
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The end of the fiscal year is raising many questions for employees at or near retirement age. Changes made by legislators last year to the State University Retirement System could have dramatic – and expensive impacts for some of those employees. Especially
Read moreA trio of researchers with international reputations in anthropology, biology and history has been designated as this year’s Presidential Research Professors. They are linguistic anthropologist Giovanni Bennardo, biologist Ana Calvo and historian Nancy M. Wingfield. “This award is highly competitive and represents
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How people describe the physical world around them can teach you an awful lot about how they think. That seemingly simple premise has been the foundation upon which linguistic anthropologist Giovanni Bennardo has built more than 15 years of groundbreaking research. Recruited
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Ana Calvo’s research on fungal genetics could have huge benefits to human health and agriculture. She is recognized worldwide as a groundbreaking researcher in the field of fungal genetics and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. These organic compounds are routinely used in medicine
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Throughout her career studying issues of nationalism as well as gender and sexuality in Habsburg Central Europe, Nancy M. Wingfield has earned a reputation as a researcher who will go to extraordinary lengths to find aspects of history that others have overlook.
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