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Amartya Chakrabarti holds up a sample of graphene produced via the dry-ice method.
Scientists at Northern Illinois University say they have discovered a simple method for producing high yields of graphene, a highly touted carbon nanostructure that some believe could replace silicon as the technological fabric of the future. The focus of intense scientific research in recent years, graphene is a two-dimensional material, comprised of a single layer...
NASA image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
This summer, NIU’s STEM Outreach is hosting a series of free family events that celebrate all things space.  Amateur star gazers and constellation connoisseurs alike will appreciate talks led by NIU experts on everything from the geology of the moon to the history of the space shuttle. The series blasts off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June...
Gerald Blazey, a Distinguished Research Professor of Physics at Northern Illinois University and special advisor for science to NIU President John Peters, will lend his expertise in the coming years to another president: Barack Obama. Blazey has accepted a two-year post as a senior policy advisor for the physical sciences in the White House Office of...
Kendall Thu
Hey, Kendall Thu enjoys a juicy grilled steak as much as any meat lover. He just wishes people would give some thought to where their steaks come from.  The NIU anthropology professor is a key contributor to a book on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) that recently received the prestigious 2011 Nautilus Gold Award. The...
The NIU Foundation invites all faculty and staff from units within the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Information Technologies and Intercollegiate Athletics to apply for the FY2012 Venture Grants. This program focuses support toward the university’s strategic planning initiatives. Grantees will be selected based on their potential to...
NIU alum Jeff Yordon (center) at NASDAQ. Photo from www.nasdaq.com.
NIU alum Jeff Yordon, CEO of Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SGNT) and benefactor of NIU’s Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center, rang the closing bell Monday, June 6, at NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square. Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which Yordon founded in 2006, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing, sourcing and marketing pharmaceutical products, with...
Michael Day
NIU English professor Michael Day has received the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Technology Innovator Award. Day, director of NIU’s First Year Composition Program, received the award at the 2011 Computers and Writing Conference at the University of Michigan. “It was a pleasant surprise,” he said. “It’s a significant award in my field...
Fred Markowitz
A new study led by an NIU sociologist shows that while family members often provide critical support, they also can sometimes be the source of stigmatizing attitudes that impede the recovery of mentally ill relatives. “Negative attitudes of family members have the potential to affect the ways that mentally ill persons view themselves, adversely influencing...
DeKalb's new high school opens this fall.
Edward James Olmos in “Stand and Deliver?” Robin Williams in “Dead Poets Society?” Forget about those guys. There are new stars in the tutoring game.  This May, after wrapping up their own finals, a group of NIU students stayed on to help DeKalb High School students prepare for their end-of-year exams. The NIU students are part of...
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Applications are still being accepted to NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming 2011 Academic Summer Camps. 2011 Academic Residential Camps Creative Writing Camp, June 19 to 24, for students entering grades 9, 10, 11 or 12. STEM Career Investigations Camp, June 19 to 24, for students entering grades 9, 10, 11 or 12. Film...
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Over the most recent five-year period for which data are available from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the NIU Department of Philosophy is the largest producer of M.A. degrees in philosophy among all public universities in Illinois. Moreover, the program is also the largest producer of graduate degrees in philosophy among all public universities in Illinois.
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The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship has ranked the NIU Department of Communication as a “top 10 research department” in seven research specialties in 2010 and noted “research strengths” in an additional 17 specialties.
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