Huskies. Never. Quit. But sometimes they need a little help. Providing NIU students that helping hand is the goal of the NIU Foundation’s Huskies United. The fundraising event will begin at 4:25 p.m. on June 24 and will run for 1,895 minutes,
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Northern Illinois University announced today that it is among a group of 12 universities that have joined together to create the Esports Collegiate Conference. Esports Collegiate will provide structure, scheduling and championship opportunities for its membership, with competition beginning in the 2020-21
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Strive for College, a national student mentoring nonprofit organization, has recognized Northern Illinois University for excellence in both outcomes and inclusion for low-income and first-generation college students. “NIU has proudly served and deepened its commitment to a broad and diverse student population,”
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Michael Vazquez’s discoveries benefit patients worldwide every day. In March, Vazquez will be recognized with the NIUAA’s Alumni Achievement in the Sciences Award. As senior vice president, head of chemistry and a co-founder of Lynk Pharmaceuticals, the work he is doing has a
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The office of the president of Phi Beta Delta (PBD) international academic society is now located on the NIU DeKalb campus. In May, NIU’s Sarah Lindell was named 2020 president of the national chapter’s board. “It was a great honor to accept
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Over 10 days this June, Northern Illinois University Athletics fans, friends and alumni are invited to show their support for the Huskies’ 17 sports programs and 400 student-athletes by tuning in, bidding and donating during the 2020 Victor E. Bash. Already
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NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) congratulates five teams that were presented with awards from the Engineering and Technology Alumni Society on Senior Design Day on May 8, 2020, the first such event held virtually in the college’s history. The
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Members of the Black Law Students Association Northern Illinois University College of Law was named as one of the top 30 law schools in the nation for African American students by preLaw magazine. As part of its Winter 2020 issue on Best Law Schools
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Studying grassland birds at tallgrass prairies in Illinois and Indiana this summer, graduate student Antonio Del Valle won a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Del Valle will benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, along with a $12,000 cost
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Advertising students in Professor David Henningsen’s class learned more than expected from a final project. They knew they’d gain valuable hands-on experience working with a real-life client to create a commercial, but they didn’t know the project would involve a lesson in
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Study abroad is an exciting way to earn academic credit, appreciate a new culture and build a resume. In mid-March, the Study Abroad Office staff learned that the latter half of spring programs and all summer study abroad programs had to be
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Thanks to a Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) Grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation, 15 DeKalb County students will be able to attend NIU STEAM online summer camps for a 90% discount, which means a week-long camp will cost families less
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