Northern Illinois University College of Law received at $2,500 grant from the P. Michael Mahoney (Rockford, IL) Chapter of the Federal Bar Association in order to continue its Prisoners’ Rights Project. The project, launched in 2018, is a partnership between the NIU College of Law and
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Anna Morrison Anna Morrison loves interactions with children. “Being around them brings a lot of joy into my life – just with certain things kids say, and the way they act, they’re a lot of fun,” says Morrison, a May 2019 graduate
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From left: Kyle Conway, Amarine Quiroga, Amanda Surruscoand Maria Almeida Amanda Surrusco hadn’t expected the freedom. Maria Almeida hadn’t expected the differentiation. Kyle Conway hadn’t expected the trust. Surrusco, Almeida and Conway, three of the four NIU College of Education student-travelers on the
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Nancy Petges, NIU nursing assistant professor, has been named a 2019 Nurse Educator Fellow by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). She is one of 19 nurse educators in the state who have awarded $10,000 each to promote excellence in nursing
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NIU Police are advising students to be on the lookout for an employment scam with criminals posing as foreign-based companies recruiting U.S. citizens for work-at-home employment opportunities. These positions often involve reselling or reshipping merchandise to destinations outside the state. The scam
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NIU rolled out the red and black carpet to welcome more than 3,500 Huskies to campus on Aug. 23. Nearly 1,000 volunteers assisted students and their families during move-in day while Mother Nature lent a hand by providing ideal weather conditions. “Opening
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Four NIU students chosen to live, learn and work on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., experienced a summer of opportunity. As congressional interns, students Brodie Walker, Elizabeth Korbut, Victor Owoeye and Robert “Quinn” Carolan each worked for a member of the Illinois
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Becca Shields first started working at NIU STEM summer camps when she was an undergraduate elementary education major at NIU. “I started working at camp the summer before my student teaching, so I didn’t have any classroom teaching experience yet,” Shields says.
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With NSF support, NIU faculty engage students from across the country in research NIU professors have been busy planting seeds in recent summers, and the crops seem to expand each year. But they’re not growing fruits and vegetables. Rather, professors from a
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For 50 years, NIU’s Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) has provided applied research, technical assistance and public sector capacity-building services to our region, state and beyond. On Thursday, Nov. 7, a one-day conference will be held in DeKalb to celebrate CGS’s five
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $410,500 over three years to NIU physics professor Zhili Xiao to further his research into the creation of nano-scale superconducting materials. Xiao previously led a team of scientists working at the U.S. Department
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The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s exhibition Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts tackles the complex relationship of art in the depiction of war. The exhibition opens today, Aug. 27 and continues on view through Oct. 18, 2019. Visitors
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